We Just Lovett: Cotton and Convictions

January 2011 is rolling in with a bang, and I'm doing everything I can to keep up. Our weekend schedule is filling up as I type, and as I look at the calendar I'm seriously considering planning a few "Larry and Rachel" weekends that consists of us staying IN town. I don't know that I would have it any other way though. I absolutely love the "weekend warrior" mentality, however, this is definitely out of my comfort zone. I'm a homebody, but I'm married to a man who has a difficult time sitting through a football game on TV without having to get up and do something. Me on the other hand, can relax with the best of them. I have been feeling exceptionally convicted lately that although me getting out and about is fulfilling, and maintaining my friendships is important, I need to make sure we are at our home base by Saturday night. Not only does it give you a chance to re-group before tackling the work week but it most importantly keeps us active in our Church and provides some consistency in our life. I know that the closer I feel to God, the closer I feel to Larry, and although going to Church doesn't secure my salvation it strengthens my marriage. I LOVE how our God works!!!

As I mentioned, this month has been a bit of a whirlwind and its not even half over. Sara miraculously acquired Cotton Bowl tickets, which featured the Texas A&M Aggies against the LSU Tigers. Whoop! I knew it was going to be a miracle and a prayer to win, but I grew up with my Dad taking me to Cotton Bowl games the Aggies played in, its tradition! Plus we Aggies know to take advantage of a situation like this as it may be a LONG time before we are back in another one.

Sara and I got the opportunity to stay at Dave's farm south of Arlington as neither of us had really got to hang with him and his family since my wedding in 2008. Dave was our polo coach in college and we had some fantastic times back in the day. I can't believe he let a bunch of college kids descend like locusts on his home every weekend for a good part of the year each year. He's a saint....no question. Anyway we stayed up WAY to late Friday night chatting about the funny stuff we did.

We tailgated and met some really fun (and sometimes inappropriate) LSU fans. Most of them were great and gotta love those Cajun accents! Sara knows everyone, everywhere so of course we ran into a bunch of her friends and family.

Jerry World

The game.....well it was a good 1st quarter

That is how we all felt Coach Sherman

We still won at halftime...WHOOP!

The next morning Dave's wife Rebecca went on a Fox Hunt (or coyote or whatever they could scare up) while we hung out with Doug. This was his farm and what a fun time we had.

The hunt....