SEC Championship....

I wouldn't have missed it for the world!!!

Our usual traveling crew with Greg and Terri Cupstid

The Stein sisters came to tailgate!!!

With Whit Merrifield before the game

The bestie and me

Our entire tailgate crew

Thanks Mom!!!

What a beautiful sight!!!

A Season to Remember...

...But a Teaser for 2011

I couldn't be more proud of my Gamecocks! (Well maybe, if they had won that really big last game...) This is just a recap in pictures of the last half of the season to remember!!!

GO COCKS! Looking forward to the bowl game in Atlanta!!! Beat the Noles!!!

FOOTBALL 2010...thus far

What an amazing start to the South Carolina football season we have had (excluding our 2 losses)!!! As Todd Ellis said, this is a team filled with EMOTION! I have a ton of pictures from tailgating and the games so far that I thought I'd share. Enjoy!

SOUTH CAROLINA vs. Southern Mississppi

41-13

WIN

SOUTH CAROLINA vs GEORGIA

17-6

WIN

SOUTH CAROLINA vs. FURMAN

38-19

WIN

SOUTH CAROLINA vs AUBURN

27-35

LOSS

SOUTH CAROLINA vs ALABAMA

35-21

WIN!!!

This was by far the greatest moment in the history of South Carolina football and I am so glad I was able to be there to witness it! All in all, it was one of th best weekends ever! Two of my very good friends, one of which is a best friend from college and roommate, made the trip down. This was the first time in 2 years we had seen each other! They must've been good luck and need to come down for the rest of the season, despite what happened last weekend :(

Fortunately, I did not make the trip to Kentucky with the rest of my usual traveling crew. That would have been a LONG drive home!!!

I have full confidence in my Gamecocks and will never lost faith!

LOYAL DEVOTION!!!

Facebook...Children...and MY THOUGHTS!

I just happened to be browsing Facebook today and saw that someone I was friends with became friends with a little girl that used to go to Ann Pitts, the daycare I worked at while in high school, and a good bit of college. I was absolutely appalled. This child could possibly be 8 years old! I then proceded to take a gander at this little girl's facebook page to not only see that it was not private, but I could see all of her photos, her friends' (whom also went to the daycare) profiles and photos, etc.

I guess it is hard for me to take in because when Facebook first came out, I was a freshman in college. You were only allowed to join facebook if you went to a university. You couldn't even join if you went to a technical college. They then began allowing technical college students to join, with high school student not long after that! Now, as we all now, ANYONE can join! Even at the age of 25 - although with my new haircut I have been told I look 15 again - I still get "creepo" friend requests! Just thought I'd share that it really erks me that children this young are allowed by their parents to join such a massive social networking site!

Much Love <3>

Katy

Waiting At The Dock To See Em's Rock

July 10 Brent Boyleston asked Emily Cheatham to marry him!!! He has been making not just Emily, but all of us wait!!! Brent, being the sincere man that he is, knew Emily would want all of her friends and family there celebrate with her after he popped the big question! He took her on the boat from his family's lakehouse, and when they arrived back to the dock, we were all there cheering! I was asked to be a bridesmaid, which means the world to me. Emily and I have been friends since diaper days, so you can only imagine how honored I am to be a part of their special day! Here are a few pictures from their special evening.

The happy couple

Jessica with the sign she made

Emily's bridesmaids + Brent

I must also congratualate Emily getting into Charleston Law. She is moving Friday (tear), and will be very much missed! This is a very exciting time in Emily's life and I couldn't be more happy for her!

MoSt AmAzInG TrIp EvEr!!!!!

First things first, WE ARE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!! We got the last bat at the Blatt and shut the lights out!

Sunday, the day after we BEAT CLEMSON in the COLLEGE WORLD SERIES, I hopped in the car with Brandon's parents and my mom and we took the ROAD TO OMAHA! This was extremely spur of the moment ~ literally packed in 30 minutes and wasn't even sure what I had packed! Thank goodness my boss was nice enough to allow me to do this! The drive for us was a total of 20 hours. On the way there we stopped to get some sleep somewhere in Illinois - Mt. Vernon I believe it was??? I took a ton of pictures...

AHHH...never thought I would see this place!

The Payne's, my mom, and me before the fist game The famous shot in Rosenblatt The 8 team flags

We went to Henry Doorly Zoo on Tuesday since we had a long day before the game started. This zoo is amazing! Words could never describe it! I will bore you with just a few pictures of the zoo animals!

