Monday, November 1, 2010

Adam Came to See Us

Last weekend Adam was here for his yearly "Adam's Weekend" visit. He usually spends one long weekend with us every year. Normally he comes by himself, but this year mom came too. When Adam found out that she wanted to join him on his special visit, he gave us one rule. Mom and I were NOT allowed to go shopping while they were here. He said that we couldn't take up all of our visiting time with shopping. Haha. He's such a funny little guy. We agreed to his one rule, and they came up for a fun filled weekend.

Friday night when they got here, Adam and I made homemade deep dish pizzas. We made our own crust and then topped them with sauce, cheese and pepperoni. They were quite yummy if I do say so myself.


Chef Adam with our ingredients

Making the crust

Toppings are added...ready for the oven


Fresh, hot, homemade pizza



Time to dig in!! Yummy!!
Saturday we got up and went to the pumpkin patch to pick out some pumpkins. I also bought some mums...sooo pretty!! We went home and carved our pumpkins, played some touch football in the backyard, and then we waited until dark so that we could go to the corn maze at night.
Prepared with our flashlights we tackled the corn maze in about 40 minutes. It wasn't a scary maze thank goodness...I don't handle that scary stuff very well anymore. Ha! Then we went on a hayride, played some corn hole, played a little basketball and warmed up with some hot chocolate. I don't have any pictures from our nighttime activities, but here are a few shots of our pumpkin carving fun.


Working on their masterpieces


He's concentrating so hard! :)
 
Mom's pumpkin
Adam's pumpkin
Brad's pumpkin

My pumpkin


A close up of my mums!!

Sunday was game day!! It was both Adam and mom's first Titans game. We got to the stadium early so that we could watch the guys warm up. It was a great game. The Titans kind of scared us at first, but I'm so glad that they pulled out the win in the end!! We had a great time cheering them on to victory!!



Adam watching warm ups

Mom and Adam down by the field during warm ups

Brad and Adam were really into their pre-game conversation. :) Cute!

Vince Young warming up...he didn't play though

Brad and Adam watching warm ups

Michael Griffin, Jamie Winborn and Chris Johnson

Michael Vick

Time Out

Collins handing off to CJ




What a great weekend!!! I think everyone really enjoyed themselves. I know we did!! :)






Date Day

A couple of Saturdays ago Brad and I had the first "date day" that we have had in a while. We started the day at Nashville's Cheekwood gardens. There was an art exhibit there called Chihuly. I had seen it advertised for months, and thought that it looked kind of interesting so we decided to check it out.This is probably not something Brad and I would usually do, so it was nice to step out of the box and try something different.
Chihuly is actually the name of the artist whose exhibit was on display. He designed huge blown glass sculptures specifically for Cheekwood. They were all really beautiful to look at as we strolled through the gardens, which were also beautiful. Here are a few pictures from our day at Chihuly at Cheekwood.







After we left Cheekwood, we met some friends for dinner at P.F. Chang's, and then went to a Preds game. We always love going to those games. I have to admit that I'm far from completely understanding all of the rules, but the atmosphere is so fun!! Those hockey fans are just as crazy as the players themselves. The Preds wound up losing in overtime, but it was a great game and we had a great time!!