Fallin' Behind

Haha-you get it right?  I crack me up....Anyways, I have a lot of catching up to do because it's been BUSY!  Football season seems to do that to us.  But work has also been very busy for both William and myself (which is a good thing)!  We've been working hard, but also found some time for play too :)

 

I had a work conference in Nashville, TN which worked out great because my flight was out of Charlotte and that just so happened to be where we were going bridesmaids dress shopping that same weekend!  It worked out perfectly!  We had a great day of shopping!

 

 

Then I also got to visit with my sweet friend Seantel, and her precious twinkies, Graham and Ellie.  

 

 

After that I got to catch up with my friend Laura at her new place in Charlotte.  It was nice to just hang around, watch football, drink some wine and relax.  Wish all of my Charlotte buddies were closer!

 

 

After my Nashville trip, we had another reason to celebrate.  My BFF's birthday of course!  We had a great time eating at the Brazilian Steakhouse and then of course, sang some karaoke.  I love birthdays :)

 

 

October came around QUICK and that meant it was time for more tailgating and fall fun.  I got to go to the Luke Bryan concert with a SUPER fun group of girls. It was his "Farm Tour" and that is exactly what it was.  Seriously, the night ended with cows surrounding our vehicle.  It was a lot of fun....but next time I think we will try to get a parking spot closer to the main road :) 

 

 

 

The next day we did some tailgating with our favorites and had a great time.

 

 

Silly Future Lawson's dancing

 

 

 

Crazy faces :)

 

Hey!  There's that little rascal Sally Mae!  How'd she get on here?? :-)

 

 

We also had our every other year USC/UT visit to Knoxville, TN.  Jack and Sara were gracious enough to host the group and we had a wonderful time on Friday night eating yummy food and catching up with one another. 

 

 

The Party Car

 

 

Bride, MJ, Biscuit and Cupcake

 

 

Big Will and Birthday Boy

 

 

Sweet Aunts :)

 

 

Crazy shot!

 

 

Unfortunately Saturday didn't go quite the way it was planned, but everyone is okay and we were glad we could all spend the time we did together.

 

 

There's us at the game!

On a side note, we lost my sweet step-grandmother Mrs. Lillian on Monday.  She was a precious woman who loved her family, good food, shopping and all things celebrity entertainment (seriously, isn't that hilarious?).  She adored her grandchildren, and all children really, and never met a stranger.   She will be greatly missed.  Momma's are such important people in our lives.  Whether they are moms, stepmoms, grandmom's or just a  friend who happens to be a mom, there is just something special about them.  Hugs and kisses to all of the very special mommas, past and present, in my life.  Love you all! 

 

 

 

 

 

Team Lawson

My Favorite Sister-in-Law is getting married!!! Yay!!!  Haley and I are truly like sisters.  She is sweet, thoughtful, beautiful and a fantastic friend.  It makes me happy to see her so happy! So when Michael popped the question a few weeks ago and she said "yes" there was some celebrating that had to be done!

 

With College Football upon us, a quick champagne toast at the first Saturday tailgate of the year seemed appropriate. Here are some pics from the day.

 

"Team Lawson" rally towels!

Haley came back from the bathroom and we surprised her with the towels, toasting and lots of hugs and pictures.

She was definitely surprised!

 

 

Jayne brought a veil so that the bride-to-to be looked the part too

 

 

The Future Lawson's

 

Toasts all around!

 

Standing in front of the "He Put A Ring On It" banner-super cute!!

 

 

Friends!

 

 

Me with the bride! 

 

I was also very honored to be asked to be Haley's Matron of Honor.  There is a LOT of fun and celebrating ahead and I can't wait!  Cheers!

 

P.S. I have to give a shout-out to one of my BFF's who has a birthday today!  Happy Birthday Rebecca Swygert!  Love ya!!

 

 

Ch-ch-ch-ch Changes

Wow.  I've been a terrible blogger....again.  Sorry guys.  I know you've given up on me but here I am!  I promise to be better, and this time I really mean it!  There has been a LOT that has happened since the last time I've blogged.  

 

Fourth of July weekend came and we had our annual Lippard/Lee/Londry/Walker Sunset Beach family vacation.  Which I can tell you is always a great time, but for some reason, this year felt especially, well, special.  Maybe it's because we had some new additions to the group or started some new traditions, but it really was an absolute blast.  All photo credit goes to Seantel, she is FAR better and taking pictures (and blogging) than me.

