Seafood and shopping on the beach

As our summer came to an end and with football practice coming on Monday, we stayed in Foley, Ala., and made stops in Destin, Fla., and Gulf Shores, Ala.

Unfortunately we didn't get to walk on the beach because every time we decided we would go it would rain.

We did enjoy some seafood and shopping though! No crowds but we saw lots of signs proclaiming support for the sandy shores!

I finally got to paint at Easely Amused

 Mine & Lisa's paintings

My sister, Lisa and her teacher friend, Amy and I went to Easely Amused to paint the "Tree of Life" on Thursday night. I had been wanting to go for quite sometime and we finally made it there.  We were all a little scared of all the curly Qs but I think the turned out all right. We laughed and laughed and had a really good time. I registered Lisa for a class since she was at the hospital with Brian and his mom and when I went back to do mine the class was full! My luck!!!!!!

When in South Bend, Ind., or near it....

 Touchdown Jesus 

Two great coaches, my hubby and Knute Rockne

Paul and I took an antiquing vacation with his parents for a week and we traveled at least parts of seven states including Illinois, Indiana and Ohio all the while searching for treasures to sell.

Since planning the trip and looking on the map, Paul has been planning on going to see "Touchdown Jesus." I know sometimes we want to thank Jesus for a Touchdown but I really didn't know what the site was other than it was on Notre Dame's campus.

We were going to attend an auction the next day in a town nearby so his parents made the stop. We jumped out of the car and stepped on campus right by the stadium.

We didn't get to see the inside of the stadium but we did see the Coach Knute Rockney's statue and Touchdown Jesus.

I googled it on the way there so here's what Touchdown Jesus is:

The stadium is known for its view of "Touchdown Jesus", a nickname given to the large mural entitled The Word of Life by Millard Sheets of the resurrected Jesus.^[2] Installed in 1964 on the Hesburgh Library, the mosaicked wall looms over the stadium mirroring the raised arms of a referee signifying a touchdown. The stadium expansion had the side effect of partially obscuring the view of the mural from the field.

 We were there for only a few minutes but we soaked in the football history.