Me, Emily and Laura
And all the Zetas!
Pictures from Claire's first haircut and the 13th Annual Fat Kid Christmas Party are coming soon (hopefully)!
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Here comes the bride...
Our good friends Robert and Melissa got married a few weekends ago, and in the fun of seeing all my old sorority sisters, I took only two pictures. Oh well, here they are...
Pictures from Claire's first haircut and the 13th Annual Fat Kid Christmas Party are coming soon (hopefully)!
Pictures from Claire's first haircut and the 13th Annual Fat Kid Christmas Party are coming soon (hopefully)!
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Thankful (for Fat Kids) on a Thursday
If you have been reading my blog for any length of time, you know that my best friends from high school in New Orleans are fondly known as the Fat Kids. We have been getting together for an annual Christmas party for 13 years now. (Or maybe it's 14- Casie, I know you read the blog, correct me if I'm wrong). It usually entails a lot of food, the most wonderful slush drink that Tara makes, a dirty Santa gift exchange and a really good time.
Girls have come and gone from the party, but the seven of us have been there through it all: the trauma that can be an all-girls high school, boyfriends, bad friends, jobs, family mess. We have stayed together despite moving away to college, getting married, having babies.
So today, I am thankful for my trip to New Orleans to reconnect with the girls that defined my teenage years, rescued me from depression, supported me through anything, stood in my wedding, celebrated the birth of my daughter and will surely take me to the nursing home in fifty years.
126. The Next Generation. We have started the second generation of Fat Kids- Christine's little Laynie, Claire, and Holly's little Savvy- just born this October. What we will do next year when Christine has a boy, I have no idea.
127. The Ornaments. We do a dirty Santa gift exchange every year for around $40 with an ornament. But the ornament has really become the best part. One year, I got a Lucky Dog stand ornament and my other favorite is two flowers in a flower pot that says Best Buds. I scored an awesome deal on my gift this year, but the ornament is still the best part.
128. Good Food. We bring our A-Game to the party when it comes to food. Whether it's artichoke balls, crab dip or stuffed mushrooms, the food at these parties is always amazing. And a tribute to why we started calling ourselves Fat Kids in the first place- we love to eat!
129. Reminiscing. After a few cocktails, we seem to remember more than we forget. It's such a good time to sit around the table (or we may brave the fire pit outside if there were more than a few cocktails) and just talk about after-prom parties and ringing the bell at Holy Cross after a Friday night football win. There's talk about how much has changed, and those things that are still.the.same. We need to start writing these down before we get old and really do start to forget!
130. My Beautiful Fat Kids. Here we are at last year's party. There was an awful flood that night; Claire was only eight weeks old, Holly had water coming into her house from a leak in the roof, I think Preau may have walked to Casie's from a few blocks away. But despite it all- we were together- and this is what it's all about!
I won't be able to comment much, but you can still linky...
Girls have come and gone from the party, but the seven of us have been there through it all: the trauma that can be an all-girls high school, boyfriends, bad friends, jobs, family mess. We have stayed together despite moving away to college, getting married, having babies.
So today, I am thankful for my trip to New Orleans to reconnect with the girls that defined my teenage years, rescued me from depression, supported me through anything, stood in my wedding, celebrated the birth of my daughter and will surely take me to the nursing home in fifty years.
126. The Next Generation. We have started the second generation of Fat Kids- Christine's little Laynie, Claire, and Holly's little Savvy- just born this October. What we will do next year when Christine has a boy, I have no idea.
127. The Ornaments. We do a dirty Santa gift exchange every year for around $40 with an ornament. But the ornament has really become the best part. One year, I got a Lucky Dog stand ornament and my other favorite is two flowers in a flower pot that says Best Buds. I scored an awesome deal on my gift this year, but the ornament is still the best part.
128. Good Food. We bring our A-Game to the party when it comes to food. Whether it's artichoke balls, crab dip or stuffed mushrooms, the food at these parties is always amazing. And a tribute to why we started calling ourselves Fat Kids in the first place- we love to eat!
