Gotta Love

A fall night in Oxford!

Double Bunko

Heather as Frenchie from Grease

Nat as Rizzo and Me as the Great Pumpkin

My friend, Heather, loves Halloween. She also loves having Bunko on Halloween so she can get everyone all dressed up. Well, this year she had both of her Bunko groups at her home to play.

I give "Lil Too White and Nelly" the award for Best Costume. Mary Beth and Kay stayed in character all night. Yes that is a piece of a car hanging from a necklace....

Millie's Birthday

Last Thursday we gathered together at Susan Johnstone's house to celebrate Ms. Millicent's birthday. It was an impromptu gathering, but it was fun to catch up and celebrate a friend. Ms. Millicent is our friend Molly's mom. She is a hoot. Les and I had to capture the moment with my camera, but after every pic we talked about how much Molly favors her mom. Molly if you are reading this We miss you and need you to be home soon! So does your Mom. :)

Grove 09

So I have not been a faithful grove attender since I graduated from grad school. I just can talk myself out of all the walking, standing around, and weather issues. I even lured Cullen to the walk to Emmaus by telling him it was as important for me that he go on the Walk as it is to him that I come to all the Ole Miss sporting events. Well, I recently worked a Walk and it took me to Grenada during three of the first home football games. On Homecoming I made it to the Grove and then to the game.

We started the day in Oxford with lunch and time on the Square with Tyler and Mollie and their Huntsville friends. Cullen had to go into the office for a bit so I caught a ride to the Grove and met up with Leslie and Collin at the Pontotoc tent...and like old times the Grove + Leslie and Felicia= a photoshoot of sorts....Like always Les and I were in search of the perfect Christmas card pic for Susan and her dad and Collin is a great sport. Hopefully we can make another appearance in the Grove this year. Hotty Toddy!

We Are Alive

It has been a long time since we posted but we have lots of posts coming. I promise that by the end of the week I will have at least five new posts up! Somebody hold me to it :)

Bling!

Yes that it is about 5 total carats on my hand! One of sweet Emmaus
friends was rocking this huge thing and let me put it on! Cullen will
just love this!

I Could Have Hurt Him

Today I didn't have to be at school until 11:00, because we have parent teacher conferences. All weekend I have been making cakes this morning was no different. Today is Ms. Bridget's birthday. She is the teacher that works with me. So I decided instead of making a fourth cake today I would make cupcakes. I woke up at 6 this morning to make them. I made mini cupcakes and cupcakes, I left them cooling while I went upstairs to finish some shirts I was making for some friends. Cullen came upstairs got ready and told me bye before he left for work. I left something embroidering and came down stairs to ice the cupcakes. Just guess what I found....yep that's right...this...
Cullen had been in the cupcakes...I called him and he said oh...well I thought they were muffins...not true...some of them that were gone were iced already.... ooo...I could have hurt him.

Lunch is Served

Sometimes I am known to forget my lunch! Sometimes the cafeteria food
is not so appealing! Sometimes my teaching partner also feels the
same way... On those rare days Meagan comes to our rescue! Friday was
one of those days! She was in a hurry we were hungry so she just
dropped through the window! Thank the Lord for low windows and good
friends;)

Nashville Night

So Cullen and I made our first Ole Miss Away game trip. In my five years at Ole Miss I never went to an away game. I must say that I am not a huge sports fan...I go, I try to pay attention, but I will never be that girl, like my friend Joanne, that knows the players names, numbers, and positions. I just know you get four chances to go 10 yards. I did manage to go to the last three bowl games, but never made it to another SEC battlefield. Until.... this weekend. We had a great time listening to country...haha I should have said I had a great time listening....Cullen drove and gritted his teeth. We were able to tailgate with friends and enjoy watching the Rebels win on the road. Hotty Toddy Y'all!

Visit

On Saturday, October 26th, my great uncle came to visit. Uncle Lamar is my maternal grandfather's, baby brother. He has lived in New York City for the last 45 years and when he comes to visit it is like the President coming to town. He does not visit often and when he comes to town my mom has trained me that life as we know it stops to soak up his time with us. I have been to visit him twice in New York and hope to drop by and see him in December when I visit, but it is so neat to hear his perspective on life, the south, and family members I never got to know very well. I was able to dine with him four nights during his stay and was able to host him one night at my home. This very well may have been his last trip to Mississippi and I am so glad we were able to sit and chat.