 

Look at those sweet patriotic babies (and big boy)!
 

 

We brought back Minute-to-Win-It, Sunset style!  I was on the winning team...AGAIN!  Woo hoo!
 

 

Haha, these pictures are hilarious.
 

 

Burgers and Dogs for the fourth!
 

 

Look at those handsome boys!

 

 

This is one of my favorite pictures ever.

 

 

Annual Cornhole tournament

 

One of my favorite boys!
 

 

The whole gang on the last night
 

 

 Right when we got home from Sunset, I started my new job as Membership and Marketing Director of The Members Club at Woodcreek and WildeWood.  Kind of a mouthful, huh?  I'm really enjoying it so far and I keep getting lucky with sweet coworkers too.  Thank goodness!  That can really make a transition difficult when you don't work with nice, helpful people.

 

William and I have kept very busy this summer with a trip down to Tybee with my Mom and Jimmy, and also a trip up to Cashiers, NC for a friends wedding.  Both were VERY fun weekends. 

Here's the Walker group at the wedding
 

William and I having a pre-wedding brew at the Ugly Dog Café.  Cute place in Highlands, NC.
 

 

I also got to spend some time with some of my favorite girls! 

 

AND of COURSE I can't forget to mention that my sweet and fabulous sister-in-law is going to be a BRIDE!!!  I'm SO happy for her and I'm so looking forward to all of the fun and celebrations to come.

 

Here we are celebrating at Tsunami after Haley found her dress!  So beautiful and SO much fun. I was so honored to be there.

 

 

 

Now it's FOOTBALL TIME!  Alright!  I'll leave you now with this adorable photo collage of my sweet girl, Sally Mae. She's growing up too fast!

 

 

The Celebration Continues.....Minute-To-Win-It Style!

I went in reverse order of my birthday festivities, because it actually started off with a PARTY! Yay!!  That's right....food, drinks, games and friends.  It was the best time I've had in a while.  The only downside?  I didn't take any pictures of the games in action-boo!

I saw a blog that described a "fun night in with friends" with Minute-to-Win-It games and I was totally sold.  Anyone who knows me knows that I am a competitor, a lover of most games (count me out if it's Monopoly-that moves too slow for me) and I like to WIN!  I mean seriously, who likes to lose anyways?

Lots of friends were able to join us at our house for cocktails, apps, sliders, hot dogs and all the fixin's before the games began!

 

 

Sally is ready to party







We started by letting everyone pick a number (1-4) out of a hat in order to establish the teams of 4 to 5 people.  After splitting up in to our groups we rolled the dice to see which of the 6 games we would be playing first. 

Here are the games we were up against:

Office Tennis:

Two players, using clipboards, volley a balled-up piece of paper into a waste paper basket 15 feet away

Hanky Panky:

Two players, using clipboards, volley a balled-up piece of paper into a waste paper basket 15 feet away

Movin' On Up

Player must hold a stack of blue cups with 1 red cup at the bottom. Player must move cups 1 at a time from the top to the bottom of the stack, trying to cycle the red cup back to the bottom of the stack.

This Blows:

Player must continually blow up a balloon and expel the air from it to knock cups off of a table.

Roll With It:

Unspool two rolls of toilet paper at the same time, using one hand for each.

Blow Ball:

Blow off all red ping-pong balls from a tray, leaving only 3 yellow balls remaining.

 

Game supplies

 

Isn't the artwork on our scoreboard super cool?! Thanks, Adam!

 

We decided that we would time each team for each "event" and would score based on the quickest time. 

First Place: 3 points

Second Place: 2 points

Third Place: 1 point

Fourth Place: 0

At the end the team with the most points is the Minute-to-Win-It champions!!  And guess what?!  My team (Team 3-woop, woop!) took home the W!

Friends!

 

 

 

 

After a little celebrating, the night wrapped up with some birthday cake (complete with THIRTY candles) and a serenading of Happy Birthday from all of my guests.  What an awesome night!  Thanks to my husband, the Kelley's and the Swygerts for pulling it all together.  I love you guys and really appreciate you making my turning thirty such a fabulous affair!

 

 

 

Guess what else I got for my birthday?!?!  A bar!!  I've been wanting one for a while now, and my hubby came through for the big 3-0!  Thanks, babe!  Look how cool!!

 

 

 I am a lucky girl!