Small Hands, Big Dreams

Hi friends! OK, so here's the deal. I'm on the committee for an upcoming fundraising event, benefiting the Children's Safety Center. This is an unbelievable organization and this is their premiere event! It's called "Small Hands, Big Dreams" and is going to be held on September 12 (the Friday before the Texas game-away) from 7-11 p.m. The tickets are $50 and include heavy appetizers, drinks and music by BOOM KINETIC (formerly known as Molten Lava- so fun!). So far, there is a great turnout. I think it's going to be a blast!

So, let me tell you what the Children's Safety Center is: The CSC comes in as the advocate for children who are victims of any kind of abuse, most commonly sexual. Children are taken to the safety center where they are greeted with bright colors and a warm play place. There are also rooms with double sided mirrors and dolls for children to show the "what and where" of the crime. So sad. Then, there is another room where the medical examination is performed. The CSC would like to hire a psychologist to have on staff for these children to have a more complete experience before they leave the center. The mental health of these children has to be damaged after an experience like this. Please help us reach this goal! Just post a comment if you'd like a ticket or two... or three:) and I'll contact you to work out the details of collecting money. I'll deliver your tickets. Also, if you're out of town, it's a great excuse to come on in!

Weekend Update

Me and Rach
Dinner at Powerhouse
Karrie, me and Rach at Z330
Rachel was bit by a corgi last week and had to get stitches! She's showing of her wound.
Canine Mobile Grooming

Coy went out of town this weekend for his SAE pledge class reunion. They had 27 out of 33 guys in his pledge class attend! I couldn't believe they had such a great turnout... I had a reunion of my own in Fayetteville! My best friend, Rachel, came to town and stayed with me. We had such a great time and it was an action packed weekend. I'm totally pooped today, catching up on my blogging and obsessively watching my friends on The Hills. Season premiere tomorrow night. I can't wait... I had conference calls all day on Friday and I had Canine Mobile Grooming come to my house to get Ophelia spiffed up for the weekend. I took a picture of the groomer's RV in front of my house, pretty funny. Rachel, Anna and Effie all rode up together from Little Rock and then we all went to eat at Powerhouse with Sarah and Jared, Lane and Will, Brita and Cam, Katie and a few more. I was so happy to see everyone! We went out and danced to some Boom Kinetic after we ate and my friend/coworker Ryan came and met up with us. After Adam and Bethany's rehearsal dinner, their crew came and joined us too. It was a college reunion and was so good to get to catch up with friends I haven't seen. Saturday was the DRJII memorial tennis tournament and Sarah and I played together. It was SO fun! We played Anna and Effie in our first match and won, which automatically put in the finals... it was really ugly after that. We were murdered on the court. The women that we played were very good and we didn't win one game, out of 12. We were really nervous and embarrassed at first and I couldn't stop nervous laughing during the first set, but we semi pulled it together in the second set and saved a little face. We still got medals though, which is the most important thing, and we were the only matching team, which is also very important. I took Rach out my parents' new house and we hung out with my mom for a little bit and then came back and got ready for Adam and Bethany's wedding. Bethany looked amazing and Adam was so happy on the alter. It was precious. Whew! Another action packed weekend! Coy said he's pretty tired too... which is so strange?! I figured the guys would have a restful, low-key weekend?

I'm going to try to find some pics of us at the tennis tourney so I can post them... everyone needs to play next year. You don't have to be good.

Wassup now?!

Mel Mel! The Bachelorette! She's such a sasstress (that's a Coy term)

Me, Paige and K at the lingerie shower... Kara is so cute right now and I can't wait to meet Aniston Paniston! (Paniston is a joke...)

Dinner at Bordinos
Willy D's
It was raining so we ran around all night with newspapers on our heads! Didn't phase us a bit! I would say we embraced the weather.

Melanie had to find a piggy back ride... and she defintely did! This was one of the moments where I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe...

