BUNCO @ Laurens!!

Bunco

July 21, 2011

I was asked to be a sub again for my friends bunco group tonight and was so excited to play with this group of girls again. I always have a blast when I am with them. They needed one more sub so I invited one of my good friends Lois to join us tonight. The theme of course was 4^th of July and Lauren did a great job with decorating and all the yummy food. I unfortunately didn’t win any money, but I still had a great time.

Thanks Lauren for inviting me!!

Lauren is Pregos!!! YAY!!

Lauren had great luck becasue of the little baby bump!!

One Last Fling before she ties the KNOT!!!

Sarabeth's Bachelorette Weekend

We are less than 2 weeks away from the big day that we have been waiting for since November. But this past weekend we took Sarabeth away to forget everything and just relax and enjoy a weekend of fun with 14 of the greatest friends ever.

I started planning this weekend back in early Spring with the help of some of her wonderful friends. I wanted to make sure this was a weekend to remember for Sarabeth and to always remember how much she is loved and cared for by so many friends.

Most of the girls headed down sounth Thursday afternoon to Ft. Walton, Fl. It was going to be one wild weekend and a stress free one at that for Sarabeth. We arrived around dinner time and immediately went to dinner at a place called fish lips it was delicious. I had grilled shrip, sweet potato fries, and a ceaser salad. We met 3 of the other girls for dinner that were already there for the wonderful weekend. We were all very tired after dinner that we went straight back to the condo to crash.

We woke up Friday morning to a overcast beach, but that wasn't going to stop us from having a day of fun on the beach. We stayed out on the beach all day and into early evening before heading in for the fun and exciting night ahead.

We all got ready and everyone came to our condo to begin the fun night. We ordered pizza and all settled in our seats for the wild night to begin. Before we got started with our night we had a surprise for Sb, one of our good friends Emily had designed a t-shirt for us all to wear that night at the party for the fabulous weekend. Sarabeth had no clue about the shirts so we all went into the back bedroom and put them on and came out in a parade of purple and surprised her. She was totally shocked and so excited. Then we all took our seats and started the show for the lingerie shower before heading out on the town. I surprised Sarabeth with her Honeymoon basket that she has been waiting to see. She loved it!!! Her basket included two towels that said Mr. and Mrs., Just Married Flip Flops, two cups with both of their initials, a sexy little bride tank, personalized picture frame, and some other items. Then we all played a game where she was given a basket of panties that we had each purchased to match our individual personality. This was a fun and tricky game, and we all had fun guessing and seeing the matched panties to fit everyone’s unique style. Then the presents started to be open and the games began. Sb got some sexy and shocking items. After she got done opening all the gifts we cleaned up the condo and got ready to head out on the town for the night.

We all headed out the door only to notice that it was a monsoon going on outside and all the roads were flooded. Do you think this was going to stop us, I don’t think so. We all piled into two cars and headed to the Electric Cowboy for the nights events. When we arrived the place was totally empty but we didn’t care we knew that we would bring the party wherever we would be. We began dancing the night away to great music and just enjoyed ourselves.

One of the best highlights of the night was the mechanical bull that was in the corner waiting to be taken on a ride. So of course we had to get some of the girls to take the challenge and ride the bull. One of the girls Cynthia volunteered to be the first one to ride and she did a great job and had so much fun. Next was defiantly going to be the bride, we weren’t going to leave without SB riding the bull. She did a great job and I am so proud of her for trying it even though she didn’t want to. I wanted to but knew there would be no way I would get up on in front of the crowed that surrounded the bull. Maybe if the place was totally empty I would have, but then again who knows. After many drink, laughs, dancing, and all around acting like fools we all piled back into the cars and headed back to the condos to go to sleep.

Saturday we all woke up talking about the previous nights events and couldn’t wait to get out on the beach for another relaxing day. We all gathered all of our STUFF and headed down to the beach to try and get some sun before the bad weather moved in again. Well we got about 30 min. before the rain came and we tried to wait it out but it just got worse and worse. We got all of our STUFF again and headed over to Emily’s condo for some lunch and to all just hang out and have a good time together. As the afternoon approached we all knew we had to be ready by 5 and with 8 girls in one room we knew we needed to get started early. So we all headed back and began the process to beauty.

