Challenge Day 9..picture of friends :)

I have a lot to be thankful for in the friend department. I will say that though I have a lot of wonderful friends, the last year was a LOT more bearable thanks to these friends inparticular :) Thank you all for being so wonderful!
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO!!!

Challenge..Day 8..A place I've visited :)

This is a picture from the first time I went to Minnesota with my boyfriend. Yup it's my husband, formerly known as "boyfriend" and sometimes I still call him that because..well, it makes me feel, you know :) Anyways..this is one of my favorite trips EVER because Minnesota was nothing like I expected it to be! I had so much fun meeting Lee's family and visiting all over the state! I've been back once since this trip in 2008 and if it wasn't so far from my family, I would move there. Seriously, I love it THAT much. This was just a funny photo we took driving from Minneapolis to Erskine, MN on our way to his grandparents lake house! I'll never forget this moment..or how FREAKISHLY COLD it was that day :) (And everyday after that)

Challenge..Day 7! Favorite Movies

If you know me, this is an OBVIOUS choice! Steel Magnolias! Top three reasons this movie is number one! Ahem. I love how this movie takes you through every season. It starts on Easter and ends a couple of years later..on Easter. The producers from this movie couldn't have picked a better ensemble of strong, powerful women, who each in their own way, steal the show! And last but not least, you can never get enough witty comments from Shirley Maclaine and Dolly Parton...EVER. That can NEVER happen. Best movie by FAR...It was a tie for second with the Notebook and the Patriot..and in third place was Elizabethtown. Is anyone seeing a trend here? Southern and proud...God Bless the south :)

Something that makes me happy...Day 6

So..I had to go ahead and do my day 6 and 7 challenges. I'm going to stay with my pre-historic father this weekend who still believes that having a computer is unnecessary. I'm sure I could potentially blog from my crackberry blackberry cracked blackberry, but it's just too much bother for a busy girl like myself..so without futher ado, SOMETHING that makes me happy :)

Sure, I could insert something clever here, like God, my family, my loving husband, friends or pets...or even various types of food, rock-n-roll, comedians, or Paula Deen (who came in a close second) but honestly...does it really get any happier than the happiest place on earth? I think not. I doesn't get any more magical than that :) Best honeymoon ever!

Siblings..Challenge, Day 5 :)

This is an easy one. I'm an only child! yay! Oh, the perks! However..due to my recent exchange of vowels...I inherited ONE oboe playing brother-in law, John..who's pretty durn amazing. I also inherited two step-sister in-laws, Allison and Katy who I'm pretty much adoring at the moment. I love all the new additions to my family! :)This is a picture of us from our recent trip to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (Yes I was having a bad hair week day!) It's the humidity, people! And the fact that the TSA won't allow my bff Jon-Paul Mitchell to travel with me unless he's in a 3oz container...and come on, no one inhibits, Paul.

blog challenge...day 4

Parents. I feel so lucky to have double the parents. I was adopted by my grandparents. (on my dad's side) Not only that, but I have an incredibly close relationship with my dad so I feel lucky to have my grandparents and my dad and stepmom, Tina. As a child being raised by grandparents was not exactly what I thought it was cracked up to be. I always felt like my parents were more strict than all my friends parents and I had a lot of rules that my friends didn't have. Now that I've grown up and thought of having children of my own, I now realize why they were so protective and will probably use a lot of the same ideas when raising my own children. My dad and stepmom are the kinda people I can talk to about anything. We don't really have any secrets. Its hard being away from them because I miss them so much. I'm so grateful for my wonderful family, but especially for my parents who have raised me into the woman I am today.

My first Love...

My first love started in 2nd grade. Scott. He moved to my school and we instantly became friends. At the time, I had just started taking piano lessons. His mom was helping out our class one day, and she asked me about playing the piano. She really wanted Scott to play. I hooked her up of course, and Scott and I both started playing together. He was REALLY good. LIKE, Elton John good. LIKE...I couldn't believe I'd created this piano prodigy, GOOD! So...Long story short (or short story shorter) we bonded over piano and fell in love. I remember once before my piano lesson, scott was getting out of his lesson and we were outside together and he kissed me! The next year, in third grade, Scott got down on one knee in front of the whole class and proposed to me. He gave me a little gold ring with a purple diamond that I LOVED! I wore it everyday! It wasn't long after that, that scott moved away to a nearby town and we only saw each other at group lessons or piano recitals. :( A few weeks after his move, I was swinging on the playground, admiring my ring, when suddenly it fell off my finger! My entire classed searched through the mulch looking for the ring..including my teacher! I never found it! I was heartbroken!...In middle school I stopped playing piano and didn't hear from Scott again until a few years later. I went to a piano recital to see him play and we actually went out on a couple of dates. Needless to say, it didn't work out and last week I read an article in the Roanoke times that he was arrested for a DUI got sent to jail and was brutally beaten by the prison guards and suing for a million dollars.

The End :)

PS: Yes, this is a day late. I forgot all about this challenge. I have a lot on my mind!