Trying to do better

Ok - so talking with Kristy, I realized she hadn't heard about the new car!!! So, I've got a few updates. Things that span the course of a few months, but might as well get updated on everything. 

So first...we built a pergola over our patio at the beginning of last school year, and this summer painted it white. We also added some sheer curtains to it - thank you IKEA. Check it out.

So, that's that - we also added some plants to the front of our house - the sun has tried it's best to kill them - but we're hoping they hang in there.. this was a fun EARLY morning planting them. hah. Here you go. They were much prettier when first planted - huge white in the back, white on the ground up front, and bright oranges. Will be adding more when the heat goes away a little bit. Remember, our first attempt!

Few more things - I redid the front bedroom while Heather was out of town at AB's bachelorette party. Here's what the room looks like now. Will have to find the before pictures. The photos above the bed, comforter, and curtains also from IKEA.  

Elsa wanted in on the photo taking opportuny!

When clean, it's Heather's scrapbooking desk - we cut out part of the closet and took off the doors. My 100 year old Grandma's high school diploma on the wall.

LASTLY - the new car. Heather's baby - Black Betty. '08 Nissan Altima

Push button start - gotta love it.

Where Have I Been

Alright. Back again. This thing is still new to me. At some pointI'll figure out how to make it part of my weekly routine. So, lots has happened since the last time I posted on here. My sister got married this weekend. It was a beautiful wedding. She looked gorgeous and the food was awesome. The mashed potato bar was by far the best I've had in a long time. 

So the weekend started out with me staying up until 5:30 AM Friday morning working on AB and Drew's slideshow that we showed at the reception. This slideshow wasn't like a regular one, it had video and music and all that stuff in it - pictures that flashed while they were speaking on video. So, I worked my butt off Thursday night into Friday morning getting that ready for the rehearsal dinner. Didn't get a nap at all before the RD, so I was exhausted and probably didn't act myself at the dinner. Saturday came along, and I slept through the guy's lunch - they went to Groucho's ... which makes it even worse that I missed it - I didn't even hear the phone ring, I was so exhausted. Once I finally got up, I had to run AB's dress to the church for my parents, then head back home, get dressed, and head right back to the church for pictures at 3. Needless to say, only 2 of the 9 guys in the wedding were dressed, so we missed taking pictures when we were supposed to. But, that's ok. 

The wedding was really nice - the vocalist, Katie Morton, 

did an amazing job on the songs. Drew was emotional from the beginning - it's nice to 

see guys that don't mind shedding a tear every now and then. Poor guy already had the trembling lip when I was walking down to get to my spot. 

The reception was fun - the band played some good music, and everyone danced until it was time to leave. They left to bubbles which was actually really pretty. And now they are fighting Hurricane Dolly in Mexico!!! I think it's already passed them, but it's still pretty close by. No fun! Hopefully they'll have a great time regardless. 

Wedding Pictures...kind of

So, Heather and I loved our wedding photographer, and hope to continue using them for our family (when we start having one). They asked us to come back down for another photo shoot, so here are the pictures. I cannot copy them, so you'll have to visit the link. If you click the bottom right, you can view the photos by the thumbnail, instead of watching the slideshow.

Hope you like them! Next year, they want Heather to come back to wear a wedding dress (I think the same one) in the ocean. Obviously, most brides wouldn't ruin their dress for that....Heather wouldn't either, but Corrie and James bought the dress Heather has on in these pictures in hopes to eventually ruin it in the ocean. They are awesome, and if you ever need photos, contact them. 

Slideshow

Kristy's Pictures

Wishes Jar on left - flower arrangement back right - invitation front right - party favor (mint) front bottom
detail of mint
back of mint
Made this for the door.

Here are some pictures for Kristy.

Here we go again!

Ok - so, it seems that I end up updating this thing during the wee hours of the morning. I'm actually exhausted tonight - dance started back up this week, we had a rehearsal dinner tonight for Amanda's wedding, and we've got a bunch of stuff to do before the wedding tomorrow. AnnaBell gets married next weekend, too, so things have been crazy. Will definitely update tomorrow night or Sunday sometime. Talk soon.

Clay

Third

Alright - so we're back from Florida AGAIN. This was our second trip this summer, and Heather is probably heading down again at the end of July. Heather loved the new bedroom - she was in complete awe of it when she got home. We've got a few finishing touches, and then it'll be like we want it. Hopefully we'll get that taken care of in the next day or so, and then we'll update some pictures. 

I told Heather about my surprise trip for her to Atlanta yesterday. She's known for about a month we were going somewhere, but didn't know where. The whole time we've been together she's been wanting to go to Atlanta - and we just have never had the time to go. So, we'll be staying at the Ritz Carlton tomorrow night in downtown ATL! We're heading to a Braves game, the Coke museum, and the GA Aquarium. She's really excited - and is trying to find Braves attire so that she'll be ready! haha. 

I wish the trip could be longer, but we have to leave Sunday afternoon for Boone, NC for a summer clogging camp that we're teaching at. We'll be making the 5 hour trek hopefully in time to meet her Nana and Papaw for dinner. Then, Monday we've got the summer camp, and then we'll be heading straight to our dance studio from Boone, because our new classes start up Monday, too! 

This is pretty typical of our lives! The rest of the summer, though, should be pretty easy. We do have a class we're taking in July for a week, but other than that, hopefully we'll have some time out by the pool. 

Keep you updated on how that goes!

More later.