July

just wanted to let you know that we are still here. we've been a little busy lately with not a lot of time to post. we are doing well and can't believe that it's already mid-july! we started off the month by visiting Rebekah and Andy (sister and bro in law) in VA. we had a great weekend with them visiting and helping them with odds and ends at their new house! which is beautiful. we were home for the 4th and spent some time with Brook's side of the family and ended the night with some peach ice cream and fireworks at the peach festival. Ruth just got back from a week in Pensacola FL with the youth group at a youth conference. she is home now and enjoing seeing her hubby and puppy again. the next few weeks brings a few more events some which include Cheerio's first birthday and Mom's 50th!! on the same day! should be fun. and the month ends with Ruth vacationing with some old friends. like i said we've been (and will be) busy!

congrats!

well, this weekend was spent marrying off Brooks sister Tiffany. friday was full of pedicures and manicures, decorating and rehearsing. of course it was followed by a USC tailgating themed rehearsal dinner where we had burgers and wings. we enjoyed hanging out and taking lots of silly pictures. saturday began very early as cheerio got to go meet a new friend named annabelle and her owners brent and sarah (thanks guys!). then it was off to the church for ruth to get hair done and brooks to help his dad with some last minute things. the ceremony was lovely and the reception was beautiful and lots of fun. we definitely did some damage on the dance floor! congrats to newlyweds tiff and patrick! hope you have a great week in disney world!

well, we went to the kenny chesney concert friday night and it was great! but it wasn't that simple...there is quite a story on how we got there and i thought you might enjoy it.

so brooks won rascal flatts tickets back in february, so he decided he would try to win kenny chesney tickets b/c it would be fun to go to the concert. well winning tickets turned into on obsession. ever since they began to give away tickets he has been listening to new 92 non-stop!
it began one day and never ended. he called all the time and was caller number 10 a few times. he won many t-shirts and cd's but never any tickets. one day we stalked jeff roper to gb shoe warehouse where brooks again wanted to win tickets. i was thinking "we are stalking this guy, and my husband is obsessed", but later that day we found out - his name was drawn and we were headed to see kenny! of course it didn't stop there, the morning he went to get his tickets he ended up hanging out with jeff roper and his wife angie and being on the radio for about 45 minutes! and that didn't help his obsession with new 92 any! even after he won tickets he continued to call, continued to be caller 10 and continued to win. how crazy.
i guess i can't complain because my husbands new obsession got us to the concert, so i guess i'm thankful for it. although i think everyday he comes home with a new story about talking to someone at the radio station and now that the concert is over he wants us to be roadies!

hmmm...

lately i have been very contemplative. which is interesting cause i'm not normally the quiet, thinking type. wonder why?

what a gal

today i received an email from someone my parents new in college. the email included some wonderful things about my mom and how she truly impacted this persons life the first time they met. it brought tears to my eyes. what a neat thing to hear stories about my mom and how she was when she was my age. never take the moments with your parents for granted. my mom...what a gal!