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9.30.2010

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!

10.18.2009

it happened friday while we were camping in north carolina. we woke up to an amazing view of the blue ridge mountains. reid started talking about how happy he was that we decided to make this trip, about how we've made it so far in the past four years. then he said, "i have something i want to give you," and got down on down on one knee! he told me he loved me very much and asked if i would marry him...

i said "yes! yes!! yes!!! i thought you would never ask!"

it was perfect.

more photos soon...

10.16.09

10.14.2009

bear country!

we're off on fall break to balsam mountian, north carolina!

hopefully we won't really see any bears in cherokee.

we're staying here and possibly going to get see this!

hooooray for fall!

...we just hope it stops raining for a couple of days.

10.08.2009

south pittsburg yard sale jackpot

let me tell you what a jackpot of a community yard sale i found in south pittsburg, tennessee last weekend.

the small town was full of a perfect mix of junk and amazing (cheap!) finds.

we only wished we had gotten there earlier. maybe next year we'll find some furniture.

two retro lamps (that i will clean up and paint) for $5 total!

awesome california vintage hors d'oeuvres pottery found here for just $11

camping set for our camping trip next weekend- all for $8

vintage sterling silver owl trivet $0.50 (shined up like new in about 2 minutes)

my new polariod collection!

my polariod from my childhood and new addition found for $0.50

more modern versions- $2.50 (with case) and $1.00

hooray for small town events, fall, and yard sales!

10.02.2009

working for the weekend

this weekend a friend will be in town visiting reid.

i am traveling on saturday to south pittsburgh's "tidiest town in tn" (and home of the national cornbread festival) community wide yard sale with my mom and aunt lynne.

big orange is playing auburn also on saturday. go vols!

a quick trip out to the lake house and birthday-ing my dad is also on the list.

busy weekend here i come!