Sparkling Water & Sparkling Crowns

Its been a great week and weekend!

I spent the week down in Destin Fl and had some much needed relaxation. I managed to keep up and get a little ahead with my school work, as well as read three books. One of the books was Tim Tebow's and it was amazing! Everyone should go out and read it!!

After getting home Saturday afternoon everything got even better when I heard that night that my sorority sister Erin Hatley won Miss Tennessee!!

Even better news was last night when I watched the Miss USA Pageant and rooted for my other sorority sister Ashley Durham who was first runner up!! Not only are these beautiful, sweet and classy girls Alpha Gam's but they are from my chapter at the University of Memphis and I could not be more proud of them!!


Now it's time to catch up on work from being out the last week. That is always the worst part of vacation!

Destin Bound!!

That's right early tomorrow morning I will be in the car heading to the best place on Earth ... the beach!

I am much in need of a vacation. I have worked so hard this last year with grad school that I am ready to lay on the beach, read and do nothing but get a tan! I'm taking a summer class online right now so I will have to do some homework but at least I can do it from the beach. That makes it a little better!

So this will be my view for the next 7 days!

I will miss reading all your post but I catch up with them when I return to the working world again *sigh*

All For Baby Benjamin!

Yesterday we had a little tea for my Sissy and sweet soon to be nephew, Benjamin!!

It was a double tea for her and a old elementary school friend of hers that is also pregnant with a little boy.

We used Mom's Lennox Butterfly Meadow china since it was all pastel we thought it looked baby like. We even attached butterflies to the chairs to tie in the theme.

The cake was from Muddy's Bake Shop here in Memphis and it was delicious. Since we were honoring two sweet little boy's we decided the phrase Boy oh Boy was pretty perfect!



Along with the cake we served pickles and ice cream, every pregnant girls favorite right?


For the favors everyone got three cookies in the shape of bottles, baby onesies and carriages!

Now I just can't wait for him to get here so I can love on him!!

Top 5 Thursdays - Summer Traditions

Top 5 Summer Traditions I am looking forward to the most are:

1. Summer movie series at the Orpheum- The Orpheum is our theater here in Memphis that shows all the Broadway shows. During the summer they show old movies.

2. Kix on Beale- This is a free concert that our local country station puts on every year. A few singers that are coming are Thompson Square and Chuck Wicks.

3. Destin Vacation- Every year the family and I go to Destin. I love it there!! We spend the week just laying on the beach and doing nothing!

4. Lots of Reading- During the year I am so busy with work, school and the Junior League that I don't have time to read so I usually go through several books!

5. Lots of Pool Time- I am a water a sun girl! During the summer I am always by a pool, lake or ocean!!

What are your Summer Traditions? Play along at The Perfect Compilationtape!

What I'm Loving

This week I am loving ...

1. I got to see my sissy this weekend and the newest ultrasound video of my sweet nephew Benjamin!!

2. We have decided on how to decorate his nursery. Sissy and Will are going to paint the walls icelantic blue. And this is a picture of what his bedding will be made out of!




3. The Orpheum has announced its schedule for the summer movies series!!

THE 2011 SUMMER MOVIE LINEUP

7:15P Fri. 6/3 - Breakfast at Tiffany's
7:15P Thu. 6/9 - To Catch a Thief
7:15P Fri. 6/10 - The Big Lebowski
7:15P Thu. 6/23 - An Affair to Remember
7:15P Fri. 7/1 - Hustle and Flow
7:15P Thu. 7/7 - The Firm
7:15P Fri. 7/8 - Last Picture Show
7:15P Thu. 7/14 - The Rainmaker
7:15P Fri. 7/15 - The Blind Side
7:15P Thu. 7/21 - Great Balls of Fire
7:15P Fri. 7/22 - Memphis Heat
7:15P Fri. 7/29 - Walk the Line
7:15P Thu. 8/4 - Beauty Shop
7:15P Fri. 8/5 - Gone with the Wind
7:15P Thu. 8/18 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
7:15P Fri. 8/19 - The Wizard of Oz
7:15P Fri. 8/26 - Casablanca
8:00P Fri. 9/2 - Rocky Horror Picture Show

4. Kix on Beale is announcing their line up. So far Thompson Square is coming and so is Chuck Wicks!!

5. This clip from Sex and the City!!



What are you loving this week? Play along at litteldaisymay.blogspot.com.

What I'm Loving Wednesday

Today I'm Loving ...

1. This website was on the MSN homepage when I pulled up my internet this morning! You can see what the top nail color is in cities near you!!

2. I saw this Marriage Proposal on youtube yesterday! This is what makes me a hopeless romantic ... sorry for any boy in my future but this is what I like to expect, creativity and romance!!

3. I have began making some plans for Sissy and Benjamin's shower!! This is an inspiration board I found for a baby boy shower!

4. This weekend is my brother in law's birthday so we are going to Cookeville to visit them, but I am mostly excited to get to see this little guy and talk to him since he can now hear sounds!!!

What are you loving today? Play along at littledaisymay.blogspot.com!

Now Introducing ...

Mr. and Mrs. Nicol!!!

That's right my sorority Lil is now a Mrs. She and her sweet hubby were married this weekend!

It was absolutely beautiful! They were married in a small chapel on the square, where every member of her family has been married. Then the reception was at her grandparents 1820s home. Her grandfather has a large lovely rose garden, that has been featured in southern living a few times, and they set up white tents over them. There was a worry that rain might ruin the day but luckily there were a few showers that morning and then the sun was out in all its glory for the rest of the day and into the evening. She could not have had a more elegant wedding!

The rehearsal!



Me and Mrs. Nicol!




After having fought to have her as my Lil Sis and loving her for the past 7 years I was so honored to stand up there with her while she married the most perfect man, the only man that God could have created just for her!











They are now off on their honeymoon in Mexico and I will be staying with their "children". Ben has left me a 3 page note while Anna's was a one liner "Don't kill us for leaving you with them, don't kill the dogs cause they are psycho, have fun and I love you". You can already see which one of them is more responsible! Haha!


Congrats you Mr. and Mrs. I love you both!!