Lake Recap.

Finally, I'm getting around to posting pictures of our lake weekend.
We've had some people leave for vacation at work this week, so I've been filling in.. making my schedule full time from 9-7 each day. When you're not used to being on your feet that long, it's exhausting. But I love every minute at our sweet pharmacy, getting to see our patients every day is a treat. :)

Anyways, as for the lake.
My grandparents joined us this weekend.. but I didn't get any pictures. FAIL.
I took a lot of video footage in an effort to compile a sweet video like Jamie did of the Bachelorette party. (she inspired me) But I haven't had time to sit down and get to that just yet. So... one of these days it will happen.

My sister Mallory lives for the lake.
She waits all year for that first day in the summer when she can slip on her ski and hit the water.

But we all love sitting on the dock at that perfect time of day.
When the lake starts to clear out for dinner time,
the sun starts to set,
and the temperature starts to cool off a bit.
It's a little slice of heaven,
and my mama's "happy place."

NOW, back to reality.
My summer class starts today...
and I've kind of put it out of my mind that I actually have a summer class.
So today will be loads of fun ;)
A 3 hour Microbiology lab followed by a 2 hour lecture?
That's exactly how I envision my summer. #not

Getting By

This semester, holy moly, this semester...
Keeping my head above water is the best way to sum it up.
Very minimal free time these days, so blog posts are few and far between.

BUT, I'm getting by.
Keeping my spirits lifted with good music on Spotify.
The Lumineers? My favorite right now.

Imagine Dragons... kind of digging them too.
I could listen to music all day long on there, I love discovering new artists.
So it's just PERFECT to use in the background while I'm studying.

Over the weekend I took a break from the books, and headed to Terrapin (a brewery in Athens) with my parents and some of their friends. Terrapin is one of my favorite places in Athens, the atmosphere is pretty cool... with the live music and strung up lights, it's a fun place to venture out and try new beers.

And then that night I got tickets to Sister Hazel at the Georgia Theatre for Ben and I for Valentine's Day. It was such a great show! Granted, with the Georgia Theatre and us Athens folks as your audience... it would be pretty hard to have a bad show. ;)

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

December

Well, December sure came and went.
Is it just me, or does Christmas time come and go faster and faster with age?
The older I get the more it seems to be just a blur.
As soon as it finally starts to feel like Christmas, it seems to be over.
And as a result... I have completely neglected to do any blogposts.

So as a New Year's goal, I hope to post more often than I have been. My fall blog posting was just pitiful.

Anyways... here's a break down of what all I've been doing over the past month.

 We had Sarah's bachelorette party in Athens, and painted some lovely Christmas paintings. Then later in the month we had Sarah's rehearsal dinner, which was absolutely delicious. And thank you to Brice for making a silly face in our picture together. ;)

Then it was wedding time... and Sarah officially became a Mrs!! The wedding was gorgeous... I can't wait for you all to see her post about it soon.

The days we were actually home over Christmas break were all spent by the fireplace, in pajamas... and watching Grey's Anatomy. Me and mama are addicted, and feel as though we could be surgeons since we've been watching so many hours of it here lately. ;)

That's basically a brief sum of my December festivities. I hope each and every one of you had a wonderful Christmas with your families.. and that you rang in 2013 with a bang!

Back Between the Hedges

I hadn't been to a home game since September, so it was so wonderful to be back between the hedges to cheer on the Dawgs against Georgia Southern.

and not only that, but my sweet family was able to come to Athens for their first game day experience this Saturday! They had so much fun tailgating and being in Sanford, they're already trying to figure out a way to make an appearance at this weekend's game. Which just makes my heart so happy!

On a side note: we don't live very far from Athens, so the fact that this was their first UGA game is slightly ridiculous... and Mama & Daddy have already apologized for depriving us during our childhood. 

Ben came to Athens for the game this weekend too, so it was so nice to spend some quality time with him. The past few times we've gotten together on weekends have been with groups of people.. so it was nice to have time to ourselves again.

All in all, it was a wonderful weekend. We celebrated Jasmine's birthday, celebrated another win with the Dawgs, hit up downtown with friends, and started this Thanksgiving Break off RIGHT.

How was YOUR weekend? 
Absolutely wonderful I hope!

Homecoming

My beautiful little sister, Mallory, made Senior Homecoming Court at the high school.. and looked absolutely stunning on the field Friday night (If I do say so myself).

