The leaves are falling...

I couldn't resist showing you our backyard....so pretty when the leaves begin to change! Happy Harvest Time!

Trick or Treeeeeeeat!

Halloween is such a fun holiday, and its always a blast to meet up with friends to spend the day watching football and then to dress up for the night's activities. On Friday night of this past weekend, David and I, Hollie and Wesley, and Brince and Becca tried Bistro Niko for dinner in Buckhead. It was delicious...and I completely recommend it! Saturday lunch was at Fellini's on the patio...always fun. We headed to the Hill's where we got to see some other friends when they came over for the game - Whitney Hill and her friends from Cordele; Renee and Joe; Hunter and Nicole; and Robert, Hollie's cousin. Hollie made some delicious apps and Wesley cooked up some chili. I added some Mexican corn bread for the meal, then we got down to business getting dressed for the night. We had a ball at East Andrews Upstairs! I've included a few more "borrowed" pictures from other members of our family who also dressed up over the weekend, and a few from years past...hope you had a Happy Halloween!

No matter what, Becca and I still love the Dawgs!

David was super handsome in his Mad Men costume...I was supposed to be Audrey Hepburn, but was happier to just be this good-lookin' guy's date....a Mad Woman!

Becca was an adorable squaw to Brince's Indian chief.

Jamie was great as an Avatar....and Colby as a partyin' Katy Perry!

Headed to East Andrews!

The band at Andrews Upstairs

It was hilarious to see all of the costumes people came up with!

This gal had a pretty creative get-up, but for us shorties...it was really in the way of our view!

Hollie and Wesley were so cute as Jenn Sterger and Brett Favre!

Amanda and her Fireman Ben

Look at that smile! Happy Boy!

Amanda and Ben drove to Birmingham to Trick-or-Treat with The Mundys. Ben and Rodney were ferocious Transformers and Little Lizzy was a Kitty Kat!

Pammy is precious as an Indian and Mimi was a perfect Pilgrim!

A Stroll down Halloween Memory Lane....       This is Hollie and me on our first trip to visit Jennie for Halloween in NYC. We had so much fun, we went 3 years in a row! Here, I was a 1920's flapper, and Hollie was Mrs. Incredible.

This particular year, our friend Jed was the little boy from ET, Jennie was Austin Powers' Foxxy Cleopatra, I was Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, and Hollie was a UGA football player; and that's Matt the jailbird in the back.

And last year Hollie and I were pop stars....Lady Gaga and Katy Perry. This was a paparazzo shot. Love these costumes!

SSI or bust!

Last Thursday, my college BFFs and I headed to Saint Simons Island for our annual Girl's Weekend. Meredith hosted us in her beautiful home...it was perfect! We all loved eating out on the island, carving pumpkins, drinkin' coffee in our pj's, and dancin' the night away at Ziggy Mahoney's! For more on our weekend, visit Jill's blog - she did a fantastic job of writing about our weekend! I've been looking forward to this weekend for months, and had a ball talking, laughing and catching up with these wonderful women!

All the girls at Gnat's Landing!

Friday night at Coastal Kitchen!

Annual pumpkin carving

My scccaaaaaary skull and crossbones!

Hard at work....

...but all that work paid off! They all looked beautiful in front of Meredith's house!

Dinner at Fancy Q

Love these girls!

Lovely lake weekend

Last Thursday after work, David and I headed south to spend the weekend with his parents, Amanda, and Ben at their place at Lake Blackshear. We spent our time fishing, eating, riding bikes, eating, reading, eating, and laughing. Ben loves to fish and David is always tickled to "fish" with him. Pammy fixed some amazing munch-foods that we grazed on all weekend. And the excitement of Aunt Noel's HGTV debut added to our fun! Saturday night brought David's 10 yr. high school reunion. We met William and Kelsey at William's House and headed to the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Perry where the party was being held. There was a nice group from his class that attended and it was fun to see how much everyone has changed, or not! We hung around and mingled for a few hours, and dipped out when the dancin' and karaoke began....we hadn't practiced anything to sing!     

Ben is fascinated!

And a happy little boy!

Ben loves his Day-da!

David's Aunt Noel had her TV debut on Friday night at 8:30pm...she was the agent on My First Place on HGTV! Go Noel!

Wheat Thins snack before dinner...and the HGTV show.

Love this kid!

A proud niece, nephew and sister! The Griffins watching My First Place!

Noel is in the green top - she looked amazing! And she's a fantastic Realtor! The couple she was helping to find their first home, however, appeared a little dorky compared to the fabulous Noel!

Day-da and Amanda got out the bikes, gave the tires some air, and with a little WD-40...we were all riding in no time!

Fierce biker!

Adorable biker!

And they're off!

Surprisingly enough, Baxter decided to chill while we were all being active.

William, Kelsey, David and me at the reunion. David and William are my favorite alumni from the Class of 2000!

The members of the HHS Class of 2000!

Look at that beautiful smile on my favorite boy!