I had scheduled a dolphin night cruise from 6-8 and then we were going to eat dinner and then have the BIG BACHELORETTE NIGHT!!! Well, my plans got ruined by the tropical depression that was going on in Destin/Ft. Walton that weekend. So instead we went straight to dinner at AJ’s and then headed over to the SWAMP for the night. There is no way I can describe our night, it was once in a lifetime experience. Because of the monsoon the wind and rain was the worst it has ever been and so we were all soaking wet. The place we were at parts of the roof and walls are open so water was coming in from every direction and we didn’t care. We just enjoyed our night and celebrated Sb and her wonderful marriage that is soon to be. We had so much fun and I couldn’t have asked for anything better. I hope my sister had the time of her life and enjoyed every moment from this weekend. I can’t believe my big sister is getting married. AHHHH!!!

Sunday morning we all woke up cleaned up the condo and headed back home to go back to reality and begin the last minute stressing.

Hope YOU had a BLAST SB!!! I love you so much!!!

Happy 4th of July!!

July 4, 2011

HAPPY 4^th OF JULY!!!

I knew this was going to be a great day because of the people I was going to spend it with. We headed out to Gardendale to meet up with some of our friends to enjoy a beautiful and hott day of riding. We rode pretty much the entire day and enjoyed every minute of it. Around 5 we headed back and loaded everything up to head back to town for a cookout with THE LINGINGSTONS!!!

Around 6:00 we headed to our friends house to enjoy the second part of our fun day by cooking out with friends. When we arrived all the guys were watching tv and the women were chatting in the kitchen so Chris and I grabbed some food and took our places with the others. We enjoyed a great night of laughing and eating before heading out to watch fireworks. We drove to tip top grill in Bluff Park to watch the firework show at Vulcan. Because of the weather all day it was very very foggy and we could not see a thing L. I was very sad but hey I still enjoyed the night with Chris and great friends.

I will say this was the best 4^th of July I have ever had.

Happy Birthday AMERICA!!!

Birthday Dinner 2

June 26. 2011

Birthday Dinner 2

Tonight Chris took me out for my birthday because he couldn’t be there the night before. I was so excited to enjoy this night of just the two of us. When I got to his house he had a gift all wrapped in pretty pink paper and a card waiting for me on the table. I immediately wanted to open it and see what he got me. It was a three-piece sign that said “ Live Laugh Love” it is tan, blue, and brown. Inside the card was a gift certificate to one of my favorite places The Cheesecake Factory. HE DID A GREAT JOB!! It was a great dinner and night!!!

Thanks CHRIS!!!

Sarabeth's Bridal Tea

June 26, 2011

Sarabeth’s Bridal Tea

Today was Sarabeth’s last shower and it was her big Bridal Tea!! Three of my mom’s friends were the hostesses for this amazing shower. It was held at our church parlor and they did a great job decorating and with the food. Many people came and brought some amazing gifts. It was a great day to celebrate this wonderful time in her life. I am so happy to see so many people who love and support my sister in this next journey of her life. I wish her nothing but years and years of happiness.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!

June 25, 2011

MY 26^th Birthday

I always love my birthday, I mean doesn’t everyone? Well this birthday was by far a great birthday. I got to celebrate two nights in a row so it was great. On my birthday I relaxed by the pool for the day with great friends Lauren Taylor and Sara. Sara drove up from Auburn to celebrate my birthday with me, I just love her too pieces. After laying out at the pool all day we got ready and headed out to dinner to meet up with family and friends to celebrate some more!! Every year my sister and I get to pick the restaurant we want to eat at for our birthday. This year I picked Stix in Hoover. It was very delicious. I had a great time at dinner with some of the most amazing friends and family. After dinner some of us headed to Back Nine to hear some music. It was a great night and I got some great gifts.

Thank you everyone for celebrating my birthday with me!!~

NKOTBSB CONCERT!!

June 22, 2011

NKOTBSB Concert

Tonight I got to relive my younger years and act like I was “13” again. My sister and I drove to Atlanta to meet up with one of our friends Erin to go to a once in a lifetime concert. The “NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK AND BACK STREET BOYS” concert. I can’t even describe how much fun this night was. I didn’t sit down once the whole night, we all sang and danced our little butts off that night!! After the concert we headed back to stay the night at Erin’s and woke up early the next morning to head back home. It was a great night and I would pay money again to see them any day!!