College Football Season {Life}

It is officially college football season!  We know many of you will be tailgating this weekend:  laughing with friends and family, catching up over delicious fare, sipping toddies, and cheering for your beloved team. 

Today, we are thrilled to share some of our dear friends' favorite tailgating traditions with you!

"Having bayou food on the LSU game day."  Wendy Putt of Fresh Cut Catering & Floral

"I love how friends from all over are in basically the same spot each and every year.  You can find them this way just to say hi and catch up!  We always laughed that there was a Jackson section of the Grove and a coastal section, and how the Grove is almost divided up like the state or states.  This makes it such a fun family friendly atmosphere where you can see friends old and new, and watch children grow as the years go by."  Jennifer Walker

"Trying everyone's cooking!!!"  Shelley Brown Floyd of Brown Bottling Group

"We paint and carve Ole Miss pumpkins for the first home game in October every year.  I love bringing the holiday to the Grove!"  Bethany Daws Cooley

"Seeing good friends and knowing that you'll always have the fall to catch up with buddies that you don't get to see the rest of the year."  Luke Chamblee

"I love the smell of the grills and just people around visiting while watching other games on TV.  Waking up early in the morning and setting up and gearing up for the game."  Jeff Chao of Chao Photography

"I love watching the Eagle Walk right before the game!  When the team and players walk through campus and the band is playing!  It's so much fun!  Definitely gets everyone in the spirit for the game!"  Whitney Giordano Foster

"To me, the tradition of setting everything up the morning before, seeing all of your friends and family start showing up with food, drinks, decorations.  For me at least that means its time to get the day going, so you know you can go visit with people at your tent and then make a loop around visiting all your other buddies at their tents, and seeing people you haven't seen in a while."  Lee Hutchinson

"My favorite thing is that we have been tailgating with family since I was a little girl in an Ole Miss cheerleader uniform...It's so fun to have your parents, brothers, aunt, uncles and cousins (many, many cousins!) and now tons of babies all together for Ole Miss football.  Our sweet mommas still cook all of the food...Favorites include hot ham sandwiches, Monroe pizzas, tootsie dip and iced brownies!  Nothing like having all your family together every Saturday!  When it's time to go to the game we all walk to the stadium together...so fun!"  Neely Nasif Moffett

"Connecting with my sorority sisters before homecoming game.  We usually meet at one of the fraternity tents (Kappa Alpha Psi) to eat & partake in 'spirits!'  Then we go back afterwards for the finish line party!"  Lori Jackson

Cheers to college football season! 

All of the precious clothing for our shoot was provided by our favorite children's store, Sweet Dreams Children's Boutique in Madison!  They have an incredible assortment of clothing and accessories, perfect for your sweet sports fans!  Click here to visit the Sweet Dreams Facebook Page! 

Thank you to Christina Foto for capturing these little football fans so beautifully!  Click here to view her gorgeous website. 

{Blog by Mitchell Walters}