2009 SEC Champions & early December snow

Have I seriously not posted about the SEC Championship game yet?? How in the world did that happen?! Apparently I had intentions to because I already had the pictures uploaded to flickr... I think the Christmas rush has made me lose my mind (even more than usual)! Well crap, I was about to start my Christmas posts, but oh well. I really would usually just skip posting about this since it's been so long, but I can't just "skip" posting about an SEC Championship or snow... So stick with me here.

If you recall from this post, there was snow forecast for the night before the big game. Simply having snow in the forecast here in the south rarely means we'll actually GET some... especially in early December! However, around 11pm that Friday night it actually started snowing (yes, that's actually snow and not rain - promise)!

And after about an hour it looked like this:

I was so excited and just had a feeling it was going to be a great weekend! Snow plus the potential for winning an SEC Championship was just so exciting. We actually didn't go to sleep until around 2am, and when we did it was still snowing a little! Usually snow melts pretty fast here if it even sticks, but when I woke up around 6am, there was still snow on the ground.

But by the time we were leaving (around 8am, I think) it was just starting to melt a little. You can see how beautiful it was on the trees and everything though. I really wish we would get more soon! I just love how everything looks covered with snow... especially when it sticks around past 10am.

We rode to Atlanta with my parents and hopped on the Marta to go into the city. We headed straight for the SEC Fanfare area which was packed with people! And it was a little over-hyped and over-priced in my opinion. But we still had fun!

We got into the dome a little early so we had time to walk around some, get some snacks... and get really nervous about the game. I really felt pretty nauseous the whole first 3 quarters from being so nervous.

If you remember this news story, the poster below will make sense. haha

After the game started I don't think I even took any pictures until the 4th quarter (except maybe during halftime).

It was crazy how the energy in the dome changed once the 3rd quarter ended and we were a lot more confident about going home with a win. I don't think I've ever seen so many people in the stands holding up the 4th quarter 4 fingers. Funny how it stops where the orange & blue shirts begin.

The players were getting into it too.

Although we knew we had the win "in the bag" towards the end, I really was not able to breathe a sigh of relief until I saw this in all its glory:


We did it!! SEC Champions for the 22nd time!! Not only that, but now we are headed to the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME!!! "ROLL TIDE" hasn't felt this good in a long time.
(Don't you just love my hubby's stylin' championship belt?)


(Trying to get the scoreboard in the picture with Mom & Dad didn't work well for the lighting. :-/ )






We had fun staying to watch the trophy presentation and post-game celebration in the dome. What an awesome time and what great memories! It was definitely a much happier ride home than last year when Florida got away with the win.

And the next morning we met at my parents' house to help with their Christmas decorating. Mom had the breakfast drink of champions mixed up for us in honor of the team we beat.

Get it? Florida Gator(ade)?