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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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One Month Away

It feels like every month just keeps going by faster & faster. I can never keep my blog up with how many photos I take, so i’ve posted a hodge podge of my favorites from the past couple months.

Here’s what i’ve been up to as of late.

+ getting married in a month
+ invitations finally in the mail
+ all other wedding plans falling into place thanks to my friends & family
+ aced summer school
+ officially graduating this december
+ off to miami for our honeymoon
+ going to vegas in october
+ silver dollar city this weekend
+ memphis the next
+ ebay goin good & steady
+ todd bought a motorcycle
+ fourth of july party
+ lots of layin out in the sun (when it hasn’t been raining)
+ Sadie is almost all grown up (her nickname this week is Sugar Bear)
+ crazy Good Fear video shoot
+ lots of thrift store shoppin
+ went camping a while back
+ attended a few fabulous weddings

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Brandy’s bachelorette party

Q: peace signs or yin yangs?
A: neither

Camping in Missouri

plenty of game nights

lots of grilling out

my delicious (disgusting) banana boat.

burgs!

todd’s “don’t be mad” purchase.

Brustin’s lovely wedding!

just a cute one.

more grilling out

homemade ice cream (thanks laura!)

Jason & Genevieve’s lovely wedding (somehow I managed not to get a photo of either one of them)

The Good Fear video shoot in Prairie Grove.

i wore a wig.

setting up for the 4th of July

croquet.

blue & her favorite Alf sleeping bag

last but not least, party dog!

That’s all for now. My next post will mostly likely be when I’m married w/ all sorts of wedding photos! Can’t wait!

Julyin Around

This summer rules it!

+ mini trip to Memphis
+ afternoons at the pool & lake
+ Superman Slip & Slide
+ night beers on the front porch
+ Project Runway party
+ Paper Hearts & The New Tragedy shows
+ the White Whale CD
+ Weekend in Lawrence/Kansas City
+ Take out from Saigon Le to Fayetteville
+ Tab energery drinks mixed w/ champagne
+ Todd’s eye finally showing some improvement
+ getting paid to shop at thrift stores
+ party planning for Kerri
+ Baby Cole’s dance moves
+ dance party at an accoustic house show
+ winning $100 in Tunica
+ shopping
+ taste tester for Darling Deserts
+ vacation planning
+ hangin w/ Deets
+ fake cigarettes
+ marshmellow cheese burgers that taste like cherries

Floatie Girl

“No Loitering”

Kristen & Me – Cha ching!

The New Tragedies (Fayetteville)

The Paper Hearts (Fayetteville)

Cory Branan house show w/ the Early Morning Bourbon Girls

Turned into a dance party…

Road trip to Kansas City!

White Whale CD release show (Lawrence, KS)

Shoppin at the Plaza in KC

Seth’s loft

Dumpling dinner for 20

Brains

Cathy & Laura

Putting my cig out

The Paper Hearts (KC)

The New Tragedies (KC)

Follow That Bird

My favorite graffiti ever

BB’s fantastic parking spot.

Sunday breakfast

Burrito of Love (pancake w/ eggs, cheese, & bacon inside)

New purse & wallet!

Sayin goodbye…

b.e.s.t.

Another week of madness. And by madness, I mean total awesomeness. Saturday I got off work at the very last minute, so Todd & I were able to drive up to Kansas City to attend Seth & Aaron’s party (which was to celebrate that they’ve been friends for 20 years). It was a total blast, especially since other Fayetteville friends came up as well.

Before the party the ladies took a trip to the grocery store, but got side tracked at Urban Outfitters.
Bev, Laura, & I
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Snake Island in full effect
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Sunday morning we all met up for lunch at this place called the Flea Market. It’s an actual flea market, but is also a bar/restuarant. Apparently legend has it that a serial killer use to have a booth there and he sold weird bone jewelry. Amazing.

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As for the rest of the week, I really only need to talk about one day and that’s my birthday. I turned a quarter of a century old this year, but it was seriously the best birthday ever. It all started a couple days before my birthday when I received a couple early presents. One from Kerri (a gift certifcate that I used to buy some new fancy blue jeans) and one from Todd (an Arkasas hoodie I’ve been wanting).

On my actual birthday I was delivered a vase full of flowers thanks to my dear Brandy & her fam.
Lovely!

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That night Todd & I had reservations for dinner. Before hand he gave me Sims 2, which by the way is amazingly addictive. Anyways, he wouldn’t tell me where we were going, but he said it was pretty casual. I didn’t understand why you needed reservations for a casual place, but you never know.. Next thing I know he had made a wrong turn and it seemed like we were going to be late for our 7:30 reservation. Todd takes little side roads that I assume are short cuts, but before I knew it we were stopped in front of Laura & Eric’s house.

What? Laura is cooking us dinner? How incredibly sweet!

We go inside where Laura meets me with a hug & I am still a bit confused.
THEN I round the corner…
where I find a room full of friends yelling surprise!

I literally could not believe it. Everything was amazing… We had fajitas, wine, presents, & even my favorite birthday cake of all time (strawberry). Thank you to everyone who helped out with the party and to everyone who left me birthday messages. I wasn’t able to respond to them all, but each one means a lot. And a very special thanks to Laura for hosting an event that I will never forget!

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Birthday loot!
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