The Leddy Family

A Worley Girl Weekend

So this year was a little different. Normally, Morgan's birthday weekend lines up with Emma Kate's fall break. It is also the same weekend as Celebration Village. It's a perfect weekend for the girls to come to Mississippi for a visit. Morgan's birthday was a weekend later, but the Worley girls still came during fall break! Per usual, fun was had by all.

Bubba brought crafts to make Kitty Halloween Pumpkins! So cute!!

Friday night Belinda and I escaped all alone to the Chris Stapelton concert. We were literally on the last row but we didn't care! We sang along to every word!

On Saturday I had to work, so Morgan made a list of things to do on their Bubba Day of Fun. It started with donuts and a little pottery painting.

It also included an adventure (don't call it a hike, you might scare Emma) through the Natchez Trace trails and lunch at Abners.

And it ended with a birthday cake for Morgan!

Belinda must really love us because my Cardinal-loving friend made Cubs pumpkins for us! And they brought good luck because we watched them win the pennant to make it to the World Series!

These girls. Love them so.

A Little Fun in the Fall

Our Fall is so busy with Football and trips that it is easy to forget the little moments that make it extra special. So here are some of those moments!

Sometimes I can catch these two being sweet

Macie posing in front of Kroger

The fire truck came to visit Macie's school

Caroline Claire's birthday was a super fun spa day

Macie's first mani and pedi

And my goodness she loved it! Join the club sister!

A big day at Mary Lyle's petting zoo at her birthday party

A Perfect Afternoon... After a Loss

When we got word that our football game against Auburn was going to be at 11:00 I was disappointed. I thought we wouldn't tailgate. But we all decided to do a quick breakfast before the game and then to tailgate after. I must admit, I did not have high hopes. But it turned out to be my favorite day! Yes, our Dawgs lost badly. But the weather was amazing and we stayed for hours! The kids had a blast running and playing so hard. And I got to sit and truly enjoy myself and my family (which included friends who are just like family so I can't tell the difference). It really will go down as one of my favorite days ever.

My whole heart in one hug

Morgan, Packe, RoRo and Macie

My girls and their Aunt Carrie

Macie, Morgan and Patton

Morgan, Macie and "the boys" (AKA Parker and Spencer)

The best part of the day? Sitting under a tree, with one of my best friends, a drink in my hand, watching our kids have the time of their life running around and climbing in and out of a truck

Our Boston Adventure

Ever since it was announced that State would play the University of Massachusetts in Boston I circled it on my calendar. Not because of the game really, but that it would be a great excuse for a trip to Boston! I had never been and was really excited to spend a long weekend there. Jeff and I made the trip while the girls stayed home with Sam and Sissy!

The first day we got there we hit the ground running! Carrie recommended doing a Duck Boat tour and she was right! It was a great way to see the whole city- by street and water. A perfect start. The weather was amazing and we had a ball! That night we went to the Patriots game. What a really cool experience! The stadium is not in Boston exactly, so it was an adventure to get out there. We had to take the train. A 20 mile trip that took an hour. And we barely made the train! Had we missed it we would have missed the game. When we finally got there, they let us out in the woods. Really! It was the craziest thing! A long walk into the stadium and up to the next to last row from the top and we were there! They said that the train back would leave exactly 30 minutes after the last second on the game clock. And they were not kidding. It was exactly! It took over an hour to get back to the station, then a cab ride to the hotel. We didn't get to bed until after 2:00am! After getting up at 4:30am to catch our flight we were really really tired!

Duck Boat Fun

Sights from the tour

Let's Go Pats!

We wore a little blue to fit in

Thankfully the next day we slept in. When we got up we decided just to walk the Freedom Trail and see the beautiful city on foot. It was great! After two lunches that included two lobster rolls for me since we arrived, it was time for a change for dinner! We went to the North Shore and walked the streets until we found an Italian restaurant that called us in. And what did I have? Lobster ravioli of course! So yummy! We took cannoli from Mike's Pastry back to the hotel for dessert. A perfect end to the day!

Sights from our walking tour

For our last day we got up to take a tour of Fenway. What a great experience! We both loved it and I'm really glad we made time for it. After that we headed back out to the Patriot's stadium for our game against UMass! But little did we know, the train doesn't run when it's not the Patriots. So a really expensive Uber ride it was! We had quite a different view for this game since the stadium was not very full. But it was so cool to see our Bulldog turnout! I swear we had more fans than the home team! Our Dawgs won and we planned to take another Uber home. But it was not an option! So we made friends at the nearby hotel and shared a cab ride back to the city with them. And such a small world I knew them! (This is such a Paul Radke move. He was proud.) A perfect cap on our travel adventures.

Boston truly did not disappoint. It was a beautiful city and Jeff and I had a really great time. We will be back!

Fenway

Ready to cheer on our Dawgs

Hail State!

Macie Turns 3!

I am not sure how it is possible, but my sweet Macie is not a baby anymore. She has officially turned three! We celebrated all weekend and continued when her big day arrived the next week. I took cookies to her sweet class and loved listening to them all sing to her. Side note: It amazes me how wonderful Macie's teachers, Mrs. Holly and Mrs. Lou Ann, truly are. That class was so well behaved! I struggle with keeping one three year old under control. They have twelve!

Macie is such a perfect addition to complete our family. She keeps us laughing all the time. She is really quiet and shy around most people, but once she gets comfortable she is full speed ahead! She loves her big sister so much and does everything to copy her. She loves playing with her dolls and playing dress up with Morgan. She carries Kitty Kitty and two blankets with her everywhere! But she loves so hard and gives the best hugs and kisses. Her favorite thing in the world is "chomikal"- AKA chocolate milk. We all love you so big Macie!

Football Fun

The day after the party we continued our fun with a trip to Starkville to cheer on our Dawgs against South Carolina. The Worley girls even came to town to come with us! It was a beautiful day and we had big fun tailgating and seeing our Dawgs win. It doesn't get much better than that!

GG and her girls

Emma Kate, Macie and Morgan sporting their new shades

Tailgate fun

The big girls had fun too!

Ready to go to the game

Macie loves her RoRo coming to every game this year!

The next day we had a quick swim before the Worley's had to go home

My goodness my girls love their Aunt Carrie

A Kitty Good Time!

Macie has been talking about having a Kitty themed birthday party for sometime now. She loves her "Kitty Kitty" (a gray stuffed animal that she got as a baby gift from our friends Mitch and Kristin) and she goes with us everywhere. She was ready for it! We had the party at HealthWorks! so the kids could play too. It was a really sweet party and Macie loved every second of it. We love this sweet kitty-loving girl of ours!