1st Celebrity Sighting

We were at one of our favorite places to eat (Wild Ginger) with Scott and Barbara a couple weeks ago and realized Sheryl Crow was sitting at the table right next to us! http://www.dinewildginger.com/

It is right down the street from our apartment. We decided not to be "those" people, so we didn't talk to her or get an autograph or picture or anything. Boy was she getting the star treatment though. The chef came out to talk to her, managers coming out left and right to check on her and all of her girlfriends. We were saying, hey we are paying the same as her why aren't we getting treated like that! :-)

Next is a Kenny sighting. . . . I can feel it . . .

Surprise Dad!

Some pictures from my Dad's surprise party in Louisville! This one wasn't so much of a surprise, as he figured it out with us all running around my aunt's house trying to get ready and cook food, etc. My mom surprised him in Findlay on his actual birthday though, and really got him.

Happy 60th Birthday, Dad! 11/12/08

Happy Birthday, Dad (aka Crazy Larry as Chris calls him)! Wish we could be there to celebrate!




Dad playing putt putt with Abby & Luke . . on their level




The card I gave my Dad to ask him to walk me down the aisle for the wedding!

Home Sweet "Home" 11/4/08

Everyone keeps saying how you will always remember where you were on election night this year. Well Chris and I will for sure! It was our first night in our new apartment . . . with NO furniture! :-)

I picked up carry out from McAlister's and Chris picked up . . . a FLAT SCREEN! ha We have wanted one for a while, but we figured this would help distract us from the shock of moving from our cute furnished apartment to our smaller, unfurnished apartment. :-) And it did! We had a picnic on the floor with our McAlister's and watched the election and laughed together.

I was pretty sad the night before thinking about our cute, decorated home sitting empty in Indy, and about leaving our cute apartment we had called home for 3 months since moving to TN and gotten engaged in! But as we had our picnic on the floor and laughed together it helped remind me of something I already know (just temporarily forgot in the whirlwind of switching apartments) . . . that home isn't a place, it's just where Chris and I are TOGETHER.

With that being said, this is our new HOME for the next 10 months, and I LOVE it! And we will be bringing SOME furniture down next weekend, so the floor is just temporary. :-)

I found my dress!

I planned a family outing on November 1st to go dress shopping in Louisville. Chris' parents decided to visit him in Nashville that weekend, so it worked out well that he had visitors while I was gone since he couldn't go along for dress shopping! He got to show them where we are getting married & around some of our favorite places in Nashville.

Louisville was a good meeting place for dress shopping since it is such a far drive for my parents to Nashville. Bryce and Toni even made the trip down with the kids with it being the day after Trick or Treat. :-)

I thought it would be a fun outing to take my aunt, cousin, mom, grandmother, Toni and Abby all with me. I was surprised Bryce, Dad and Luke even stuck around for a few dresses when they dropped Toni & Abby off at one place!

I honestly kind of went into it just for the experience, but ended up finding my dress in the 1st store we went to & the 3rd dress I tried on! We still went to the rest of the appointments we had the rest of the day, but I just knew I was going back to the 1st place.

The store was super cute and the 2 young women that own it just made it such a fun experience on top of finding the perfect dress. Check it out: http://www.coutureclosetboutique.com/



Me, Pat (aunt), Erin (cousin), Mom at our 10am appointment at Couture Closet
(I can't show the picture with my grandmother & Toni when we purchased the dress around 6pm, because I am in the dress in the picture!) :-)



Abby even wanted to try on some dresses!



Luke was at home having fun with the guys . . . I love his laugh here



Luke & Dad chillin'