Senior year is such a blast, and Homecoming festivities were one of my favorite things, so it's been so fun to live vicariously through Mal as she goes through all of it this year. All of the girls had gorgeous dresses... it really made me miss those dress shopping days!

We're so proud of our little Mal!! 

Next post: A recap of GA/FL.

Get ready for it.

;)

Happy November 1st y'all!

Where has this year gone?!

Father's Day.

Happy Father's Day to all of the dads out there!
and especially the man I'm lucky enough to have as MY Daddy.

Thank you for all of the love and support you've given me over the years, and for providing me with such a fine example of what a daddy and husband should be. I'm proud to have you as my Daddy, and thank you for everything you do for me!

I love you!!!

Memorial Day Weekend

This weekend at the lake was beyond perfect.

Amazing weather.

Wonderful friends.

Great food.

Lots of sun.

aaaaaand, I had a sweet date for the weekend who came up to join us. :)

He met the fam for the first time, and things couldn't have gone smoother. (my heart is happy.)

Ohhhh how I love the lake and summer.

We had some brutal tubing wipeouts... which I am still recovering from.
The first lake weekend is always a wake up call when it comes to my out of shape self... I've gotta get back to my game with tubing and knee boarding. ;)

Hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend!

WHAT a Weekend.

I had one of the best and busiest weekends I've had in a while.

So many festivities in Athens, just another reminder of why I live in the best college town EVER. 

We went to two concerts this weekend, a Pig Roast, and Twilight was going on. (Twilight is a big bike race through Athens) Basically, Athens was the place to be this weekend... it was chaotic and oh so lovely. 

So considering how many cool things I went to this weekend, I'll have to split them up into separate posts.

So today I'll do the Pig Roast.

Saturday afternoon the FourCoursemen hosted a Pig Roast at their shotgun house off of downtown.

The FourCoursemen are  a group of chefs from the Athens area who love to cook and entertain. They have this awesome shotgun house that they host dinners in once a month, and anyone can go... if you manage to get a reservation. They go FAST. And the food looks incredible. 

"We’re a group of close friends who use sustainable ingredients to create meals with paired wines because we are passionate about food, wine, challenging ourselves and our community, and want others to share that passion. "

They keep the location of their house a secret, and we discovered them because they were featured in a show on the Cooking Channel a while back. They are all just the NICEST guys. So welcoming, and so passionate about what they do. 

Check out their Southern Living article HERE.

So once a year they hold this Pig Roast for their fans, you bring a covered dish and they provide the pig and some beer.

So duh, we went.
We didn't know a soul there, but most people didn't know each other. Nothing like food to bring people together. :)

 Everyone mingled, and drank beer and wine punch while we waited to eat. 
It was such a neat atmosphere, and such a variety of people. 

Great Music.

and then it was time to eat!

 

 I wish there was a way to let you smell that food. It was amazing.
So much fun, and now I'm DYING to go to one of they're actual dinners.
Crossing my fingers I can one day get a reservation!

Hope y'all had a wonderful weekend too!
 

Mallory's Prom

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, my little sister had her first PROM this past weekend.

yes, EASTER weekend... terrible planning. 

So I have to share with you some of the pictures. She looked so beautiful, and grown up. 

 

and her date was SO sweet. When he got there he said, "Mallory, you look beautiful!" So sincere... melt. my. heart.

They had a blast at Prom, but on their way home their limo broke down and the boys had to push it into a parking lot. Apparently it ran out of gas? Ill prepared. They better get some money back if you ask me ;)

Happy Tuesday!

Easter Sunday

We had a lovely Easter this year, with all of the family gathering at our house for our annual Easter lunch together.

My sweet little sister Mallory had her prom the night before, so she was absolutely exhausted. We are STILL trying to figure out which genius decided to schedule the high school's prom on Easter weekend... SMH.

We had such a delicious lunch, those ladies in my family know how to COOK. I ate waaaaay too much.

our Easter outfits for church!

all of the girls

Mal, mama, and me

  and we had a blast hiding eggs for the kids. I miss the days of running around searching for the "money egg" ;)

We heard there's a Scavenger Hunt app on the iphone that you can set up a scavenger hunt with... and some people used that for an "Adult Easter Egg Hunt." How fun is that?! I think my family needs to look into that for next year... 

:)

Hope you had a wonderful Easter with your family!