favorite

My first favorite of 2011:

I'm obsessed & I'm okay with it.

thankful

Today I am very thankful for

the number one man in my life.

As most of you know, hd was in the Peace Corps in 2006.

After graduating from college, he left for

Guyana, South America.

After being gone about four months he became

very ill. He was treated by foreign doctors,

took lots of medicine and repeatedly went to the hospital.

After another three months, he was

medically released from the Peace Corps.

This meant he could come home, get better, and return

to complete his two years of service if he wished.

It was a very rough and long seven months

but worth every minute to be where we are today.

With all this being said,

this past week ABC and 20/20 did a special

on the Peace Corps. However this special was not aired to

talk about the good the Peace Corps does. Instead it aimed

to shed light on the terrible things that have happened

to many volunteers.

So today I thank him for his service, kind heart,

and his desire to change the world, and thank God for bringing

him home safely to me.

what are you thankful for today?

celebration part two

In honor of Jd turning 30 - two celebrations were needed.

Saturday night we went downtown

(with every other person in atlanta)

to watch the Falcon's 'play' and more celebrating!

We had dinner and drinks at STATS

and enjoyed some more family time!

-and painfully watched the Falcon's give up the game-

glasses

Five and a half years ago I bought my first

and only pair of eye glasses, that I wear every single day

- sometime for more than ten hours at a time -

With that being said, these glasses have seen better days.

As part of my Christmas gift from hd, he decided

to buy me new glasses!! :)

(this would not only be extremely beneficial for me,

but for him as well, seeing as he was having to look at

me while I am wearing these awful glasses!)

-note: he calls me grandmother, which explains the lovely picture-

So this weekend we took a trip to the store to

buy the new glasses I've had my eyes on.

And I'd say I left there a very very happy girl!

Here's to being able to see! :)

30th Birthday

Jd turned 30 on the 9th and the family

spent the day celebrating.

We started the day with a movie at Atlantic Station

to see 'True Grit' which was actually really good!

Then to dinner at Pacci Ristorante, which is connected

to a Hotel that is Pet Friendly. The lobby includes

food and water bowls for puppies, a bed and the menu

offers pup biscuits "for you little one at home!"

The night ended with cake and more family time

at Jd and Brooke's Condo in Atlanta!

Happy 30th Birthday Jd!

Mama Reeves

Last weekend was Lauren's Baby Shower for

Maddux Lee Reeves!

I cannot believe the little boy will be here

in roughly seven weeks!

Here are a few pictures of

the beautiful mother-to-be!

top ten of 2010

So for the last three years, hd and I have made

a list of our "favorite things" of that year.

(we normally add them throughout the year)

These things can be trips, games, movies, restrurants,

television shows, or whatever!

Here is our list from this year:

hd:

panama city trip

coheed and cambria "year of the black rainbow"

true blood

kick-ass

dragon quest ix

stieg larsson's millenium trilogy

amazon kindle

borderlands

ssc spooktacular/iron man

walking dead tv

kl:

super mario galaxy ii

last song

mellow mushroom

blog giveaways

csi: miami

apples to apples

zumba

dunwoody/beazer

halloween/mafia parties

donkey kong country returns

whats on your list?

new year

Happy 1.1.11!

Hope you all had a safe and fun NYE!

Here's to 2011!

Happy New Year!