This weekend we were back in Blacksburg for Virginia Tech’s Homecoming game against the University of North Carolina. Our first order of business was to find a restaurant that could seat 14 people in less than two hours. Champs Sports Bar was up to the task and seated us immediately! While we were eating, who should walk in but Joseph and Julie, and I didn’t even buy them a round of drinks. What kind of mother am I?
Bill and I love to start our Saturday morning off with a super early run on the Huckleberry Trail before our tailgate, and hopefully, FUN football game. As my friend Wade’s shirt says…
Anyway, back to running… I was sick with a nasty cold and didn’t feel like running so we slept in until 8 AM. I have no idea when the last time was that we slept that late on a Saturday morning, but it was delightful! I put on my best game face and got ready to party with my Hokie friends. My first order of business was pulling my Hokie Bird out of his nest… Yes, we have two 8-foot tall inflatable mascots for our tailgate. What? You’re surprised?
Bill snapped this picture of us and tweeted it to #VTFanPhoto and we made it onto the jumbotron during the game! I’ve just got to learn to kick my legs up so it looks like I’m jumping higher.
We were sure our group picture would win as the best tailgate picture, but we didn’t even get an honorable mention… Next time, Hokies, next time!
Even though I didn’t feel like running, I got to pretend that I was racing by standing in the porta-potty line!
Rhonda and I passed the torch of preparing our pre-game tequila shots to these Hokies-in-training. They were so up to the task! Despite my best efforts, the alcohol didn’t kill my cold germs.
By half-time our core body temperatures were up to 110 degrees. It was hot out there people!
The crowing of our Homecoming king and queen was really touching. Senior Chris Atkins was named king and immediately gave his crown to his seven year old escort and cancer survivor Nathan Orban to help bring awareness to leukemia and lymphoma. Nathan’s shirt said, “A King For A Cause.” Junior Taylor Lavery, the granddaughter of the late William Lavery (our university’s president from 1975-87), was named homecoming queen.
After a Hokie win, we headed back to our tailgate for round two (breakfast foods before the game, sandwiches after the game) of eating, drinking, and general merry making!
- Questions:
- Do you return to your alma mater for homecoming?
- Was it unseasonably hot this weekend where you live?
- What did you do for fun this weekend?
Um, how old are those tequila shot preparers? Pretty sure that may be illegal, but I am not the blog police so don’t mind me! Ha!
That is so sweet about the homecoming king! What a great guy.
It was most certainly unseasonably COLD here. I am jealous of your heat, as I was camping in snow all weekend and shivering more than necessary.
They are all at least 21 and college seniors! Isn’t it depressing when we get to a certain age and college students start looking so young? It hit me around 26…
And the youngest one turns 22 this week!
Love the jump shot & how cool you made it on Jumbotron!! I can’t wait to take girls to Homecoming in a few years. My husband is actually in B’burg this week to do on campus interviews for his company. I wish I was there too!
My son represents his company doing recruiting at VT. He loves it!
That sounds like an awesome time! And I love what the king did, very sweet.
I miss a good hokie game!! That’s so cool your picture got on the jumbotron!
Come back to VT for a game and stop by our tailgate. You know that you’re always welcome!
I hope your feeling better, though I couldn’t really tell with that jumping pic, you look pretty darn happy to be there and I think you should have gotten something for best tailgate picture. Oh and that blowup mascot picture is classic.
I can always rally for a tailgate! 😉
Hope your cold goes away soon! I did not realize what a large group y’all have for tailgates. Congrats on making the jumbotron!
I love your 8 foot Hokie Bird! Please tell me you put it up in your front yard for Christmas (because that totally makes sense, right??).
It was unseasonably hot this weekend, but now there’s a cold front coming through.
Thanks; I woke up this morning feeling great for the first time since last Tuesday. 🙂
This past weekend’s group was a little larger than usual because of homecoming, but we usually have a pretty good turnout!
You are SO ADORABLE in the pictures preparing for Hokie mayhem! I love it!
I recently didn’t get to go to my 20-year high school reunion. I participated in a lot of activities so I feel like it would have been great to see everyone.