the wedding

As I mentioned earlier, Brendan and I had a wedding to attend last weekend! It was loads of fun: a small wedding filled with good friends, getting to be a part of Mon & Kev's special day, and dinner and dancing afterwards (er, just dinner for me). We didn't take many pictures, so I'm hoping Monica will share once she gets back from St Lucia or sometime in the future. But, at least Brendan and I managed to get at least one picture, which is sometimes rare!

true words

I think we need to hang this in my office.

[via pinterest]

mckay on grandparent's day

Look at this cute little girl! My mom sent me this picture from Grandparent's Day at McKay's school, and McKay wanted me to see this because of the rainbow colored egg tree. Thanks McKay!!!

brunch is my fave

Before I moved to New York, I didn't do brunch very often. But here, it's a must. And I've come to really love the in-between-ness of the meal, where you can get the best of both worlds. Friday afternoon, LA and I set a place for our brunch date this morning: Tipsy Parson.

I've been meaning to try this place out for a while. I just did a refresher on the menu to see what I wanted to have, and I quite literally can't hold in my excitement! Everything looks so delicious, though, I'm not sure how I'll ever choose...I better start thinking now.

weekend, weekend

This weekend is an exciting one! I have so many fun things going on that I'm counting down the minutes now... Tomorrow my friends Kevin and Monica are tying the knot! It should be a blast. The wedding is at a beautiful church on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. And then on Sunday I have plans to meet up and catch up with friends I haven't seen in a while. If only the weather were nice and beautiful to complete this wonderful weekend!

[happy elephant found via pinterest]

i could look at this alllll day long...

Balloons! I saw this picture on my friend Kyo's blog and immediately fell in love with it. THEN! I found a birthday card that LA, Pamela and V gave me for my birthday 2 years ago (as I was going through drawers and drawers of old stuff looking for an important document, which unfortunately was never found... but at least I came out with this jewel!). Now, I really can't stop looking at it. And to top it off, I put it as the background screen on my blackberry. I wasn't kidding when I said I could, quite literally, look at this all day long.

happy april fools!

April Fools Day is one of my most favorite days of the whole year! Maybe that's because I grew up in a household where my oldest brother didn't let a single April 1st go by without either putting a snake in the sink or arranging for some sort of faucet to spray out in my mom's face unexpectedly. I guess I feel it's just in my genes to carry on the joke each year. It's hard being away from family (since not everyone shares the same affinity for the day), so I sometimes have to settle with indulging in other people's jokes on this day. I really loved this one:

out of the mouth of children

I got this text from my oldest brother this morning:

"I went in and woke McKay up this morn. before I left, she said "Love you, and try not to get fired at work today."


Oh, McKay...you filled my day with many laughs!

little patient

Now, that is one cute little man patient if I've ever seen one! And it looks to me like he may even be a bigger kid at the dentist than his Aunt Perryn...no tears.

what I did this Friday night:

I became a godmother to this adorable little puppy! I accompanied my friend, Megan, to pick up this little cutie!! Meg was still a tiny bit hesitant on whether she should get a dog or not...and she wanted someone to go with her to take a look at the puppy. (And, of course, I'm always one for going to look at puppies.) Once we got there, who could have turned down this little face? We knew immediately he was a keeper. Luckily, this little guy's sister had a potential new owner or I might have snagged one for myself too...but for now, I'll settle on being the best puppy godmother ever!

baby lap giraffes

I can't get enough of these!!!

I signed the wait list for one of these adorable animals today, but unfortunately there were 34,000+ ahead of me in line. So, for now, I'll just keep looking at my baby lap giraffe online in his (or her) natural habitat: here

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my march madness picks

For the first time in my life, I decided to submit a bracket for the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament.  My company was doing a free pool and encouraged those of us to play who knew less-than-nothing about college basketball, so I gave it a shot. However, I think my bracket is also shot. Maybe the first night? But then I found my true bracket-calling when I saw this on LeeAnne's tweet today! This is the kind of bracket that is right up my alley. What do you think? Do I have a winner?

