Updates:
Davis, "the cool dude", is quickly approaching the one year mark! He'll be
11 months old at the end of December. Lord, time truly does fly! It feels like we were just at the hospital welcoming him into the world. The hair is still spiked, the crawling has picked up at a Nascar's pace, and it seems like all he wants to do is eat! He's living the dream right now. We are anxious to see how he is when "Ho Ho" comes around. Stay tuned...
Auburn ended it's coaching search saga with Gene Chizik. While I'm not too impressed with the hire and question it to some degree, I'll reserve my judgement to when and where it counts...the wins/loses and recruting. The 5-19 record as a head coach doesn't settle well with the Auburn faithful, however, if Chizik would have stayed at Texas until this time, he'd be one of, if not the, hottest names out there right not. He's a great defensive football coach and has the pedigree of success, but coordinators don't always make good head coaches. He is under the microscope for sure and has a lot of tides to turn on and off the field. He could be a total bust at Auburn, yet he could very well be what Auburn needs. We'll all find out soon enough.**Turkey Day was good as always. Davis seemed to be the main course of attention everywhere we went, but the food and fellowship with family was great as well. Me and my family have so much to be thankful for and it is a peaceful and rewarding feeling to just sit back and think about the blessings in your life. We should do it everyday, but it often gets thrown to the side.
**This past Saturday, Lauren and I had a large group of our closest college friends over for our annual Christmas party. It was the 4th year in a row that we have had it and it is something I really look forward to every year. It's funny how things change so much in a year. We had four newly married couples and three couples with babies now, yet there were still some singles there too. Crazy. It was great to talk about old times, jobs, kids, 401k's, and everything else in between.
**A big congrats goes out to Ryan Herring for winning Shelby County Coach of the Year honors and for Darion Sutton for winning Player of the Year for Shelby County. Other Wildcat players were represented in the All County Team as well. Very well deserved.
All the best,
Ricky
