Happy

So my lil stephanie is 24 now (her birthday was yesturday) I am so Happy she had a wonderful day! I thought I would share one of my favorite pictures of us

Stephanie's younger sister, Nicky, and I are graduating tonight. I know stephanie wishes she could be here for both of us, but hopefully we will have some good pictures to show her.

Here is a picture of Nicky, Stephanie, and myself in Myrtle Beach. We had such a great time there. Lots of memories! Congratulations to Nicky! I'm so excited for you!

getting closer...

I know it has been a long time since I wrote something. I am sorry for that. I have been super busy with things at school. home and work. I have my portfolio show on wednesday....so I have been trying to get everything ready for that. I am so excited for my show, but I am also a little nervous. I can't believe I am going to be graduating soon....craziness to me. So that is my life right now. I am going to try and take some pics of my portfolio and post them....probably on thursday. Have a Wonderful week!

Thanksgiving and Birthday weekend!

I LOVE Thanksgiving weekend....everyone is all together and it is also my Birthday! I had a really wonderful weekend.

It all started on Wednesday night...we went to Johnny Mo's to meet up with some old friends.

Rach and I had are HUGE bags with us and Trevor could not get over it ~ so he wanted a picture with them.

Thursday ~ We have Thanksgiving @ my house. It was a very nice day....Packers played and won...took a nap....good food....watched Grey's. Jim and I celebrate our birthdays on thanksgiving with the family because our birthdays are 2 days apart.

I always have a dairy queen ice cream cake for my birthday ~ this year I got a lion king one because it was the only one that was fall colors. I went out thanksgiving night for a little bit because I don't get see everyone that often and since they are all home for the holiday ~ I wanted to see them as much as I can.

On Saturday we had our 3rd annual Bar crawl for my birthday ~ we all had a blast!!!

So overall ~ I had a FABULOUS birthday and weekend!!! Thanks to all of you who helped me celebrate. I am very thankful for my wonderful family and my fantastic friends!!!! Thanks so much...

New Phones for everyone

On Saturday, My mom, step-dad and I went to get new phones. I haven't had the time to go look at new phones before this, so I really wasn't sure what I wanted to get before we got to the store. There are always so many choices. This time we all got different phones. (last time I got a different one from my parents) Keith got a samsung and My mom got this new phone called juke. It is so tiny and so cute!!! I Love it!

It is a little mp3 player too. And yes it is as skinny as it looks....It is fabulous!

After looking at many different phones.....I finally decided on.....

The Silver Blackberry Pearl!!!! It is so fabulous!!!! I can't get enough of it. I finally got all my phone numbers into it. I am still playing and learning. It is so great though.....I LOVE new toys!!! I can check and send emails. I can im people from it, text message, camera, a navigation program (you know, when it talks to you and tells you - turn left here, you are approaching your destination....I just can't get over it. All I want to do is play with it all day. :)

another busy week...

Hello All ~ it was a crazy week back after my vacations. It was definitely back to reality. I had my cousin's wedding reception yesturday and that was a blast! I do love weddings and dancing! This was the last wedding for me this year (bittersweet...) I have to admit I was getting a little stressed with all the weddings, but I am a little sad for them to be over. I will add some pics of the reception later...I didn't upload them yet.

I am adding a few pics of other random things....a couple pics of the classroom at work. I love it!

We were asked to make boards about ourselves to hang up in the classroom, so that customers could get to know us. So I finally did mine...it is of course about italy and it black, white, and pink!

My cousin Katie and I in Mexico for her wedding! She is so great ~ I just love her!

Another random photo of myself from mexico....

world traveler...back home...

So I know I have not written in a very long time. I have been out of town for about 2 weeks now.

First I went up north with the Jones girls to celebrate Betsy's birthday. We just went up for the weekend. We hung out, hiked, had a campfire, ate a lot of food, went on a haunted hayride (not my idea) and closed out the nimrod. It was a very nice weekend.
Then I left for Cancun on Tuesday morning at 5am. My cousin got married in cancun, so we were all going to see her...almost my whole family came. We had about 45 people altogether (family and friends) I think that is absolutely amazing for a destination wedding. I had so much fun! The weather was beautiful and the wedding was gorgeous!!! I thought they all looked fabulous!!!!

Playing in the pool

Me in the Ocean

The groom and groomsmen waiting for the bride

and the father of the bride with the beautiful bride Katie

Congratulations Katie and Jim!

So Beautiful.... :)

My Cousin Katie and Me

I LOVE the Ocean....

We went to Playa del Carmen for a half a day...because I wanted to go to Senor Frogs and my mom and aunts wanted to go shopping. All I really did was drink....

We went to a bar that had swings instead of bar stools...

(thank god I didn't fall off)

Then I got a BIG Ol' MOJITO....yummy

Afterwards, I finally got to go to Senor Frogs...where I got 2 baby yards of a frogbuster. I have no idea what was in it, but it was so good.... :)

Beer in Mexico....

The last night in Riviera Maya....adios....

We got home early wednesday morning because we got stuck in atlanta....and then I left right away on wednesday to go to Texas to visit my dear friend Stephanie. Since this blog is extremely long and I am exhausted since I finally got home today. I am going to leave the address to Stephanie's blog because she wrote about our weekend. She also included pictures...so hopefully that gets you all up to date and I hope you enjoy the pics!!!!

http://stephanieandsmokey.blogspot.com/

Funny Story

So I once knew this girl, who has always been a little clumsy. This past Saturday night was nothing different. She was out at a bar with two of her friends. They had not had been out very long at all, but decided to go to a different bar. So they headed down the stairs to leave the bar....when out of nowhere, this girl slipped on the stairs and proceeded to fall down them. (swearing the whole way down them) She didn't want anymore attention to be brought to her so she quickly got up and got out of the bar. As soon as they got on the sidewalk she checked her arm because it really hurt....and a huge bump popped up out of nowhere.

This picture looks like an elbow, but it is a bump on the arm.

So now to tell you who the girl is.....

This ended up being the least of my fall.....I bruised my butt really bad. It is serious dark purple....it is as dark as a glass of red wine. It is huge too....it hurts to sit. I am in a lot of pain. The past few days have been awful. My back started hurting too and i was uncomfortable sitting and laying. Like I always say....I bruise like a peach....

So that is the story from the weekend...that is how I entertain Rach for her birthday!

blah.....

so sorry i haven't written anything lately. I have been super busy with school and work. I am getting super excited about my trips coming up......cancun and texas......it is going to be so much fun. I had rach's birthday this past week and that was a total blast. (I will post some pics tomorrow) We are actually going out again tonight to celebrate!!! Just wanted to say a lil something and have a wonderful saturday night! Love ya!

Wedding Season continued...

This past saturday the 22nd I was in another wedding. I feel like weddings are my new hobby. I am really considering becoming a wedding planner. I love doing it and have been involved in a lot of weddings. I thought I would share a few pictures of the wedding. It was a wonderful day and everything look beautiful!!!

Welcome to the World...

Baby Nevaeh

This sweet little girl was born today @ 9:48am. She weighed in @ 5lbs and is 18 1/2 inches long. She was exactly 1 month early from her due date. She is so precious...I couldn't stop staring at her.

The proud family...

Auntie Rachel....she is so excited!

I'm so thrilled!!!