HELLO
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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Posts Tagged: camping

Ponca, Arkansas

Campfire.
Football on the car radio.
Shot night.
City of tents.
Steak & potatoes.
Beer.
Camp dog.
Roasted marshmallows.
The truth spear.
Friends.

Every fall, our group of friends
camp somewhere in the Ozarks.
This year we ended up back
with the elk in Ponca, Arkansas.

Here are photos from
yet another great weekend
spent sleeping in the woods…

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Till next year, camp dog.

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!

Eighty Six Photos

This post is an assortment of photos from all the things I’ve been busy with over the course of the last couple months. The most exciting thing I’ve saved for last – my best friend’s wedding!
So, here come a trillion photos…

Random shots…

The Paper Hearts played a couple of shows:

I’ve still be entering in Seth’s weekly MySpace Photo Challenge.
(Requirements: Moustache, Stick, & a Jug of Milk)
This was my (late) entry last week:

Somehow Northwest Arkansas got a Sephora and a Forever 21 on the same day. How did we get these stores before Memphis or Little Rock? I don’t know and I don’t care, cause I’m in love…

Last month Laura & I took a weekend trip to Memphis for Kerri’s Bridal Shower.
Here are just a couple from that trip.

I also turned 26!
I celebrated my old age by having a fancy dinner with friends & then a party.

A huge group went camping at Long Pool, AR (the same place we went last year).

Finally, I had the best three days ever in Memphis, getting ready for Kerri & Joel’s big day.

Bachelorette dinner & drinks on Thursday

Got manis & pedis a bit too early the next morning, but it turned out a fantastic way to start the day.

A delish rehearsal dinner at Bosco’s.

Getting ready on the wedding day…

Best bridesmaid shoes ever.

Wedding location pre-decoration.

Their guest book:

Pre-guests.

Setting up.

Post makeup.

Bridesmaids!

Best Groomsmen’s shoes ever.

My dad took these two (he played the music while they walked down the aisle):

They had a margarita machine & I had a poloroid camera.

Photo credit to Andrew Leggett for the next three photos:

Kerri’s dress was amazing!!! (handmade by her sister in Bali)

Once the wedding was all said and done I was exhausted. So what did I do?
Go to a Lucero show on Beale Street.
It turned out to be the perfect way to say goodbye to Memphis.

Dancin.

Sasha rules.

Posing w/ a fake Hulka Hogan.
Why did we do this?

PEACE!

Two Nights

Todd and I have gone out of town the last THREE weekends in a row. I wonder if I will ever get caught up on sleep. I doubt it, but it’s definitely worth it. This past weekend Seth, Todd, & I drove about an hour and a half away from Fayetteville and set up camp (in the dark). We woke up the next day, had the most amazing breakfast next to the campfire, and then around noon 13 more friends met up with us. Camping has never really been my thing, but I’m happy to report that I had a blast.

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Once it got later, we decided to take a walk where we happened upon a party lit up by electronic PALM TREES. Of course we invited ourselves right on in where we also discovered two self serve bars and a fuse ball table. A band was about to start up which supposedly featured the brother of a guy from Evenenesence. But once a bongo drum was whipped out, we soon decided to return to our camp.

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Our wonderful mess.
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Can’t wait to do it all again.