Road Trips and Birthdays

This past weekend was a doozy! Friday was the first Fightin' Texas Aggie Ring Day of the school year. With over 3,500 students picking up their Aggie Rings, it was a busy day! But, as always, the look on the students' faces when they get their ring make it totally worth it!

The crowd right before the Ring Day yell practice.

Some of the Campus Programs team taking the obligatory Slovacek's sausage picture. 

Ring Day wrapped up around 8:00pm, after which I raced home and Jacob and I hit the road for Dallas (after stopping off at the nearby Walgreens to get aloe for my sunburn-ouch!).

September 22nd is Jacob's birthday, so to celebrate I got him tickets to the Texas A&M vs SMU football game in Dallas. I, not being the morning person, decided it would be a better idea to drive up to Dallas late Friday instead of Saturday morning. Anything to not have to wake up early on the weekends! :) 

We even managed to get pretty good seats- thank you, StubHub!

As expected, the Aggies beat SMU by a whopping 53 points! Final score was 59-3 and the Mustangs have yet to score an offensive touchdown this season. Yikes! 

There was a LOT of maroon in the stadium and after the impressive first half by the Aggies, the few students that did attend the game cleared out pretty quickly. 

The best part of the game may very well have been totally non-football related. Reveille was napping on the side of the field and when an SMU player missed a reception and was headed full-speed in her direction, Reveille's handler stepped between the player and Rev to make she didn't get trampled. The short video below basically shows it all... 

And, since everyone in Aggieland loves that little lady, it shouldn't really come as a surprise that her handler has become quiet the celebrity since the incident. 

After the game was finished, we relaxed at the hotel while watching more college football. With some pretty exciting games going on (Miss St. vs LSU and FSU vs Clemson) it was hard to decide what to watch! 

On Sunday we departed Dallas and headed to The Woodlands where we spend the day celebrating Nicole's 22nd birthday (her and Jacob share the same birthday). I even got to see little Miss Allison Mae walking for the first time and she's definitely on the move! I can't wait to celebrate her first birthday next weekend. :) 

Overall, it was a really fun weekend! We did a lot, had lots of fun, and got to see lots of friends. I think after this weekend though, we need another weekend just to recover and sleep. Alas, another week is upon us! 

Until next time...