Chicago Trip and Long Weekend

Before I get into our trip to Chicago, here is a picture from last Saturday. Cheering on our Tennessee Vols and Georgia Dawgs. At least one team won.... (who is smiling bigger?) Thanks for having us over, Robert!

Now for Chicago. I love this town! Sean and Ashlea were great hosts and we had a wonderful time. We ate deep dish pizza, saw the Cubs get a grand slam and beat the Mets in Wrigley Field, wandered down the Magnificent Mile, took a history tour boat ride onto Lake Michigan, saw the impressionists at the Art Institute, and took pictures at the Bean. Saturday night we also met up with some friends from UT, Lindsay and Jocelyn. Great way to spend a weekend!

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We had a great Labor Day weekend celebrating Mallory's Sweet 16. Cannot believe she is 16 years old. She had friends over from her new school to spend the night. We went and saw All About Steve (don't waste your $$) and ate pizza and cookies and cream ice cream cake. Mal had a blast opening presents. We had so much fun and were so happy to see her so excited. We celebrated her all weekend long which, for us, was the perfect way to spend a weekend.

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Hope your holiday was great!

Cash for Clunkers

We took advantage of Cash for Clunkers and traded in Brian's Jeep for a brand new, fully-loaded Honda Accord. We got a great price, and are happy. Car-buying is not a lot of fun. Hopefully, this car will last us a long time!

The Brady Wedding

Art and Blair are married! We had so much at their wedding weekend in Atlanta. They are such a cute couple, and it was truly an honor to get to be a part of their special day. We took off work Friday and drove to Atlanta in our new car. We get incredible gas mileage in our new Honda Accord, so this was very exciting for us :) We stayed with Kyle and James on their pullout couch (thanks guys!). Enjoy the pics!

Us at the rehearsal dinner

Jim, James, Brian and Kyle

Fun with skewers

Brian giving his "partners in crime" toast...

Kyle, us, James, Kate, Erin, Taylor and Karen after the rehearsal dinner

They're married! At the reception

The beautiful and tasty cake

First dance

Kate and me

Brian, Beth and $$$

Fun on the dance floor...

James, Taylor and us

Riding away....

All I can say is look at Kyle.... :)

haha!

Such a fun weekend celebrating a great couple. Congrats Art and Blair!

Best Friends

Brother's best friend Sam Pela came to spend last weekend with us. They had a great time playing in the water, sleeping and wrestling. Brother hopes he comes back again soon!

Sam swimming in the pool

Cute Sam!

Bro is asking if Sammy can live at our house.

Riding in the car together.

We played too hard... we are worn out.

Black Crowes

We headed down to Tunica last night for the Black Crowes concert at Bluesville inside the Horseshoe Casino. If you have never been to a concert here, you should go. It's a great venue. We met up with some of my college friends Hurt and Schmidt. Schmidt works for Harrah's who owns Horseshoe, so we stayed at Harrah's and rode the shuttle over to the concert. Thankfully, Schmidt got us the hook-up! We had a great time and free drinks at the show. We ate a late night fourth meal, and passed out in our room. We laughed so much. These pictures will probably make no sense, but if you were there, it was hilarious. So fun!

The Black Crowes

Robert and Hurt on the shuttle taking us back to Harrah's after the concert

Hurt, Schmidt and me at late-night dinner


I know you....

But we don't know you.... where were this lady's friends?

You could have asked one of us to take your picture, rather than squeeze in :)


Hurt decided to try the chair...

So did Schmidt...

Pretty typical when these two get together

Great night!

Funny video from Europe

Just had to post this. My mom uploaded a video of Brian and Mr. Coughlin from Switzerland. They were called on stage at a dinner theater performance we went to in Lucerne and was forced to yodel, then chug a beer. It was hilarious!

Bland Gator is back!

After a small hiatus, Blind Gator, my brother Mark's band, is back. Mark plays guitar and is the lead singer. They've played at Hard Rock Cafe, Hi Tone, and will play at Minglewood Hall and other places around the city. Here is a little sampling from last Saturday night.

I just have to say I am so proud of my mom for learning how to upload movies on You Tube!