The Girls 1st LSU Game



LSU played Utah yesterday morning at 11:00 and 15 members of my family were at my Uncle’s company tailgate bright and early getting ready to cheer on the Tigers. We bought the tickets a couple of months ago and it’s been up in the air if our family of 4 was going to make it of course. We’d been waiting years for Katie to be old enough and we’re so glad we got to go. Everyone was so glad to get to lay eyes on Matt because half of them had seen him in the hospital and it was a big change from 4-5 weeks before. We even got to see Cary and Diane for a bit when they stopped by before the game and they were excited to see him too. 


Our seats couldn’t have been more perfect because it was in the shade the whole time. Even thought it was 11:00 in October is was HOT with a high of 93. But we were comfortable in the shade. Matt did great too. He took a couple breaks and I know those stairs were probably his limit but he did it! No way was he missing that look on Lilli’s face. ❤️ She said it was one of the coolest things she’s ever done. Katie on the other hand said she’s ok if she never has to go again. 😂 Pops and Honey left with the 4 girls at halftime to go back to their house to swim (Lilli left but said she wished she wouldn’t have) while the rest of us finished out most of it. And of course our Tigers pulled off the win! From there it was Dad’s and Janet’s for dinner with the whole family but we were all back to Jimmy’s and in bed by a little after 8:00. 


We had another early morning at church (the kids actually love this church even if their faces don’t show it😉) and so many people there had been praying for Matt and were excited to see him. I’m sure he didn’t love when the preacher (Dad’s good friend we know well) called him out and said we had a miracle in our presence and everyone clapped, but it was very moving too. 🥰 We grabbed brunch with 12 of us after before heading out of town. It may be chaos when we get together but I love my big family and we wouldn’t have it any other way. 

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