I'm Coming Home...

I went into hiding.

Forgive me?!

Thank you "Anonymous" for asking "uh are you alive?" in my last post...

I'm happy to report that I am in fact alive, and even more happy to report that...

WE'RE MOVING TO THIS PLACE (left hand side...)



(hence the long hiatus of posts considering my head was completely overtaken with life)

That would be GREENVILLE!!!!!!

You have no idea how happy I am!

I've recently had dreams of going to the farmers market, going to my favorite restaurants, turning the radio to stations I actually know, going to my "home" church, hanging out with my best friends, taking in the view of the mountains...breathing a big sigh of relief again that I am in fact...

Coming Home.

Is that P Diddy song playing in your ear yet?

Mine too.

So you may be asking why we're moving?

I GOT A J-O-B.

And I am so stinking excited about starting it! I'll be working at an advertising agency, and I feel like I instantly connected with the people I'll be working for...they were amazing!

The next few weeks my posts may be a bit scarce, but I'll do my absolute best to keep you updated...

Right now we're on the house hunt so I'll let you know if we have any luck...

I've missed you all!!

Did anyone else watch??

Oh man...I was skeptical it may be super cheesy, but I think it may be my new favorite show!

Stylish Blogger award!

Well, I've never done this before, but one of my favorite bloggers Whitney from The Meade Feed nominated me for a Stylish Blogger Award!

Thank you so much Whitney!! I absolutely LOVE reading YOUR blog...if you haven't started reading her blog go do so now! :)

I laughed so hard when I read this quote on Whitney's post about this...

"Kathryn said it best that blogging awards are cheesy. True that. But hey, I’m rolling with it."

Well Whitney, I'm rolling with it too...

Here are the rules!

1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this award.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers.
4. Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award.


So here are my 7 things:

1. I've never dyed or colored my hair, and I dread the day I have to ($$$$$)

2. I think high school was 100% more fun than college...call me crazy, but we had the absolute best times in high school.

3. I didn't really like animals until Teddy stole my heart...now my heart has grown for ALL animals!

4. I never moisturize anything but my face...it's a bad habit that I need to kick.

5. I haven't had anything to drink other than water since 5th grade...(other than an occasional champagne and pomegranatite martini of course!) Not because I'm trying to be healthy...I hate anything else!

6. I met John Mayer on the streets of NYC one night after I got off of work at Bloomingdale's in Soho...it took me 5 minutes to go up to him and ask him for a picture. He was the nicest guy ever and we talked for a good 5-10 minutes! Ever since then I've had a crush on him (don't worry...my husband is WELL aware!) hahaha

7. I always knew I'd marry a scruffy mountain man. This was my only "type" even though I dated outside this box, I knew I'd come back to it...

And here are my nominees...all of you people on my "Blog List" to the right...I CAN'T CHOOSE!!!

But I'll try...Erin, Kristin, Brittani, Megan, Brittney, Kendall, Jami, Blair, Ann, Laurie, Jamie, Jennifer, Sara, Natalie, Whitney and Holly!

An Apology/Update, A pedicure and another family hike!

FIRST of all...

I'm so sorry I've gone a whole WEEK without blogging!! Are you still out there?!

We've had some major things come up lately that we're trying to figure out, so my mind has been all over the place! Nothing bad, don't worry :) And I'll let you know as soon as I can what I'm talking about!

So I spent the weekend in Greenville by myself because Blake is working the Master's. He does it every year, and he loves it. I figured since I had a couple of days to myself I would take advantage.

And by advantage I mean go get a pedicure...

When I saw this color I thought maybe it could do the trick for me...



But after trying it out...along with three other colors, I nixed it for "Modern Girl" (Second from right)



Saturday morning we headed to Issaqueena Falls for a little family hike. When I get around my little brothers I think it's ok to act like a kid. I was hungry so I told dad he had to stop for a snack run before I hiked this mountain...

Apparently I wasn't the only one who was hungry...and clearly we all love Pringles! :)



I love doing things with my family, and my little brothers make everything so fun. The older one, Austin kept saying, "Hey Meg, you ok? You need help? Here...grab my hand"...sweetest kid ever!