129. Reminiscing. After a few cocktails, we seem to remember more than we forget. It's such a good time to sit around the table (or we may brave the fire pit outside if there were more than a few cocktails) and just talk about after-prom parties and ringing the bell at Holy Cross after a Friday night football win. There's talk about how much has changed, and those things that are still.the.same. We need to start writing these down before we get old and really do start to forget!
130. My Beautiful Fat Kids. Here we are at last year's party. There was an awful flood that night; Claire was only eight weeks old, Holly had water coming into her house from a leak in the roof, I think Preau may have walked to Casie's from a few blocks away. But despite it all- we were together- and this is what it's all about!
I won't be able to comment much, but you can still linky...
Monday, December 13, 2010
Roll Tide Roll!
Yes, these are like a month old, but here are some pics from Luke and I at the Alabama vs. Mississippi State game in November.
Since I've been to two Tennessee games this year (and both in Knoxville) Luke agreed to tag along and cheer on the Tide. We got to visit with some of Luke's friends from Tuscaloosa and his old buddies from work. And we came out with a WIN!
Thanks PJ for the awesome tickets!
We were sitting on the first row! You had to stand up the whole time, but who would have an Alabama game any other way?
I think this was right before half-time?
We were winning by a lot, so our QB was on the sidelines.
Since I've been to two Tennessee games this year (and both in Knoxville) Luke agreed to tag along and cheer on the Tide. We got to visit with some of Luke's friends from Tuscaloosa and his old buddies from work. And we came out with a WIN!
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Thankful (for Christmas) on a Thursday
I love this time of year! I just love it! To me, there is nothing better than hot chocolate with a melted candy cane in the bottom and watching the twinkling Christmas lights over the top of my china hutch. Add a warm fire and Christmas music, and I am set.
121. Heat. While I was pulling the Christmas decorations out of the attic, I apparently hit a switch on the gas heater and blew a transformer. So that meant no power to the thermostat. For.three.days. Until we broke down and called someone to come look at it. When I got home (and $200 later), the house was toasty warm again and I have never been so thankful for heat!
122. A Forgiving Husband. That $200 hit him hard, but he forgave me. That's something to be really thankful for!
123. Christmas Music. Every year, I wait for the day after Thanksgiving for the radio stations to start playing all-day-long Christmas music. If you don't like an old-fashioned Jessica Simpson rendition of Santa Baby, you can ride in someone else's car.
124. Wrapping Paper. I always hit up the after-Christmas 90% off sales to get my wrapping paper for the following year and I can hardly wait to break it out. Disney Christmas Princesses and Winnie the Pooh with a Santa hat make me giddy like a kid- well, a kid at Christmas I guess. Here's a shot of last year's favorite paper and a reminder of how little my baby was!
125. Christmas Services at Church. We have the best Christmas services at Church of the Highlands. Simply.the.best. They are all at the Grants Mill campus (which isn't our home campus, but also isn't too far away) and my favorite part is when they turn all of the lights off, start with one candle, and as we sing Silent Night, the room begins to fill with light as candles are lit person to person, row to row. Once the auditorium of 2,500 is filled, it is the most beautiful sight to behold.
And yeah for the linky!
121. Heat. While I was pulling the Christmas decorations out of the attic, I apparently hit a switch on the gas heater and blew a transformer. So that meant no power to the thermostat. For.three.days. Until we broke down and called someone to come look at it. When I got home (and $200 later), the house was toasty warm again and I have never been so thankful for heat!
122. A Forgiving Husband. That $200 hit him hard, but he forgave me. That's something to be really thankful for!
123. Christmas Music. Every year, I wait for the day after Thanksgiving for the radio stations to start playing all-day-long Christmas music. If you don't like an old-fashioned Jessica Simpson rendition of Santa Baby, you can ride in someone else's car.
124. Wrapping Paper. I always hit up the after-Christmas 90% off sales to get my wrapping paper for the following year and I can hardly wait to break it out. Disney Christmas Princesses and Winnie the Pooh with a Santa hat make me giddy like a kid- well, a kid at Christmas I guess. Here's a shot of last year's favorite paper and a reminder of how little my baby was!
