Personalized Gift Wrap

I went to a wedding shower yesterday, and like I usually do I wrapped the gift in brown paper and twine and then found a cute and simple way to personalize it.  I bought a W stamp from the $1 section of Michael's and then just randomly stamped it all over the paper.  A super cheap, quick, and easy way to personalize your gift!

The Grand Total

Click here to find out how much money was raised at Ashley and I's Barberitos fundraiser!

A Little Box of Fall

Ever since I moved away form home my mom has been great about sending care packages.  What made these packages so fun was that they were usually themed.  I got St. Patrick's Day packages where everything in it was green, or one year for Valentine's Day I got a package full of cupcake themed items.  I always remember Mom talking about how much fun she had putting the packages, and now I know exactly what she means.  I recently mailed a friend a fall package, and I really did have so much fun looking for little fall items, or just things that were orange.  I just kept an eye out for things for a few weeks until I had just what I needed.

Here's what my dear friend got in her package, and I was most excited about the pencil socks, because she just got a job as a first grade teacher!

Let's Go...Hokies!

This past Saturday my whole family was together in Blacksburg for a VT game.  It was a cool, crisp day, we had good seats, we made a touchdown minutes into the first quarter...it was a great start to a day of football.

Headed to the game!

Start is the key word there.  It soon started raining, VT was throwing interceptions, the calls were crappy.  It was not ideal.  By the half Jonathan and I were pretty wet, so we went and stood under the stands until the third quarter started.  The rain picked up in the third and it was a scoreless quarter for both teams.  Honestly, I was kind of ready to call it quits, but nobody else had suggested it and I didn't want to be the first, so I just stood there, huddled up.  I'm glad we stayed though.  We ended up tying the game right at the end and went into overtime.  The rain picked up and we went into a second overtime.  The rain picked up more and went into a third overtime!  It was so intense!  We were cold and wet and jumping and cheering and FINALLY we were able to pull off the win!  It was a long walk back to the car, but having the win made it all worth it.  We ended up saying that several times throughout the rest of the weekend, that toughing it out in the rain made the win that much sweeter.

So nervous...who will win!?!?

Not a fan of all this rain.

The hood of Amanda's poncho kept filling up with water.  I feel like there should be a goldfish swimming around in there.

Here's a clip of highlights from the game, which you should watch because needless to say it sums up things much better than I did.