Busy Weekend

I had a busy, fun weekend last weekend that kicked off on Thursday evening with a baby shower for a girl at work. Sandy is due with a baby girl in November, and we had a lot of fun putting together a shower for her and baby! The women I work with are so creative, and we LOVE our Pinterest projects :) Our theme was "She's on the Nest"

You should have seen us hanging these balloons from the ceiling -- quite entertaining! Also notice the "Welcome Baby" banner I made using Mom's friend Beverly's Cricut. We are really considering buying a Boss Kut Gazelle (anyone have one or has anyone used one, by the way?) so we can stop borrowing hers every time we need one! Merry Christmas to us? Possibly.

Karen made these adorable bird nest treats. Cute and VERY tasty! (And yes, those are Cadbury mini eggs; good thing I keep a stockpile around my house year round!)

 Tamara made those cute cupcake toppers to match the invites

 And these cute water bottle sleeves!

 And my pink tutu table made another appearance. It probably won't be the last time either -- the thing took SO. MUCH. TULLE.

Cute invites Sandy's friend made! We had a great time, and we are all so excited to meet baby girl!

I spent all of Friday shopping. I seriously have a problem. At least I can admit it. Then I headed to meet Kody in Fort Smith for a date night in our college town before he headed off to a bachelor party in Dallas. It was so fun/weird to be back together in the Fort. First stop? Blazen' Burrito, of course. We kept it classy. But seriously, we both miss Blazen' so much!

On Saturday, my mom and I went to watch the Arkansas vs. Rutgers game. Three letdown weekends in a row, but I still love my Hogs! WPS!

On Sunday, Mom and I headed to Nadine Baum studios in Fayetteville to see the production "Noises Off!" The studios are in conjunction with The Walton Arts Center and are directly across the street. For as many shows as I've seen at the WAC (my school took field trips there ALL the time and we continue to go today), I had never seen one in Theatre Squared. However, my brother and I both have our handprints hanging on the walls. Twenty years ago, my mom took us both to do this -- you pay five dollars for a tile, put your handprint/name/date on it, the money went to help support the WAC, and our handprints have been hanging along the walls of Nadine Baum Studios for years. Such a cool thing; thanks Mom for taking us, and thanks Anthony for getting me to put my hand in the paint :)

The theatre is very up close and personal, and y'all, the show was SO. FUNNY. I laughed so hard I cried and both of us had headaches when we left from laughing so hard. Mom has a movie that is based off the play, and I fully intend on watching it, but there's something about live theatre... it was a lot of fun! My only regret is that we didn't go see it sooner so that I could tell you to go see it (we saw it on the last day).

So that was my weekend. Extremely busy, but really fun. I hope everyone is having a good week!

New Purchase & the End of an Era!

So earlier this year, my mom's Ford Escape rolled over to 240,000 miles and had finally had it. She had bought the car new in 2003 and it could be fixed, but it was going to cost more than it was worth. Since she wanted my car with 4-wheel drive, I went car shopping and got a new car at the end of January, and I love it! 

My new car

 

Because my mom took my car, I didn't have to say goodbye to the one that got me through four years of college and two more good years after that. In college, I always had the biggest car, and I love to drive (might be a control issue ;), so we took my car EVERYWHERE. Since I got it, it has made numerous trips between Fayetteville and Fort Smith, a few to McGehee (Kody's hometown), a few more to Little Rock (Kody's current home), several trips to Dallas, Branson, the lake, and the river, it has carried more Delta Gamma stuff, luggage, and been through every move to and from college, it has been through the Great Commons flood, gotten me through feet of snow and ice many times (thanks four-wheel drive!) and another flash flood in NWA, and has been the setting for countless fun memories with some of my most favorite people in the world. 

Don't believe me about the flood? Check it out. So it wasn't completely a flood, but it was pretty intense, and it did get higher after these pictures were taken.

The roommates' college cars -- Heather's bug, my Escape, Monica's bug. Can you see why I drove the majority of the four years of college? ha

   

It seems silly to be attached to something so material, but it really was a great car, and when you are in your car so much, it becomes a little part of you. Mom has been driving my car since January, and it rolled over to 190,000 miles this past month. Last week, my mom decided it was time to upgrade. I don't think I ever took a picture of my car the day I got it, so we had to get this one (in the pouring down rain, of course) before we traded it in for good last week. We had a good run, but it was definitely time to retire my car!

