Number 1

Chomp this

Char and I headed down to Gainesville to check out the UK/Florida game this week and the game did not disappoint! UK proved to be superior, ended a losing streak in the O'so small high school gym with 2 banners and sent Gator fans home with a chant of "Go Big Blue." Nice. 17-0 and thoughts of a deep run in March are making the Big Blue Nation antsy for #8...

Ah yeah!

It wasn't pretty, but a win over the Cards is always great! Go Big Blue!

Engaged!

I had been toying with all kinds of proposal ideas before and after buying Char's bridal set a few weeks ago. The idea that seemed to be the best was proposing on Christmas Eve, when we normally open one present that night. Since we had the evening to ourselves, we had some wine, dinner and a bottle of wine and watched Gran Torino. I really wanted to incorporate Mayfield into the proposal considering how much she meant to us, especially Char. So I put the ring on a picture/ornament of Mayfield on the tree and told Char that I had somebody very, very special help me with her ring. There was a time when I had used Mayfield in this manner a while back where I had a big bow on her collar. It was a special memory between Char and I that added to this occasion. Anyhow, it worked out perfect, was very emotional and best of all- Char said YES!

I'm pretty excited for Avery to come over later today and we all open presents. After that we are headed down to the Smithley's for Christmas dinner. Should be an awesome day!

Merry Christmas!