[via Garden & Gun]

mr. & mrs. barranco

The Barranco's wedding was absolutely beautiful! I can't imagine anything more perfect or fitting for Andy and Jenny than the wedding they had. It was such a lovely ceremony surrounded by family and friends who love them... and I mean, absolutely adore them! As I mentioned before, I've known Andy since the beginning and he is pretty special. However, I don't know him as well as I know Jenny but I know he must be one pretty incredible fellow if he got to marry Jenny! I'm so glad I was able to be a part of their special weekend. 

The rehearsal dinner was at a fabulous (and new?) restaurant in Auburn called Zazu. It was a neat, eclectic restaurant right in downtown. Jenny, Rachel, Rose and I had a few tears when we saw each other at the rehearsal dinner because none of us could remember the last time we had all been together in one place. It was a sweet reunion. 

After the rehearsal dinner, Rose and I made a stop to see Anna Curl and Mary Love Bear. Anna was packing for her spring break trip to Chicago, so me, Rose and Mary Love Bear did a lot of catching up too. MLB was pretty excited about accompanying AC on her trip to the Windy City!

Saturday Rose Lynn and I had a lazy morning around campus. We walked around (I hardly recognized some areas of campus because it has changed SO much just in the 3 short years I've been gone!), got coffee and hung out on Samford Lawn. We tried for lunch at Big Blue Bagel, but... alas, they were out of bagels. I wasn't too disappointed with our second option, Bizilias.

Rose and I had a sad moment when we realized it might be our last time to see Toomer's Corner! It was a sad sight. It had a big "KEEP OUT" sign posted on the barricade around it. In my opinion, those two phrases should never, ever go together, and I can't believe that it might be gone soon...

The wedding was a blast! Beside the fact that Rose Lynn and I (accidentally) dressed like twins, the wedding was a huge success. It was beautiful and perfect for Jenny.

And, she had the best idea I've ever seen: there were Momma Goldberg's Nachos at the reception!

Lots of Chi O's made it to the wedding. I was a little rusty on my Chi Omega songs during our farewell to Jen, but they came back fairly quickly.

Thanks Jenny and Andy for including us in your wonderful weekend!! It was worth every mile traveled.

my brain

I like to think my brain looks something like this: 

Being a lefty and all...

[found here.] 

four friends, reunited

The weekend was even better than I could have imagined! It was so fun and exciting to be back in Auburn, catch up with old friends, and watch Jenny walk down the aisle. Here is a quick picture from the weekend at the rehearsal dinner...with many more to come!

for maggie

Maggie, I hope you see this!

[via pinterest, here]

happy birthday to you!

The one thing I didn't mention (since it was a surprise for GG!) in my last post about the wedding this weekend is that I was planning in a small pitstop in Tuscaloosa for the day on Friday to celebrate GGMaw's 85th birthday. Happy happy birthday GGMaw!!! I'm so glad I got to enjoy lunch with you and your special day!

a four friends wedding

This is a picture of four friends. We four friends went to Auburn together. We were all Chi O's together. Jenny, Rose Lynn, me and Rachel. And now, one of the four friends is about to have a new last name. I'm southbound tomorrow for Jenny's big day on Saturday. I can't believe it's finally here! I remember sitting in Mollie Hollifield in Spring of 2007 in Jenny & Rachel's dorm room trying to help Jenny think up a clever way of asking Andy to our Chi O formal (because Chi O's always seemed to ask their dates in a fun, creative way...). She ended up dropping off a huge care package for him at RBD library one night while he was studying, the basket was full of candy and clues to what she was inviting him. And...now they're getting hitched! My, how time flies when you're having fun. I'm so excited to celebrate these two on their special day!

this is...

THE STORY OF MY LIFE!!!

[found via sayingimages.com via pinterest]

what a great way to wrap a gift

Next time I have any scraps of yarn, I'm going to make the most of it! This is so beautiful...and LA, for both of our sakes, I hope your birthday is the one that falls when I'm looking to use up some yarn.

[Thanks for sending this link, Carrie!}