Pan Fry Chicken - Easter recap (very belated)

I realize this is extremely belated, but I was getting pictures off of my phone and realized I had some old photos from our Easter trip to Missouri that I hadn't posted. I didn't take very many, but thought it was worth sharing the few I took.

Here's sweet Bailey sleeping in the back of the car on the way to Missouri.

What's Easter without baby chicks and ducks??? One night, we took Grandma Kiehl out for dinner and stopped by Orchelen's (a local farm store similar to Tractor Supply) for their annual "Chick Days".

Aren't they cute?

Though, we found it quite disturbing that one variety was called "Pan Fry Special".

Last, but not least, I thought it was very important to note that my parent's road actually has a name now! Because they are now getting 911 service in their area, the county had to name all of the gravel roads so they could be identified for 911 calls. My entire life, the road just had "311" on the stop sign. It wasn't an address, just a number. Our address had always been Rt. 1. For the first time ever, my parents have an actual street address. I think it's funny that they live on Boxelder Avenue...nothing like a gravel road named after a bug!

Cousin Charlie

Erin and Jeremy have a Bassett Hound named Charlie. This was the first time we got to meet him. Since my mom doesn't have any grandbabies, she claims Charlie and Bailey as her "granddogs". Sorry, mom - babies will come later!

Here's Charlie in one of his sweaters. Isn't he cute?

Bailey wasn't sure what to think of Charlie at first, but it wasn't long before they were best of friends. Here they are cuddling together on a blanket. They are about the same age, so they had a lot of fun playing together. We're so glad we finally got to meet Charlie!

Happy Birthday, Mom!

We made it to Missouri just in time to celebrate my Mom's birthday on the 23rd. She was thrilled to have all of her "ducks" (i.e., her four girls) home for the holidays. Because the weather was nasty, we fixed dinner instead of going out. So, we had lasagna and birthday brownies. We even had candles for her. We didn't have 51 candles, so we put five candles in one pan and one candle in the other. And, of course, Bailey couldn't resist sneaking in the picture. We all had a good time being together. I'm sure that was the best gift of all.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM!

Heading Home for Homecoming - Day 4

On Sunday morning, we had to go back to my parents house to pick up Bailey. My parents were kind enough to dog sit. Before going back to Nashville, we took a some more pictures of the new puppies. Here are my favorites....

Heading Home for Homecoming - Day 1

Last weekend, we headed to Missouri for Mizzou's Homecoming. Last weekend was my first football game at Mizzou since my senior year, so I was really excited to go. I took a LOT of pictures, so I'm going to break up the blog posts.

We left on Thursday, so we could have time to go see my family. As always, we're not really thrilled with the 8 hour drive, but we make the most of it.

This time, we got stuck in construction traffic. Boo! So, what's a bored girl to do? Take pictures of it!

Garth talking on the phone as we sit in traffic.

Meanwhile, Bailey just sleeps in the back seat. Isn't she cute?!?!

When we finally got out of the construction traffic, it was dusk in St. Louis. I thought the sky looked so cool behind the arch. This photo was taken as we were crossing the Mississippi River while in the car, so it doesn't nearly do it justice!

Reunion Recap

Here's my rather delayed recap of my 10 year class reunion that was held over Fourth of July weekend. As senior class president, I had the dubious responsibility of planning the affair. Though, I most certainly can't take credit for it. I was so lucky to have my friend, Kelly, take care of things on the home front.

Anyway, the Santa Fe High School class of 1998 had 35 students in it. I know - I went to a SMALL school. Or, should I say, small? We had a wonderful picnic at a local winery called Baltimore Bend. Only seven students from the class (and one class sponsor) came, but we still had a good time. Kelly put together a fantastic meal and the weather was perfect. So, no one complained! Thank you to Kelly for doing such a great job and thanks to those who came!

Here's the class members who came to the event. Is it fitting that we're in front of a cornfield?

Here's the whole group with spouses and kids included. We look a lot bigger this way!

This is my friend, Kelly, her daughter, Clara, and her husband, Mason. Aren't they cute?


I absolutely LOVE this picture of Kelly's baby, Clara Mae. My mom took all of the photos. Didn't she do a great job?

Here's a cute picture of the girls in my class who came - me, Kelly, Jennifer, Kara and April. Can you believe this is HALF of the girls that graduated in our class? Out of the 35 students in our class, only 10 were girls.

This is just a sample of the pictures from the event. If you'd like to view the rest, you can see them here.