girls weekend!

my sisters and i went with our mom on a trip to new york last June.

Chloe, my baby sister, is all grown up and thinking of attending NYU next fall.

eeeeeeaaarly plane ride...

a trip of 'firsts' for my sisters!

first yellow cab ride & first NY subway ride

quick shot in our hotel room before heading down to campus for the tours.

Chloe and Hallie waiting for the NYU informational meeting to start.

NYU is a beautiful campus!

this is the view from an empty room near the cafeteria, i think?

we did top of the rock instead of the empire state building.

my mom and i had already gone up to the empire state building.

top of the rock is way cooler, i must say.

i found a gorgeous hydrangea plant in Rockefeller center that i wanted to take home.

(no way that would fit in my suitcase)

my sister had her first NY street vendor hot dog

the three of us being tourists in super crowded time square

we lunched at the American Girl cafe inside the multi-level AG store!

 (we were the only table of adults only, ha!)

AG even has little high chairs for your doll, or doll for the day if you don't bring one.

molly was my doll when i was a child, so i used a molly substitute for our lunch.

we had a good time :)

 the food there is really, really good.

 its tea party style, but with yummy three courses that even your dolls get to "enjoy."

this was my second trip to the store, and third trip seeing the amazing AG empire overall.

i possible may have forced my husband into the store on our Chicago trip, and when we visited NY last February...

 

my first trip to the Guggenheim!

 we also made it to the Natural History Museum

my favorites are giraffes

and of course i had to take them to on more firsts!

serendipity3 for frrrozen hot chocolate

and

pinkberry  for a slightly more healthy dessert

my favorite pictured...chocolate with strawberries, and sometimes chocolate dots or nuts

(okay maybe we went to pinkberry more than twice)

 and one of our last stops was a trip to dylan's candy bar

every child's dream

i somehow only got shots of the main candy station on the entry level, sorry. 

or adults who never really grow up...

this was my fourth time visiting the amazing city.

i don't think i could ever turn down the chance to back!

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Bridal shower, southern style

i love punch! people don't serve it as often anymore, but it's always economical, festive, and of course SO good and homemade! the hostesses of my shower made red hot punch for me, similar to this recipe. 

my grandmothers

my maid of honor and best friend of 21 years!

so sweet!

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Rain showers bring May flowers

Happy May Day!

Murphy & I are going to visit my family at the lake.

We are going to miss Reid terribly while he stays behind to study.

Be back soon!

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last weekend

the weather was nice enough to leave the screen door open for murph
reid's brother came in town
the hilton clan {including little jameson} came to our tailgate before the orange & white game
murphy went to his very first ut tailgate

overall a very great weekend!

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have a good weekend!

weather prediction is mid-70's here

the orange & white game is the weekend

my family will be in town

hopefully i'll get to go check out an arts festival sunday

have a good one!

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turkey day

happy thanksgiving!

i hope you are able to spend the holiday with friends & family, and eat so much that you nap all afternoon. reid & i are in west tn at his parents house. they recently invested in a new ping pong table (mostly for the excercise & reid's nephew's) which has taken over their garage. though it's a chilly 33 degrees outside, we managed to warm up around the table & waste a few hours playing. some of the hilton family came by for turkey and dressing that afternoon, but nothing was as much fun as playing Connect Four with little Hunter. i hadn't thought about that game in probably 10 years, but as soon as he mentioned playing, the old commercial stuck in my head. i let him win best 2 out of 3 or course.

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thanksgiving

reid & i are traveling home together today for the thanksgiving holiday. the vacation will be 3 days in west tn, 2 days in middle tn. hopefully we'll get to see everyone & eat way, way too much. hooray for being off of work/no class for 4 & 1/2 days!

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this is your life, Jameson Alan

little Jameson was born August 25, 2008! Congratulations to Julie & Russell who made it all the way, naturally. Julie has got some major pain threshold- she only took one motrin!

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