Birthday!

The birthday boy after I beat him in bowling ;)

Matt's neice Natalie and a big fox

It has been a whirlwind of activity from Christmas until now. Matt's 29th Birthday was yesterday, and he claims that the Arkansas "win" last night was just for him. We celebrated with the Curry fam out at the lake this past weekend, and even fit in a little bowling game or two. Last night we rushed to Hugo's after Matt got off work to meet his good friend Bryan Merry for dinner. Kathy and Jeff stopped by for a drink, and we somehow made it to the game just in time!

Hope you had a wonderful BIRTHDAY!

Here are a few pictures I took on campus
that I framed for his desk.

Festivus For the Rest of Us!

My Christmas festivities are in full swing, and I'm loving every minute! I am also loving being off work for over 2 weeks, what an amazing feeling to wake up whenever I want and check so many things off my lists!

As you can see from my pic, last weekend my mom arranged for us girls to get some professional pictures taken (since we hadn't done that in about 5 years or so). Of course I brought Wrigs along to sneak some with her! I just got the proofs, so I'm a tad late on holiday cards, but have SO many fun shots that I may break down and still do a New Years greeting...

Christmas Bunco was at Allison's house which reminds me of so many amazing holidays blogs I stalk, it truly was decked OUT and beautiful! Bethany and Ali provided a FAT spread of delicious yummys, and I caught up with the girls, which is always one of my favorite things to do!

Bethany, myself, Stephanie and Sarah
after the gift exchange

Next on the list..a visit with Joanna! Finally home again from Dublin, we went on a walk all around Dickson and campus (good thing we did this last week because it was still warm!), and then visited Rachel and McCoy. Leanne stopped by with Holden, so we could meet the little precious boy. He is So tiny!! We had a great time catching up, drinking wine mid afternoon, and coo-ing over babies.

Leanne, Jo holding Holden, Rachel, me and big boy McCoy!

This past weekend Sarah and Jared held a Christmas get together for friends, it started out completely grown up with a nice dinner/cocktails...and completely resulted back to our college days with tequila shots and old school rap music. We had a blast, and paid for it on Sunday!

Me, Theresa and Sarah, enjoying the margaritas
Theresa was channeling Blair Woldorf with her outfit and fabulous bow/feather headband.
Only if you truly love Gossip Girl would you understand...

Dear Santa (or mom)- I'd like Sarah's camera in my stocking, k- thanks!

Theresa, Monica, Steph, Me

Sarah and Candice

Super Stars

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A welcomed homecoming

Josie will be home for Christmas break in T minus 2 days!! Yippee!! Can't wait to see you and catch up. I want to make sure you go back to Dublin with your fabulous SOUTHERN accent:)
See you soon!!!

Wedding gown, circa 1940's?

No matter how old I am, I've always LOVED playing dress up. Over Thanksgiving, as we were all laying around the living room of my aunt Jan's house after our big meal, she mentioned that she somehow had my grandmother Jean's preserved Wedding Dress! None of us had seen it in person but I've always loved the pictures of her in it. Pale blue was the color of the season and this thing is something else! It was so heavy, and she was itty bitty tiny (none of the buttons were fastened in the back). Check out that headpiece! Rosettes galore, and dyed pale blue veil- simply spectacular. Since it was preserved right after the wedding, it was in perfect condition! My grandfather even remembers traveling back to Marshall Fields in Chicago to have it "boxed up". He was so cute, you could see the memories flooding back to him. I wish my grandmother had been there to see us.

SO all my newly married friends, if for no other reason than your grand kids will get a total kick out of trying on your fashionable dress, you should definitely save it! It brought a lot of laughs to our family that night.


Em

O' Christmas Tree O' Christmas Tree

The lights, the sticks, the ornaments galore
I had NO idea what I was in store for
3.5 hours from the lighting of the tree
I snapped this photo of Christmas decor by me!

Okay enough rhymes, but honestly, maybe I am way more OCD about decorating than we were growing up, but WHEW was I worn out when that was finished. Of course, the first thing Matt said as he walked in the door "It looks great except the top is ugly". Oh well, can't win them all folks. I tried to convince him that I'm not insane and people will like it, but he wondered whatever happened to a nice star or angel topper. I told him Target was out ;)

Any-who, hope YA'LL enjoy my tree, come by and have a cocktail and see it in person, it's much more beautiful. Happy Holidays!!

Em

Introducing...The Knights!

This year has been full of celebrations for Andrea and Josh. A few weeks ago they finally tied the knot! It was an amazing weekend, and such a fun reunion for all of us who got to spend so much time with our friends who live far away. Enjoy a few snapshots of the rehearsal dinner and wedding night. It was beautiful and turned out perfect...I can't wait to see the photographers pics. Now... who's next?!?

Matt & Em
Em, Linds and Sarah- don't be scared, it was Halloween and Sarah became a CSI victim after the rehearsal dinner

All the bridesmaids before the Wedding!

Crandall, Sarah, Andrea and myself- after dancing I suppose

Marketing Drive ladies!

Linds, Em and Sarah- after the reception but before Genos