In December I went on another work trip, this time to Orange County, California. Once a year it’s my duty to travel to our upcoming convention location (it’s in a different city every year) and try out hotels for our group. There’s a TON of prep and hard work that goes into narrowing down our hotel options, but overall it’s a pretty sweet process. We toured 5 or 6 hotels in less than 3 days. Plus we managed to go to Disneyland, where I ran into Holly Madison from the Girls Next Door.

Check out more photos in the The OC / December 2008 Flickr set.

Todd & I spent Thanksgiving in Memphis at my mom’s house, where we had an eclectic group of friends & family join us for dinner. This was the first time I met Penny – Kerri & Joel’s sweet little baybay.

Before the holiday was all said & done, we spent a fun filled evening at Laura & Eric’s house which included lots of drinks, hats, snacks, & even a little dance party.

My niece, Mariam, all growed up!

Check out more photos in the Thanksgiving 2008 Flickr set and Drinks, Snacks, & Hats Flickr set.

This year the whole Halloween weekend was quite amazing! We kicked it off by going to the Six Tom Petties show on Dickson Street. Todd’s band, The Good Fear, all dressed up like Tom Petty (all six of them) and did all Petty covers. Gina and I dressed up like twin Pandas while Brand was Juno, Laura was Rainbow Brite, and Eric was a golden parachute.

The next morning Gina, Laura & myself drove to Lawrence, Kansas to see Girl Talk with Bev. We enjoyed a night of eating amazing Indian food, drinking vodka sodas, shopping & of course hours of dance dance dancin. We drove back the next day, but somehow managed to get lost in the middle of nooowhere, despite the fact that we had a GPS. The whole weekend was a fun little adventure!

Check out more photos in the Halloween Weekend 2008 Flickr set.

Our group of friends go on a fall camping trip every year. This time we wound up in Ponca, Arkansas.

Check out more photos in the Camping / Fall 2008 Flickr set.

A couple couples got hitched this past fall! Julia & Paul’s wedding was in Memphis, while Stephanie & Trip’s wedding was here in Fayetteville.

Check out more photos in the Stephanie & Trip’s Wedding Flickr set and Julia & Paul’s Wedding Flickr set.