125. Christmas Services at Church. We have the best Christmas services at Church of the Highlands. Simply.the.best. They are all at the Grants Mill campus (which isn't our home campus, but also isn't too far away) and my favorite part is when they turn all of the lights off, start with one candle, and as we sing Silent Night, the room begins to fill with light as candles are lit person to person, row to row. Once the auditorium of 2,500 is filled, it is the most beautiful sight to behold.
And yeah for the linky!
Friday, December 3, 2010
Happy Halloween! (and only five weeks late)
I promised these pictures by Christmas and made it! It was a great time, trick or treating with her cousins. And I'm pretty sure you don't want a sappy account of how I was sad my baby was walking door to door with her big blue eyes and smiling at strangers for candy, so I'll jet leave you with pictures. I'm pretty sure that's what you came for.
Getting Claire dressed.
Cousin Liam was a monkey
Claire's First Trick or Treat House
Claire and a bumble mee Mommy
Once they got tired of walking, it was into the wagon
How we will top Tinkerbell next year, I don't know. But hopefully we'll come up with something! Now, is it possible, I could also have Thanksgiving pictures up by New Year's. We shall see.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
WOW! (aka: Thankful on a Thursday)
So it's already Thursday again and I just realized that I set last week's post to publish on Thanksgiving without ever finishing it! I even said I was proud of myself for posting it! I guess I have more faith in my abilities than I had time. Oh well. Here is the rest of that post (that I just wrote).
116. My Car Filled with Gas. I am horrible about putting gas in may car, and it seems to live on EMPTY, so I am very thankful that every time Luke takes it out somewhere, he fills it up with gas. (But he does remind me that if I were to ever run out of gas on the side of the road, my first call should be to AAA and not him. He was joking. I think.)
117. A Great Shower for Great Friends. We had a wonderful, fun, and dare I say child-free night two weeks ago (remember how behind I am?) celebrating a wedding shower for our good friends Melissa & Robert. It was so good to catch up with old friends that only seem to reconvene when someone gets married or knocked up.
118. THANKSGIVING! We had a fabulous time in Atlanta with dad's side of the family. Claire was the belle of the ball with the whole family fighting to hold her. Cooper loved running free and hitting the lake behind my cousin's house. We have done this family reunion every Thanksgiving since I can remember, but I think it's gets better every time!
119. Good Deals. We went to the North Georgia outlets on Black Friday and hit up some serious sales. All in all we saved over $1,700, or about 170% of what we spent. We were stacking dollar coupons on percentage off coupons. Even some serious shoppers were really impressed. I am thankful for the resources and knowledge to save!
120. A New Baby McGlothin. No, not me! Don't even think about that. It's Luke's youngest sister Jessica and her husband Luke that will welcome baby #2 in July (and it's technically baby Wyatt). This will be the McGlothin's sixth grandchild, and we are all so thrilled!
And hopefully the linky will work this week...
116. My Car Filled with Gas. I am horrible about putting gas in may car, and it seems to live on EMPTY, so I am very thankful that every time Luke takes it out somewhere, he fills it up with gas. (But he does remind me that if I were to ever run out of gas on the side of the road, my first call should be to AAA and not him. He was joking. I think.)
117. A Great Shower for Great Friends. We had a wonderful, fun, and dare I say child-free night two weeks ago (remember how behind I am?) celebrating a wedding shower for our good friends Melissa & Robert. It was so good to catch up with old friends that only seem to reconvene when someone gets married or knocked up.
118. THANKSGIVING! We had a fabulous time in Atlanta with dad's side of the family. Claire was the belle of the ball with the whole family fighting to hold her. Cooper loved running free and hitting the lake behind my cousin's house. We have done this family reunion every Thanksgiving since I can remember, but I think it's gets better every time!
119. Good Deals. We went to the North Georgia outlets on Black Friday and hit up some serious sales. All in all we saved over $1,700, or about 170% of what we spent. We were stacking dollar coupons on percentage off coupons. Even some serious shoppers were really impressed. I am thankful for the resources and knowledge to save!
120. A New Baby McGlothin. No, not me! Don't even think about that. It's Luke's youngest sister Jessica and her husband Luke that will welcome baby #2 in July (and it's technically baby Wyatt). This will be the McGlothin's sixth grandchild, and we are all so thrilled!
And hopefully the linky will work this week...
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