Thorpe Thoughts...: Healthy Competition

Last year, our friends Troy and Kristalynn Redstone invited us to watch the Arkansas vs. Alabama game with them (they are huge and highly devoted Crimson Tide fans) but unfortunately we were out of town, so we were unable. So this year, we made sure it would work out! We made plans to watch it at Troy and Kristalynn's home but before the game we made a little wager, also. Troy decided that whichever team lost, the loser would have to wear the winning team's paraphernalia to church on Sunday morning! Of course, we took them up on their offer because we were so confident in the hogs.

We had fun dressing up in our game day gear and headed over to the Redstones just before kick-off. I made another pan of sassy tailgate sandwiches and Kristalynn had made some yummy dips as well. The game started off decent and by half time we weren't too far behind (17-7). Then, the second half turned terrible and we made too many mistakes, not able to stop the awesome Alabama offense. Unfortunately, the hogs ended up losing the battle and Troy picked out the most atrocious Bama shirt he could find for Jay to wear to church. Jay was such a good sport and we had a great time laughing, cheering, yelling, and for Jay and myself, being completely frustrated. Here's hoping we'll beat LSU in the Battle of the Boot!

Good friends cheering for opposite teams!

I talked Kyra into putting on a face tattoo like me, so we had to take a cute pic!

The Redstone's dog, Dixie, even sported a Bama jersey

After the game: our smiles are fake, the Redstones' are genuine. :) And Troy forced Jay to wear that Bear Bryant hat...

Jay's outfit for church this morning. It was red seer-sucker shirt with an "Alabama Crimson Tide" patch that was way too big. Ha ha!

After the Razorback game, we shopped at Town Center for a bit then came home to lounge, pay bills and watch OU play Mizzou. That game wasn't much better but we managed to squeak out another victory and snap a few more cute pics!