Christmas...Wait!!!!!

I feel like Christmas is flying by this year.  Our vacation really put me behind.  We finally got our tree last week and got it all decorated last weekend.  I got the inside of the house finished too and decorated but I still haven't finished the outside.  All we normally do outside is wreaths on the windows but my suction cups broke and home depot is out so they still aren't up!  UGH!  Oh well.  Here are some of the pics from our Christmas card this year.  I absolutly love getting the mail this time of year!  Everyone puts so much time and effort into their cards and I just love getting them.  Our kitchen is full of great friends...it's so nice to see all of your beautiful smiling faces every day! 

Thank you to Kelli Alfreds for our Christmas card photo session.  You did a great job with Ally and we had a great time.  Hope everyone is having a great Holiday season.

The Big Apple...

The week after Thanksgiving TJ, my Mom, Jeff, and I headed to New York City for a big city Christmas Vacation.  We had a great time but were so ready to come home after a long week of sightseeing.  We got to see some amazing things.  It really got me in the Christmas spirit and decorating the house when I got back was even more exciting.  Here are some pictures from our trip.  Hope everyone is having a great Holiday season!

Rockafeller Center

The Tree at Rockafeller Center

Skating Rink...we had lunch at that cafe you see.  It was great. 

There were skaters skating while we ate...very cool.

We never made it up early enough to get on the Today show but we did do the NBC tour.

Rockafeller Center...I think this building, the main building is called the GE Building.  I really don't know though.  That's sad isn't it...

Amazing view from the Top of the Rock

TJ, Me, Mom, and Jeff

We walked all day along 5th Avenue

St. Patricks Cathedral

Times Square

Times Square

The Bull near Wall Street

The New York Stock Exchange

Mom and I had a great time in Tiffany's...what a fun Christmas!

The tragic yet facinating site of Ground Zero

Grand Central Station

Oh just me and Carrie Underwood hanging out at the Wax Museum

TJ taking on Muhammad Ali

Reality...

The famous Macy's

I wish I could say this was our hotel, The Plaza...but that would be a lie.  It was beautiful but our home away from home was the Hampton Inn Madison Square Garden.  It was great and all we needed!

Central Park

Us at the Museum of Natural History...on the last day.



People I am Thankful for...

 I couldn't think of a better way to say thanks other than post pictures of people I love!  It's kind of like a favorite things post but better!  I am so thankful that God has blessed me with these amazing people in my life.  I can honestly say that these people make me a better woman and make life worth living!

My sweet Ally and amazing husband TJ

My best friend Kari and her husband Chase

The best roomates and life long friends; Alison, Laura, and Whitney

An amazing couple Joe and Boles...my best friend from college

My Bunko Group...the funnest girls ever who keep me sain one night a month!

Will and Rhett...people TJ and I can always count on!

TJ's lifelong friend and his wife Whitney

My one of kind Maw Maw and all my little second cousins!

The best boss/friend ever...Caroline

The best neighbors and friends; Jeff and Courtney

My grandmother and Dad!

The coolest girls in Auburn...my Delta Zeta Pledge Class!

Of Course our amazing parents...and my step dad Jeff

My "other" dad...David

Life wouldn't be the same without Jeff and Karen.

My "other" mom Jackie

Weekend with Sisters on the Plains!

WAR EAGLE!!!  Last Saturday I got the pleasure of spending all day with some of my favorite Sorority Sisters!  It's so rare that we get to see each other so I really love when football season comes around.  It's the one place where we can all meet up and catch up.  Boles came for the weekend and so did her BFF from high school, Laura.  We had a great time cheering on our tigers even though we were surrounded by Georgia fans high in the upper deck.  We didn't mind one bit considering Boles got the tickets for us for FREE!!!  We hung out a great tailgate that was put on by our SS Casey's Boyfriends family.  He had this big truck with a trailor that was actually a big grill.  It was crazy...this thing had a cooler, grill, satalite, etc all in one!  The news even interviewed him while we were tailgating.  It was pretty awesome.  All of us girls then walked to the paid tents where my company, Blairs company and some others had spots.  It was a pretty cool set up and we may even do it next year as a pledge class.  When you buy a spot they actually give you a drop off hour, get the stuff out of your car, set it up, and even watch it all for you while your in the game.  It's great!  If you pay a bit extra they will even set up a flat screen and satalite so you can watch other games before or after the AU game.  Very cool!  Well I'll quit rambling...here are some pics of the weekend.  Thank you Boles for a great time!!!

Casey, Boles, and myself

Laura, Boles, Me, Blair, Tiffany, and Casey

The Heisman!!!!  Good Luck Cam!!!

Casey, Me, Tiffany

Laura, Boles, and Myself...WAR EAGLE!!!

Last beach trip of the year...

Well this trip was mid-October so I'm a little late...it's been a busy month!  My new job is going great and thank goodness Holiday Market (is over) was successful.  TJ and I did get to go see Boles and Joe for one last beach trip and an awesome fishing trip!  Joe is a true Floridian and has really turned my Boles into one too.  They showed us an amazing time, fed us great, and even sent us home with some fish for the freezer!  Here are some pics from our trip.  Thanks Boles and Joe for a great time!  I am praying TJ will take me to the Georgia game so we can see yall again soon.

Joe telling TJ all about the boat!

View of the Bay

TJ's fishing face...

 

Boles was the first to catch a fish!

All our Snapper!!!

The Fishing Rodeo was going on and all these boats kept pulling up to the dock at AJ's for weigh-ins.  A group of guys caught this 200lb hammerhead SHARK!

On our way in from a quick succesfull fishing trip

Dinner!!!

Who would have thought these two Auburn girls would be professional fisherwoman...this is mine and Boles' second saltwater fishing trip together!

Friends forever!