So, I made some major improvements on my blog today, thanks to the help and patience of Sarah! Seriously, it was kind of painful. Sarah commented at one point that after we got finished doing this that she would "show me how to use a computer." Woops. Now that I've been shown, I think it will be a breeze! I'm so excited about the blog makeover!

I had a great weekend! Coy was playing in a golf tournament with Spencer, so he was distracted and it was a perfect time for Melanie's bachelorette party! We had a crazy good time and it was SO good to see everyone... it was just what I needed. I wish we could all get together more often, but I'm not sure I could handle it. It's always worth the wait... I laughed to the point of tears several times during the night. I love you girls! Cody did such a good job planning (as usual). If you're not friends with Cody, you should try to be, because everytime she's involved with a shower it's a success! We had Mel's lingerie shower at the Cosmopolitan Hotel where we all decorated some stylish undies for Mel (hilarious) and then went to Bordino's for dinner (always good!). Then, Cody had clues in envelopes for Melanie to open to tell us where our next stops would be. She also had tasks she had to complete at every bar, which were histerical. By the time I got home I had been to Theo's, Willy D's, Z330, On the Rocks and Geno's! Dang! I then came home and got to wake up Coy! He was thrilled...

The pics are pretty entertaining...

Working for the Weekend

This is our Bailey dog... in neon colors! I thought it looked Andy Warhol-ish.
Thomas, Paul Glenn and Coy
My beautiful niece Annie playing outside at Coy's parents' house at Christmas: notice the crown
These are the Aspens "the largest living organism because they are all attached by the same root system" according to Leslie Blanchard. She's a wealth of knowledge... ha.
Miss Ophelia Girl

Driving to Colorado with Coy, Chip and Leslie
Shadow of us on the ski lift. I'm especially proud of this pic!

Coy's Papaul. I captured him during his trademark laugh. His laugh makes the entire family laugh.

My family playing poker in the "old house" SO sad! But the new house is great! We broke it in for mom's birthday this week... Happy Bday Mom!

Ok, so I'm not going to change much on the blog right now because I'm getting a tutorial from Sarah Greer next week. She's the blogmaster... But, I am totally addicted to Adobe Lightroom and I wanted to post some of my artsy pics. I got a new fancy schmancy camera (one of those big professional ones) for Christmas last year. Some of you are already aware of it, because it's been in your face for almost a year, but my friend Kate introduced me to a new editing program. Y'all, if you're into pics you've GOT to get it. Go to lightroom.com and get the free trial. I was supposed to go to the gym this afternoon, but I got sucked in and have been playing with this, while I listen to Pandora (another favorite website) for about 37 hours now... jk, but I've been engulfed in my computer for a long time. Ok, so another favorite website is pandora.com. You can type in your favorite artists and it customizes "radio" stations for you. Totally awesome. You just get your station set up and you turn it on everytime you're on your computer, just to make things more enjoyable! I have so many new blog links to add to my page, but Sarah told me I'm doing it wrong, so I'm not going to mess with it until I meet with her... Hope you all enjoy the pics!

What am I doing?

My first blog! I have no idea what I'm doing and apparently need a good tutoring session by Kate Carter or Sarah Greer. Have y'all seen their blogs? They're incredible! It's very weird to write my first blog. Is anybody out there? I don't even know how all you bloggers will find me? This is SO confusing and exciting. So, I was browsing all my friends' blogs and was totally inspired! What a great diary?! I thought you had to have kids for a blog to be accepted, but as I was browsing, I realized how wrong I was! Coy and I got back from Heber Springs tonight and made some egg drop soup and had some ribs... I know this is totally random, but our unscheduled life allows for choices like these:) I was bored, replying to emails and such and started to blogsurf. Is there a term for blog-jumping, or am I inventing them right now? So, Coy is laying next to me, laughing because I'm about to expose our life on the computer for everyone to see! This is SO fun! Hopefully, I'll learn how to put pictures and music soon.