Auburn's "All In" Weekend

This past weekend Auburn had their "All In" weekend with several sporting events going on this one weekend.  We originally wanted to go to the baseball game Friday night and Saturday afternoon, basketball Saturday night, then baseball again on Sunday, but we didn't get there in time Friday, and when the floods came in on Saturday, the baseball game got rained out and was moved to Sunday for a double header.  So instead we just went to the basketball game Saturday night and three innings of the baseball game on Sunday since it was so windy and cold!

Even though we didn't make it in time for the baseball game Friday night, we still had fun going out to eat at Niffer's with Granna, Poppy, Conner, and Ashley.  Jack even got a visit from the balloon man who made him an Aubie!  It was so cute and Jack loved it!

On Saturday, we went to see Zac Etheridge who was having a signing at Auburn Art downtown.  We'd never met him in person, but always loved him as a football player. We've always loved his story of recovery, too, after his horrible neck injury back in October 2009 during the Ole Miss game.  He plays for the Oakland Raiders now, but is still a very sweet and down-to-earth guy! We were thrilled to get a picture with him, too!

 

Later that night we went to the basketball game against Mississippi State, or as Jack calls them, "Busy Stake." They are ranked and beat us earlier this year already, but Auburn played very well this time and beat them 65-55!  We had so much fun and Jack loved being there!  He sat in his own chair most of the game and watched every play, and pretty much knew what was going on the whole time! He would cheer them on all on his own and ask us where certain players were on the court, then he had his hands up for every Auburn free throw saying "A-U" like he's heard the students say! He would also say, "Come on Auburn! You can do it!", plus, "Is that Kenny Gabriel down there?", and "Someone donk it!" (aka "dunk it").   He was so much fun to watch and I couldn't help but smile at him the whole game!  He also got a pretzel, popcorn, and a sprite that he'd been asking for for several days earlier!

At halftime we went to the kid zone where they had a basketball goal, bean toss, table for coloring pictures, and face painting.  The big kids were surrounding the basektball goal and bean toss, so he settled for coloring and face painting.  He colored a beautiful Aubie picture, then got his face painted for the first time!  He got a basketball on his cheek and it was so cute!  He sat so still and was so proud of himself having that on his cheek to show off!

 

As I mentioned earlier, we went to the last three innings of the first baseball game on Sunday, but didn't stay for the second because it was way to windy and cold!  We saw the sun come out for maybe 2 minutes, but that was it!  We then headed to Granny and Granddaddy's house to visit with them before heading home.  Jack fell asleep soon after leaving since he was exhausted from such a fun and eventful weekend!