This GAMECOCK gave us a call as soon as we walked up to it!

Now, I definitely had to get a picture of one of the tigers!!!Mama and her baby...this was just 2 of about 15 gorillas! The Polar Bear - I remember when Riverbanks had a polar bear! My mom and me in the game! GO COCKS! COCKY! So glad he was able to make the trip!
And, the Gamecocks win the CWS 2-1!!!!
Us after the game...NATIONAL CHAMPIONS BABY!
Just when I thought it couldn't get much better...After the game, Mom and I hitched a ride to the Embassy Suites to welcome the team in! My camera had died so I had to get some shots with my phone, which I don't have on my computer yet! We got pictures with Whit, Jackie Bradley Jr., and one with Adam Matthews holding the trophy! AMAZING!!!!

I have been so fortunate to take the road to Omaha! It was a once in a lifetime chance by that time to see the Gamecocks play at Rosenblatt stadium, much less be able to experience a National Championship!

WEEKEND RECAP

What a great weekend! It was very relaxing and carefree! Friday night I finally got to see Sex and the City 2! It was great! I had heard mixed reviews from quite a few people, but I had to find out for myself. I thought it was hilarious! Saturday, I woke up way too early! I went for a jog, then Brandon and I headed out to Dockside to meet some friends to go out on their boat. I of coarse ran into friends that I have not see in a very long time! We had such a good time!

Ronnie, Moe, Brandon, and Hunt

Me driving :)

We also celebrated Father's Day which turned out great! My mom and Brandon's mom are in Omaha trying to pull on the Gamecocks, so our dads were both home alone. We went over to my dad's for lunch. We picked up wings and the fixin's and planned to watch the baseball game, but due to the 6 hour rain delay, that didn't happen. Yesterday evening we went to Brandon's parents' home and had steaks with his dad, brother, and sister-in-law. After dinner, we were finally able to catch a few innings before the next rain delay. Unfortunately the Cocks did not win, but we all tried to not let that put a damper on the great weekend!

On the Road to OMAHA!

GAMECOCKS GOING TO OMAHA!

It's Returning to Omaha

It's battling for championships

It's a tradition of winning!

IT'S THE GARNET WAY!

FOOTBALL FEVER

For some odd reason I am having a case of football fever this week! I always complain about how I feel like my Gamecock sports life never comes to an end because each sport overlaps. That is with the exception of baseball. After baseball is finished ("finished" meaning the end of CWS in hopes we make it to the end, IF we even make it to the CWS), we have 9 weeks until our first football game against Southern Mississippi! That gives us a decent break to really enjoy summer. However, I am getting excited about football season coming up! We have such a wonderful Gamecock family that we travel to the away games with and great friends that we tailgate with at home! Here are some great pictures over the years...

Clemson 2008 (mine and Brandon's first "date")

@ Georgia

USC vs. Ole Miss (we beat the #4 ranked team!)

@ Alabama (the trip Brandon's mom and my mom made with us)

@ Tennessee

USC vs. Florida at Susie's tailgate

SC Baseball Regional Weekend

What a great weekend for Carolina baseball! Now, all we need is College of Charleston to beat Coastal Carolina today and we will most likely be hosting the super regional at Carolina Stadium! Right now it is tied in extra innings!!! Here are a few pictures from the weekend...

Rhett, me, Kevin, and AmandaMom with Jana and Mr. Payne

Ashley and me Siblings - Rhett, me, Em, and CrosbyBig Kev, Jonie, Amanda, and Kevin

Our baseball family! The Clarks, Paynes, and Queens

My Version of "Proscuitto and Caremalized Onion Pizza"

My roommate and I love to find recipes and take a stab at them for dinner every week. We were joking last night about how we needed to start filming ourselves in the kitchen. We don't exactly have all of the everyday cooking utensils (although we have a good bit), but we seem to make do just fine!

As I have said before, I am obsessed with the Pioneer Woman. I found a recipe that I was dying to try, so I did just that. It was a proscuitto and caremalized onion pizza and boy was it devine! I can only imagine what the PW's tasted like! I didn't fool with the mess of making my own dough or anything like that. I actually tried to get the refrigerated dough from Publix, but they were out. I decided just to use one of those ready made thing pizza crusts. The other ingredients consisted of EVOO, salt, garlic, brown sugar, red onion, proscuitto, and mozzerella.

This is my pizza...

This is PW's pizza....

As you can tell, they are just slightly different, but it still tasted FABULOUS!!!