A New Initiate

Last weekend, my parents and I (Reed opted out of this trip) journeyed to Oxford for Sydnee's Phi Mu initiation weekend. We had a blast! While Syd was being initiated on Saturday, my parents and I took in the Ole Miss vs. Tennessee basketball game at the Tad Pad. Even though we lost, we had lots of fun! Once Sydnee was officially a Phi Mu, we went to dinner at 208 to celebrate! Sunday, the Phi Mu's had all of the new initiates and their families over for a lunch. We got to tour their gorgeous house and eat some great food! I am so excited for Sydnee...she's officially a Phi Mu now!! Congratulations Sis, you are going to LOVE these next 4 years!

mom, sis and me at the phi mu house

sis & one of her besties, micah...pledges no more!

my family

Winter Weddings

The month of January has FLOWN by, partly due to so many fun weddings that we've been invited to attend. Amanda & Majure Markow were married on January 15th and Ashley & Clay Markham were married on January 22nd. We've had so much fun going to these beautiful weddings (i LOVE a wedding, you know?) and the brides were absolutely stunning! As you can tell from the pics below, Reed opted not to be in any (typical) but he makes a really good photographer!!

anna, tatum & me at the markham wedding

mr & mrs markow sharing their first dance as a married couple

courtney, morgan, me & anna at the markow wedding

Birthday Favorites

I have two very special people in my life that are celebrating a birthday on this Friday. Brooxie (one of my best friends from Dyersburg) and my sweet Mom are both another year older today! I won't tell you how old they are but I think they look just as young now as they did in these pictures below! I love you both so very much and I'm thankful to have you in my life! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

me & mom...posing for dad's city judge campaign poster in the 80's

me (17) & broox (18)...our senior year of high school

Happy Christmas!!!

Ah, Christmas!! It is truly my favorite time of the year and I cannot believe that it has already come and gone! I love everything about the Christmas season: celebrating the birth of Jesus, lights, decorating the Christmas tree, candy canes, PAID days off of work, presents (of course!), TENNESSEE, spending time with our families, snow and Christmas parties with friends. This year, per usual, Reed and I had an early Christmas with the Stacy family then headed north to Tennessee to spend time with the Stafford family. I am so thankful that my fabulous mother/father-in-law are so unselfish about the holidays since Reed and I spend Christmas in Dyersburg each year. We had such a wonderful time celebrating with our families and friends...thank you all for you love and friendship!! Below are some pics:

mimi & pop-pop with their grandbabies (only Ace is missing!)

i love this picture...sweet Caroline Reed and Uncle Reed...she has that "what is going on here" look but they really love each other so much!!!

me, mom, sis, wagner and memama on Christmas day

uncle ronnie, reed, wagner and dad on Christmas day

how precious is my memama?!! i love her so much!

my adorable parents

A Wine-y Party

A few weekends ago, Reed and I attended the Blanks's 2nd annual wine-tasting Christmas party. We had SUCH a wonderful time! This party is truly one of our favorites! Here's how it goes down: the girls bring a bottle of white wine and the boys bring a bottle of red wine -- each wine is wrapped in a brown paper sack and identified by numbers (for whites) and letters (for reds) -- the girls group tastes one while the boys taste the other -- we mark on our sheets the different wines going from favorite to least favorite -- after much tallying the winners and losers are revealed! It really is so much fun to see which wines win and I must do a little bit of bragging...the stacys WON for favorite red wine!!! My husband is a great wine picker-outer! Thanks Shannon & David for hosting and inviting us to such a fun get together...we love you!!

my girls

reed, david and jacob

me, kristin and morgan

celebrating our red wine WIN...we were so excited!!

The Egg Bowl 2010

I cannot believe Thanksgiving and the Egg Bowl have already come & gone...seriously, where does the time go?! Thanksgiving with the Stacy family was so great and very relaxing. Reed & I ate a TON (literally) and watched football for 2 days straight. I even braved the Black Friday crowds and got started on my Christmas shopping! We, of course, made the trek to Oxford for the Egg Bowl. I swear, there is nothing like the Grove...especially in the fall on a gameday. It was a special treat to hang out with the Carr fam too!! We miss them so much and always love getting together when they find the time to leave sunny Florida and head north. Needless to say, we have a lot to be thankful for - great friends, Oxford, family and the Ole Miss Rebels!!

me & sis on gameday

reed & matthew in the grove

me & mh in the grove

Big Orange Country

A few weekends ago, I traveled to Knoxville, TN with some of my Dyersburg friends for a fun-filled girl's weekend! AJ, Stacye and myself realized that we haven't taken a girl's trip since the winter of 2002...when we traveled all the way to NYC. So, needless to say, we were long overdue for some girl time! After picking up AJ in Memphis, we headed to Nashville to grab Stacye then made our way (slowly) to Big Orange Country to watch the Rebs take on the Vols. AJ was a little outnumbered (being the only UT fan out of the bunch) but she was a great sport, especially since the Vols beat up on the Rebels the entire game. She didn't brag one bit and Stacye & I thank her for it. I was able to meet up with my sis and do a little tailgating Knoxville-style. FYI: they actually use tailgates, on trucks. Even though I'm a Tennessee girl, I'll always be a Rebel! Hotty Toddy!

stacye, aj & me after the game...

sister, sister

GO REBELS!

our crew

dyersburg girls...different teams

ole miss girls!!