OOC Weekend 2008

For those of you who are blogstalkers, you will probably read this exact same post on Ginny Grimes, Jess Putman, and Tara McClendon's blog. However, I can't let everyone down and not do my own version of OOC Weekend, so here goes!!!

Every year, my college roommates get together for a reunion weekend in the spring. This is our 3rd Annual OOC weekend. Year 1 was in Birmingham, and it was hosted by Anna Kate. Year 2 was in Phoenix City, and it was hosted by Jennifer. This year was hosted by Rigsby, and she was nice enough let us have it at "The Beach House". We had to stay as close to Andalusia, AL as possible since Ginny is about to have little William any day now! We had a table in the back with stirrups just in case things boiled down to the last minute. We just kept her full of goodies and kept her temperature down, and she was fine :)

OOC Weekend 2006

OOC Weekend 2007

The entire group was all there by Friday night before "supper" as us Southerners say. Rigsby prepared a wonderful pork tenderloin dinner. It was accompanied by the infamous hashbrown casserole. I must say it was more delicious than when we fixed it for our annual Christmas party at the McKee house! After dinner, we sat around and tried to convince ourselves that we weren't maw maws. But you know what, we are. We were in bed by 11:30. We did happen to drum up enough energy to draw names for the host of OOC Weekend 2009. Looks like it's gonna be Jess, and we are so excited to visit her and tag along for where ever she may take us!

Happy for Supper Time :)

Trying to see who can stay up the latest!

Saturday morning, everyone woke up and there wasn't a cloud in the sky! We all hurried to get our bathing suits on so that we could enjoy the beautiful weather. There was one slight issue. It was warm, and Ginny swears she has an extra layer of skin on her body. I couldn't find it (especially since I busted in on her in the restroom butt naked), but we had to come up with a solution. TT, being the MOM that she is had an idea. She had some experience in building these so-called tents when she is at the beach with her kids. So, off she went making Ginny a tent so she could hang out with us. I think it worked out pretty good. Here's a pic so you can see for yourself.

Ginny keeping it "cool"

During our beautiful afternoon out by the bay, we took advantage of some good ole' circle time with friends. We love this time together so that we can all catch up on what is going on in each other's lives. We talk, laugh, and cry for hours until everyone has had all the time they need to talk about themselves. Isn't that what girls like to do anyway?!?!? The good part is that everyone cares and actually listens! It's more on the lines of "Pref Day" instead of an "Ice Water Tea" if you catch my drift.

"FCOF"

Later that evening, AK and Ginny were nice enough to drive to the store (really no other option) so that they could get some groceries for dinner that night. It was all a conspiracy so that we could prepare a surprise baby shower for Ginny while she was gone. Ginny just knew Babies R Us had it all wrong, and was determined they had messed up her registry. Little did she know, that we had purchased that stroller and car seat forever ago. We each did our part and put together a wonderful baby shower for Ginny and Baby William. She was surprised to say the least :)

There was also another exciting topic that we all got to share for the weekend, and it was that Anna Kate is having a GIRL!! So, it looks like our next shower will be done in PINK. Ginny was excited that Baby William would have an instant girlfriend when he goes to Auburn. There were some extra goodies laying around, but they happened to be PINK, so Anna Kate got to share a little bit of the fun! This baby doesn't have a name yet, so Little Crowe goes by "Three Lines" for now.

AWWWWW.....

After all the treats were opened we indulged in some good ole' Mexican food and queso. We sat around and told stories and looked at old pictures. It is so funny how styles have changed in only 6-7 years. I know we couldn't afforded designer jeans back in college, but we sure did need something OTHER than what we wore. We all wore mom jeans and went out to bars in chapter clothes. Anna Kate looked like a catalog model for Ann Taylor at Bourbon Street Bar! HA! To top of the weekend just right, TT gave us a little farewell gift. She put together her very own dance routine for us to Baby Got Back. She was more concerned with the dance moves, but we were all hung up on how dang good she still looks in a cheerleader uniform (well, except that she didn't have any bloomers on)!

Go Decatur High!

The weekend was a great time and a much needed get away for all of us. OOC Weekend 2009 can't come soon enough! Thanks Rigsby for a wonderful weekend. It's another memory to add to the photo albums!

Thanks Pooks!

OOC Weekend 2008