Vanderbilt at Northwestern

Before the Vanderbilt and Northwestern game the day after the Springsteen concert, we met back up again with Brian, Kelly and Darby at Kelly's friend's condo in the city.  They had the most amazing rooftop deck that was all theirs and they didn't have to share with the other building tenets.  Seriously I could have lived in a box if I had this view from my roof. Their condo was georgeous too!

Kelly and Darby celebrating their birthday.  We are beginning to make this a tradition.  Last year we visited their lake house over Labor Day and celebrated with them there as well.  Too bad they are Northwestern fans!

The game started off great.  Big flag, helicopter flyover.

Vandy team comes out of the field.

Too bad Vandy played pretty terribly and lost 23-13.  We'll get them next year in Nashville!

The same day as the red dress run was Vanderbilt's homecoming game! The 101st Airbone parachuted the American flag and the game ball in. How neat!

 

 

 

Glad I made it back to Nashville to see Vanderbilt play.  One of the things I miss doing so much.  But it was a great day spending time with these ladies! Miss these girls a lot!

Homecoming 2010

Wow I'm far behind... I almost said "last year" regarding Vanderbilt's Homecoming but really it was now 2 homecoming's ago!  But I got to see and hang out with some great girls I just don't see often enough, Jenny, Lauren and Jane.  And honestly I don't remember if we won or lost... But I'd err on the side of losing in 2010 but Vandy's games are always fun, especially with great company!

 

As spotted on the bar at Rippy's! Go Vandy!!!

Vanderbilt's Homecoming

It always amazes me who ends up showing up in Nashville for homecoming weekend.  This year Jenny, Jane, Lauren and Josh all came to town and I someone was able to see them all at the same time!  The game was a lot closer than I thought it would be and we kept it close well into the third quarter but ultimately lost 21-7.

With Mr. Commodore.

Great view from our FREE seats!

These crazy guys in their black unitards!

Memories

When Lauren and I were making plans for homecoming weekend she mentioned going through her college pictures and this one being one of her all time favorites.  This was a typical Saturday night in Hemingway for us!

March Madness

I think mid-March is my favorite time of year.  Spring is starting to appear in Nashville and skirt weather is now here.  There is also this things called March Madness that gets my blood pumping!

I will be rooting hard for my 'Dores today, my Alma Mater, vs the Murray State Racers, my mom, aunt and uncle's Alma Mater.

 
I've made one of the obvious choices in picking Kentucky to win over Kansas but I really almost went with Kansas pulling it off in the final game.  The rest of my final four is Pittsburgh and Duke.  'Dores, you had better bring it today!!!

A Great Game Against an Unfortuately Great Kentucky Team...

Saturday night was the much awaited match up with the #2 ranked Kentucky Wildcats.  The cats destroyed us up in Lexington earlier in the season so this was for revenge.  We played a great game and held starts John Wall to 13 points and 2 assists and DeMarcus Cousins to only 5 rebounds.

It came down to the last play and AJ Ogilvy missed a floater in the lane for the tie at the end of regulation.  Memorial was silent and we will have to wait for a chance to beat Kentucky another day.

Here are Jane and I with our pregame faces on.

The enemies, Brooke and Justin.

Mom and I a little sad after a great game.  Too bad it was a loss!

Speaking of Black & Gold Victories!

My parents and cousin joined us for the football game this weekend to cheer the 'Dores to a 45-0 victory!!! Vandy, Vandy, Oh Hell Yeah!!

L to R: Elizabeth, Mom, Jane, Stephanie, Heather, Daddy.

Elizabeth, my PhD!

So Elizabeth finished her PhD in Biomedical Engineering last fall but was not able to walk in Vanderbilt's graduation until this May.  She and her family came into town for graduation.  That afternoon we wandered around campus and took a few pictures and then spent the evening at the Broadway Brewhouse hanging out just like old times.  Dang I miss that girl a lot!