It wasn't a long hike, but geez louise it was STEEP! Good thing the view was worth it!



This was my, "I'm done now, Dad" picture...



After the hike we headed to the cave/tunnel.

It was a little dark for my liking so I kept taking pictures so that I could see where I was going...Thank goodness for flashes!



"Screaming"...



Finally we made it to the back of the tunnel (with my dad's girlfriend, Rebecca)! We were quite proud of ourselves...



And one with Dad...a little happier now



I was dead meat by the end of it, but clearly Hunter and Austin still had plenty of energy...



We stopped here when we were done to reward ourselves for such a hard workout...



And then I went into a milkshake coma...

My youngest brother said, "Hey Meg, you look tired...go ahead and lay your head on my shoulder if you want to..."

And that's exactly what I did.

Girls Night Out!

Saturday night we left the boys at home and headed downtown for a girls night out! We had the absolute BEST time. Here is my best friend for the past 15 or so years, Meg!!



And my other two best friends from just about as long Jordan and Brittney, who you may recognize from here of course :)



It was a rainy, gross night outside, but we didn't let that stop our fun...



but thank goodness for valet parking :)



After dinner at Liberty we headed to our olllld favorite spot, Corner Pocket. Look who came to meet us! Jordan's brother, Brooks (with a picture of the child he takes care of that is seriously the cutest thing EVER!)...we love him!



and I love HER! I always have so much fun talking with Britt...



And look who else I found! Nikki was out with her girlfriends for a bachelorette party



And last, but certainly not least I was SO excited when we saw Blake's cousin, Natalie at church! I'm not even sure I said hey to her before I asked, "Can I go with you to get the babies?!!"

I grabbed Madison as soon as we got to the nursery, but then Brent quickly stole her away...however, I did manage to get a picture! Aren't they they cutest things ever?!! Love them!

Nikki's Birthday!

Wednesday night we were so excited to get to celebrate Nikki's birthday! Here she is with her beautiful Mom!!



We headed to Smoke on the Water in downtown Greenville (if you've never been, or if you ever visit Greenville make sure to go...it's amazing!) We had the absolute BEST time!



The ambiance is more like this, but my camera always brightens everything. I loved our view of the streets!



The beautiful couple :)



Blake and I were so excited to have such a fun night out!



And when it came time to sing "Happy Birthday" we made her blowout the only candle in sight...and our only source of light at the table...



Make a wish to be my sister, Nikki!! ;) :)



I'm so happy we got to celebrate a day just for her...she is so precious, and I am so thankful for her in my life! Happy Birthday, Nikki!! (you get a week of celebrations in my opinion!)

This weekend...

It was a gorgeous weekend in Greenville (South Carolina) so Blake, Brent, Nikki and I decided to go get coffee downtown Saturday morning at the Starbucks in Falls Park...



The boys enjoying themselves...



I love our weekends together!



And then we found Thumper...well, I named him Jack, but his owner who was very interesting (a whole different story) said his name was Thumper...



He carried him around like a child...and then so did Nikki...



That afternoon the boys left to go fishing at the lake so Nikki and I stayed behind.

My dad asked me to go on a tour of homes with him because the Cancer Center of the Carolina's was putting it on, and our favorite thing to do together is to go look at beautiful houses so of course I said count me in!

I dragged Nikki with me and my dad also brought his girlfriend, Rebecca. We had so much fun, and the house was GORGEOUS!



Here was the entrance way just to give you an idea of how large it was...


The beautiful entrance way...



The kitchen cupboard...



The wife's closet...



My absolute favorite part of the whole house...the bathtub. Simply amazing...



And here was dad in the shower...with the 15 shower heads and no doors...I loved it!



And just to give you an understanding...this was a TEN YEAR OLDS room...*ahem* poor child won't know what hits him when he has to live in a dorm one day...



And the gorgeous back yard that had a pool, pond and hot tub to the right...



We had such a fun weekend, Himmies couldn't even stop smiling...



I said, "Himmies, tell me how much you REALLY loved this weekend"....and this was how big his smile got...



:)