little boy sunshine

so, we took a trip to the ocoee to celebrate my birthday a few weeks ago...there is not much better than white water rafting. and i dont go enough- this trip made me want to make this an annual occasion.
check out these pics. dave must have either gotten a memo that there was a camera on him OR this is documentation that he always has fun doing whatever he's doing because he was posing/smiling in EVERY one. every one. (so forgive me in advance for posting so many pictures of the same scenery...just doing it for effect. i hope you appreciate it...)

presh, libby, and me before we hit the rapids...check out libby's water socks. she is L-E-G-I-T.

dave smiling #1

dave smiling #2

dave smiling #3

dave smiling again (and his tongue is out, mind you) #4

tongue out again #5

still smiling #6

and, lastly, he's still having fun #8...notice one more thing...his paddle has yet to touch the water and we were ALL supposed to be PADDLING. hmm...

we love dave. and white water rafting.

dallas

dave surprised me with a plane ticket to dallas in july to visit my 2 best friends from high school...ridg just had her 3rd little girl so i got to go spend a few days with them. it was a BLAST! seems harder and harder these days to get together, so i appreciate that time so much...

here we are enjoying some cocktails before dinner (chad, ridg, and me)...reed was so sweet to play mom while the 3 of us spent some time together.

the 3 hogan girls...raney ("raney boo boo" to her sisters), dendy, and millie...arent they freakin adorable?

summer in highlands

earlier this summer, i went on a fun girls trip to highlands, nc...it was an awesome (but much too short) weekend- we hiked, ate sweet treats (my favorite!!), got treated to a wonderful southern lunch thanks to mrs. turnbull, cooked in, slept in, and got some great hang time...

us on our hike (from left to right its melanie rogers, me, presh, melanie wages, marshall turnbull, libby sanders, and brooke smith)

here we are at presh's parents house enjoying the beautiful weather and some fabulous cocktails compliments of candy killebrew :)

my comeback

well, hey there...its been a while...but I'M BACK :)

i have lots of excuses why i havent posted in FOREVER, but rather than list them one by one, im promising to post some pictures (in a timely manner) in the coming days letting you know whats been keeping me busy.

heres a little taste:

we sold our house (and moved)!!

whitewater rafting the ocoee for my birthday :)

istanbul

london

seaside

and in case you're wondering what im most excited about in the coming months...??

ole miss football...go rebs!!!