Hokie Hokie Hokie High!!

Tech Tech VPI!!! We are heading to the Orange Bowl! We had such a fun weekend and of course the highlight was the big Virginia Tech/Florida State game in Charlotte for the ACC Championship. This is the first year it has been in Charlotte and we were really excited to be playing for the big game. In fact, I tentatively booked our babysitter 6 weeks ago when I thought things were looking good for us! I was going to make sure we could go if we made it! So, the weather in Charlotte in December is usually high 50's, it was even in the 60's last week and all week, they were saying 55 and sunny but when we woke up Saturday morning, we had a few flurries falling and it was cold. Really cold, like northeast cold. Not like Charlotte cold. Throughout the day, the weather turned to sleet and my attitude towards going to the game started turning sour but as the time approached, it stopped raining and my spirits rose. Before we game, we went to a couple different tailgates and got to see lots of friends who traveled in from out of town for the game. I actually went to one that was indoors and heated and saw a bunch of my sorority sisters. And as when we all get together, debauchery soon ensued! Someone thought playing flip cup and reliving our college days was a good idea.

Well, I have to say, we haven't lost a thing! We went undefeated and it wasn't even that close!

We would like to think we won the ACC flip cup championship, I think we could compete for the National Championship!

After some hard core tailgating, we headed over to the stadium in our 17 layers for the game. It actually wasn't as cold as I thought it was going to be or maybe it was the 3 hot chocolates I drank and hand warmers that kept us warm.

And plus, you are never really cold when your team is winning! This was sweet revenge for the 1999 National Championship when we lost to Florida State in New Orleans. Mike and I were also present for that game and being on the winning side is so much more fun!

We sat with our friends Erin and Jeremy and we all had a great time cheering on the Hokies!

Now, it is on to the Orange Bowl where we will play Stanford. It will be a tough game but considering how the season started for us, we are happy to be playing in a BCS bowl game.

Earlier in the week, we had a short visit from Papa and DeeDee. Papa had a work dinner and they came up for just a night and got to spend some time with Ella. Ella was so funny, she would follow Papa all around the house and even into the other rooms when he was trying to make work phone calls. Papa also snuck her some treats so of course, she would stick by his side!

This cold weather has stayed in Charlotte, it only got up to 38 today!! Where is the normal 50 and 60's??? We are hoping it warms up soon, we are getting a little case of cabin fever and it's only been a couple days. We live in Charlotte for warm weather not this 30 degree stuff!! Oh well, I guess it's beginning to look and feel a lot like Christmas! The elves have been busy, tree and decoration pics coming soon!