And Mom in her new car! She got a new 2012 Escape (the 2013 just isn't our thing--please go back to the old model, Ford!). We just can't get enough of them! :) 

Better yet, our car salesman, Rick, entered us in a drawing this week as one of his favorite customers. Lucky us won the drawing, so we'll be headed to the Razorback game with tickets from Lewis Ford today! I can't wait to see what seats they are :) Let's hope it's better than the ULM game AND the Alabama game Kody and I attended last week!

Excuse Kody's facial hair. Thanks to a bachelor party this weekend, the attendees were all growing mustaches for the festivities. SO ready for it to be gone on Sunday!

I hope everyone has a great first weekend of fall (by the way, excuse the new fall blog updates--they're a work in progress) AND Woo Pig Sooie!! 

Labor Day Weekend & a Razorback Game

For Labor Day Weekend, Kody and I headed to Lake Eufaula in Oklahoma to see some of our favorites! We always have a great time, Kent is always a perfect host, and this time was especially great because so many people made it out to enjoy the weekend!

We had a very patriotic boat :)

 Kody and Kent exploring for arrow heads

Our beach, that really shouldn't be a beach, but that's what happens with no rain all summer

We ate dinner in Eufaula Cove. This was our view from the deck -- Hurricane Isaac gave us a rainbow!

We spent all day Saturday out on the lake -- it was perfect weather!

It was a happy Labor Day!

This weekend, Kody and I got to play host to Kent for once! Kent and I headed to Little Rock to stay with Kody and go to the Razorback game. We all know how that turned out, and I don't want to talk about it except to say -- I'll be a Hog fan 'til I die and I hope all our players heal quickly!

Before the game!

My favorite picture of the day!

I've never been to a game day in Little Rock (never made much sense growing up five minutes from Fayetteville), so it was cool to experience a Razorback game day at War Memorial!

Skydiving into the stadium! 

 WPS!

Myself, Kody, and Kent at the game

And that's all that needs to be said about the game. Afterwards, we had plans to meet up with my sweet friend Emily to see The Dirty Guv'nahs. I'd never heard of them until a few weeks ago when Emily and her husband Wade mentioned the show. They really were a lot of fun to see -- you should check them out if you get a chance!

Love her! Kody snapped this while we were trying to get a decent picture, but I love it! ha

In case they get famous, this picture proves we saw them before they were!

It was a great two weekends with so many wonderful friends! So thankful for them all :)

A weekend in St. Louis

I'm trying to catch back up to everything that's been going on, but I've had a couple of packed weekends!

As I've said before, I had five roommates my freshman year of college. I was so, so lucky with the ones I got randomly placed with that first year. Heather, Monica, and I ended up living together for three years, and we had some of the best times! Since we all graduated, Heather is married and living in Van Buren, Monica is getting her Master's in St. Louis, and I am in Fayetteville, so we don't get to see each other nearly enough. So we planned a trip to visit Monica before she started back to school!

Heather and I made the almost six hour trip and were able to spend most of the weekend in St. Louis! On Saturday we headed to do the Budweiser Brewery tour at Anheuser-Busch. Monica had already been, but it was a new experience for Heather and I!

One of the famous Clydesdales - so pretty!

They were labeling Bud Light Lime while we were there; it's a pretty amazing process!

 Monica and Heather!

 Monica and me!

After the tour, we headed to eat at The Old Spaghetti Factory in downtown St. Louis - so yummy! Then we walked over to visit the Arch!

Found an anchor on our way :)

Heather had to stop to pet the horses of course

And we arrived at the Arch. Heather had never gone up in it, and it had been a long time since Monica and I had been, so we decided to head to the top!

New Busch Stadium -- there was a game that day!

 The Mighty Mississippi

 Tiny, colorful people

 Love them so much!

On Saturday night, we headed to a fun dinner with Monica's parents (they are too much fun!). On Sunday, the three of us had lunch and made an ice cream stop before Heather and I made the trip back home.

I am so, so thankful that these two have been a part of my life for SIX years. I can't even believe that -- we are growing up so fast! Thanks Monica and family for a great weekend! I hope I see you all again very soon!