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Mom to Iris. Wife to Todd. Our little family lives at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in Fayetteville, Arkansas. We love it here and I love sharing little bits of our life.

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Category : Photos

Alabama Arkansas

It was a day that we counted down to for months.
It was a game that we should have won.
Sadly, it was a game that we lost.

Despite the immense disappointment
the excitement that surrounded the game
was incredible.

Here’s the fun we had
supporting our Hogs.
Win or lose.

The excitement invaded the whole weekend.
With friends in from out of town
and a party at Jill & Ben’s.

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Jill

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Ashlee & Seth (with Hogs Guy mustache creepiness)

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Jonathan

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Brains & GL

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Cathy

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Cathy & Ben

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Paul

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Dustin

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Maxine’s Bar.

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And on to the game!
Woke up bright & early
to eat sausage balls
and tailgate.
With Hogs Guy.

Meet Hogs Guy.
And his intense love for the Arkansas Razorbacks.

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Showing off his (Razorback) belt buckle.

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Oh.
He was everywhere.

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Good friends were
everywhere too.

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Looking back.
Despite the loss,
the times were good.

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Kids even played beer pong.

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And we even got a glimpse of
Ryan Mallett.

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Todd & most of my friends
went to the game.
But a few of us girls
walked over to Smoke & Barrel
to eat our cupcakes, drink a beer, & watch it on the big screen.

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If only
we had won.
That’s the only way
the day could have
been any better.

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Football Weather

Fall.
It’s my favorite time of the year.

Hoodies.
Cool, clear skies.
Extra hot Chai with whip cream.
And football.

Here’s how I’ve spent
my September so far…

Farmers Market
on the town square.

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Tailgating.
I love that we can walk to the stadium from our house.

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Yet another show from our Memphis pal,
Cory Branan.

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Grilling out, friends,
and a Bichon invasion.

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A quick work trip to Dallas.
My pretty morning view from the Fairmont.

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More Razorback football.
Yesterday’s win puts Arkansas at
# 10 the in the AP poll!

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That’s the real football.
I’ve been spending my time with
fantasy football too.

Todd and I played each other in week one.
Despite the slow start,
The Cuddly Kittens kicked some Butt.

Fantasty Football

This week looks to be even better.
The Arkansas Razorbacks are set to play Alabama
(the number one team in the country) at home.
Bright and early the next morning
I fly to Washington D.C. for work,
with a friend in tow.
Thankfully, I’m able to stay an extra day
to play a tourist in my old town.

Pictures to follow…

Back (b)logged

Oh gosh.

I’m so behind on blogging,
I don’t even know where to begin.

My days have been busy with work
and my nights have been busy with
watching Big Brother with Todd.

Just a few photos from
the last couple of weeks…

Budget evening at Kingfish.

Stuff.

Italy Shades

PB&J and PBR

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iPhone addicts

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Burger Beer

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Rachel brought us girls
sunglasses from Italy!

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… and GL this lovely shirt.

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Other night shots.

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We went to the drive-in movies,
which is just right down the road from our home.

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Stuff.

Stuff.

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Front porches & the farmers market.

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Stuff.

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I also applied for my very first passport!
It’s long overdue, but I’m way excited about it.

Passport!

That’s all she wrote
for now.

Have a sweet holiday weekend!

Stuff.

Anniversary Awesomeness

As mentioned, Todd and I celebrated our third wedding anniversary last week. On the actual day, we exchanged gifts and ate the mexican food I had been craving for days. We went small on the gift giving, since our real present to each other is photographed a little further down, but for his gift I finally framed our wedding invitation which was designed by our amazing artist friend, Sasha Barr.

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As for my present, Todd gave me photo of us on our wedding day, autographed by former President Bill Clinton himself! The stars must have aligned, because as explained in my recent blog post, Clinton visited his old house where he and Hillary were married and, of course, where Todd and I were married too. The magic about this, is that he arrived at that house (where he hadn’t been since he moved out in the 1970s) actually ON our wedding anniversary! As part of the media, Todd not only was one of the few people allowed in the small house when Clinton arrived, but he also got to talk to him about the coincidence while Clinton wrote a note on our photo. It’s our own, little unique story that we’ll surely remember forever and now it looks like I have something else to frame!

Anniversary note from Bill Clinton!

Bill Clinton signing our photo

Bill Clinton!
Photo by Sarah Bentham for nwaonline.com

If that weren’t enough, the next day, Todd and I enjoyed our real anniversary present – a long weekend in Las Vegas!

We drank, ate, explored, gambled, swam, and slept in.
It was fabulous.

Plane ride there.

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Our amazing room at Red Rock Resort.

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Views from the room.

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One of the many hotel bars.

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Pool time.

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I love a breakfast buffet.

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Exploring.

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Todd won.

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Another hotel bar.

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Where I met up with my friend Cheryl,
who I met on my Maui trip a few months back!
I joked that we only see each other
in fabulous locations.

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On our last night,
Rob Thomas played a concert by the pool.
Apparently Paris Hilton was in the front row,
but I didn’t see her.
Otherwise we’d be BFFs.
Duh.

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…and I might have ordered a Philly cheese steak
at midnight.

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Cheers to us!

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