I hope everybody had a wonderful Labor Day weekend! It is so nice to have that three day weekend during the fall. I know that in most parts of America it was beautiful and sunny and even cooler weather than the past weeks, but here in Alabama we were in a tropical storm. Lee, if you haven't been introduced, was his name. He was large, brought a LOT of rain, a LOT of wind, and even a tornado. Luckily the tornado was small and did not do a lot of damage and was nowhere near Taylor & I. Whew.
Taylor & I spent the weekend in Alabama, but not in Mobile. We ventured further south, to Gulf Shores and stayed on Ono Island with Taylor's good friends from Lafayette. His best friend, Jonathan - his parents own a house on Ono Island and invited some of Taylor's friends down for the long weekend. We were so blessed to be some of those friends!
We slept in on Saturday (naturally), and then got up and made cookies! I got to use our new stand mixer to make them, which was just awesome! Taylor's dad & brother got it for us as our wedding present and I just love it! After the cookies were ready, we were showered and packed, we walked out the door - only to realize it was POURING rain. I'm not sure how we didn't hear it, because it was really coming down. So we ran out to the car and stayed to stay dry, and started our 1.5 hour drive down to Ono Island. It really was not too bad of a drive, just a lot of rain. We got to Ono early afternoon and then LSU game talk started soon after. There was yellow & purple everywhere. They were getting excited about the big game!
We hung out with friends until the game, and then watched LSU beat Oregon - it really was a good game! Then at halftime we had gumbo & rice. It was delish! We watched the rest of the game, and with the victory it was time to go out and celebrate! We went to a place on Gulf Shores - The Florabama. Apparently it is very near the border of the two states - so great name. They had a live band and LOTS of SEC fans. There was chanting all night, from L-S-U, L-S-U to ROLL TIDE ROLL, to something about Auburn....I tried chiming in with GIG-THEM, GIG-THEM with a big thumbs up in the air...but it did not catch on, imagine that. Maybe once we're in the SEC (which should be tomorrow I hear! Yippee!). We stayed pretty late, which was impressive for this old married couple :).
Sunday we all slept in and woke up to an incredible breakfast. It was a french toast, caramel, pecan goodness. And fruit! We loved it! Not long after the boys went and got the boat. Even though there were "feeder bands" (I put this in quotations because it was just a tropical storm and not a hurricane, but the joke was all about the feeder bands all weekend) coming through, the boys couldn't stay off the boat. We all got on and headed out. We stopped on a little "isle" (which was IN Florida per Taylor just telling me as he was reading this) and took a walk. It was a nice little trip. We came across some jelly fish & some quick sand which was fun. Jonathan's dog, Champ (who is the most amazing dog in the world, he's a black lab who is about 12 years old) came with us on the boat and on our trip. He was so good on the boat and anytime we got off he would just explore with us.
We got back on the boat and took a trip to another one of Taylors' friends' houses on Ono Island. This was the eventful part of the trip. The feeder bands starting showing up. We got soaked. I laughed the entire time because it really was just funny. We could see the rain that we were about to drive into, but we couldn't do anything about it, we just keep driving. So I laughed, and got soaked, but it was quite a memory to have. The rest of the day involved going to his friends' house, and then getting back on the boat and driving back to Jonathan's. It rained on us some more, so thus, more laughing. After we got showered and warmed up, we had dinner! More gumbo & a fish fry! Then we watched the TEXAS A&M GAME!! And boy was it a game!
Taylor & I got nervous at the beginning with our defense (but that's not what everybody wants to read about). The defense got better and our offense was great! We had a blast getting to watch the game and we were so lucky to be able to, all the way in Alabama! We hope we get the rest of the games too! We miss Kyle Field already. It was my first game in 6 years to miss and Taylor's first game in 5 years. But we know that someday we'll be back in College Station and we'll get to watch lots of games live again!
After the game we went out to celebrate again! We went to a restaurant called The Hangout. They had a band that used to play in Louisiana that the boys used to go watch, so they loved seeing them. There was a lot of two stepping and swing dancing - it was a blast!
It really was a wonderful weekend and we loved our first three day weekend as a married couple! We are looking forward to the next one...who knows when that will be.
Like I said, I hope everybody else had an amazing Labor Day weekend and enjoyed your time off!
Love you all!
-Kauffman Klan
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