...And Homecoming then

As I previously posted, David, me, and my family were at Asa's junior year Homecoming game on Friday night. It was also Alumni Night at Westfield, and it got me a little misty thinking about my baby bro being old enough to play Varsity ball, and how kinda old it makes me feel. Ten years ago, I was a senior, cheering on those same sidelines. Sometimes its hard for me to believe that Asa is 18 years old, and Abbye, at 21, is about to graduate from college. Time flies!
While at home, I took a few minutes to find a few pictures from my high school homecomings. Like most schools, we had spirit week leading up to the football game. Usually, we dressed up on Wednesday and Thursday according to a theme, and then Fridays were always green and gold day. Hope these make you laugh like they did me!

Obviously, this is on camo day. Too funny. Either my and Christen's 8th or 9th grade year. 

This is Amy and me (with one of the seniors, Allison) our freshman year on Homecoming court. Makes me laugh!

As freshman headed to the dance, we met at the Watson's house to take pictures before we got into our limo with our sparkling grape juice. We had so much fun that night - I think we felt really grown up.
L-R: Walt Brannen + Me, Eric Jones + Candice Blount, Griffin Hamsley + Brandi Robles, Amy + Spencer Shugart, and Christen with Clayton Lewis.
Its funny to look back...the guys' clothes are still the same, but short dresses are way more popular with Asa'a schoolmates now.

This was our sophomore year on Twin Day! Linsey, Me, Christen, and Amy were a tight foursome!

This is our junior year on Tacky Day. Christen, Amy (that dress cracks me up!), me Summer, and Lauren.

This is my senior year on Pajama Day.
L-R: Sarah Lipari, Candice Blount, Christen, Me, Olivia Murph, Blair Sexton, and Tammy Barfield.
We were all cheerleaders together, and somehow were all placed in Mr. Crosby's 3rd period study hall. Every day we spent the period in the Cheerleader Workroom, where we are in this pic. We had the best time in there!

This is also in the cheerleader workroom on Nerd Day. Tammy, Me, Christen, Olivia, and Candice.

We chose Haunted Hornet Homecoming as the theme for our senior year dance. Christen's dad, Mr. Draper, is a funeral director and got us seniors 2 hearse to ride in to the pep rally.

That's Chance riding shotgun. We slowly crept around the track until we got back to the home side. It was awesome!

My dad and I for senior homecoming court.

Amy and me with our driver, Nick. He had the greatest convertible and was so sweet to drive us around the track.

Before our senior homecoming dance, we met at Cole's parents' house where a limo took us to eat and then to the dance. Cole was kind enough to escort a bunch of us senior girls to the dance and we had a ball!

This was probably around my junior year, so Asa would've been about 7. What a cute little fellow!

This was the night of my 16th birthday party (remember the leopard ensemble I wore on Twin Day and those black hose? I kept them on for cheerleading practice, hence the weird outfit for the birthday girl). Asa would have been 6 and Abbye would be 9. Aren't they the cutest?

My senior year, Asa was a ball boy for the football team. Here he is wearing his big bro Brince's #14 jersey. I have no idea what he and I are talking about, but I'm probably trying to swipe some water.

And here is Brince in his junior year, and me in my senior year. I loved being a cheerleader while he was a football player!

Homecoming, Now...

On Friday afternoon, David and I scooted to Perry to meet the fam to watch the Homecoming game at Westfield, and of course to see Asa play. It was also Alumni Night, so we were able to see a bunch of the friends that Brince and I went to highschool with. Abbye even sang the National Anthem with her HS trio group - they won State 3 years during HS. Ten years ago, in the Fall of 2001, it was my senior year of highschool. It got me reminiscing on homecomings past, so stay tuned for a few of those funny photos...

The football team getting warmed up!

Beautiful sis!

The spirit line...

That's Asa running for the touchdown! We were all going crazy!

Woohoo! Proud sister!

That's our #4 coming off the field!

We're so happy we were there to see the game! And to celebrate the big win!

This is from earlier in the season, but this is Asa and his adorable girlfriend Sydney.

Gossip Magazine Lovin'

I admit it.

Hello, My name is Maggie and I am a celebrity gossip addict.

Each time one of my "news" magazines comes in the mail, I get so excited. A little peek into the lives of the celebrities...how fun! Don't worry, I know that 99.9% of the stories in these things are total trash, but every month a celeb does "25 Things You Dont Know About Me" in US Weekley. Call it blogger boredom or call it a slow afternoon, but I decided to do one of these too. Even though all of my ~30 followers probably know all of these things already. 

I'd love if you other bloggers would do one too...surely there's something we don't know about each other, right? 

 

A family wedding in Atlanta

David's first cousin, Kathryn, was married over the weekend in Atlanta. Have you seen her parent's house that I have been working on?
The weekend began on Friday with me working at the home of the parents of the bride getting ready for the brunch on Sunday. I set tables, arranged the bride's gifts, made sure everything was clean, and moved things out of the way for the caterers. (Look for a post about the brunch on Wednesday on my Bellissimo and Bella blog!)
Later on Friday, David and I joined the Griffins for a spaghetti dinner at the Griffin condo. My parents arrived on Saturday in time to have a late lunch at Noche in Town Brookhaven before we got dressed for the 6:30pm wedding ceremony. Here's a few photos from the reception, and a few of the brunch.  

The wedding was at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer on Peachtree - only two blocks from the reception site - the Fox Theatre's Egyptian Ballroom.

Loved that they were featured on the marquee!

This image is from Google, but really shows the detail and grandeur of the ballroom, much more than my camera can.

The flower arrangements were gorgeous! Different heights, but all contained the hydrangea, roses, and berries.

Bride and groom dance.

Father-daughter dance

Aiden was my little buddy for the night! We missed Fain, but were happy to have Aiden there!

This beautiful boy was having fun!

The groom (far left guitarist) and his band played for about half an hour! They were so good - wish they would've played longer! Aiden and I did enjoy a short dance though.

The mother of the bride, Caron, is in the gold - dancing with her buddies!

So glad my parents could come too!

At the brunch on Sunday, Ben and Aiden enjoyed the new indoor swimming pool!

Catch up

The first weekend of October, David and I hosted his parents, sister, and nephew. We had not had the chance to celebrate Amanda's birthday, so this was the perfect opportunity to do so. My in-laws arrived on Friday afternoon in time to visit a bit before we sat down for dinner and a bit of birthday cake. The weather was a tish too cool to enjoy a boat ride, so we spent Saturday snacking, watching football, reading, and relaxing. I took Ben on a little nature walk, and David cut up a tree limb, but other than that we were all wonderfully lazy! On Sunday, we had breakfast together before everyone headed home. It really was a great weekend spending time together as a family.
 

I hung this banner to celebrate my sister-in-law's birthday. We were celebrating a bit belatedly, but it was still fun! I have an abundance of burlap at my house, and made this banner with a few pieces. I printed the letters out after finding the font and size I wanted in Word. Next, I used my light table to illuminate the letter so I could easily trace it with gray paint onto the burlap. Lastly, I hot-glued the pieces to a pretty piece of raspberry trim.

Any reason to order a Cecilia cake! I grabbed this strawberry cake from Athens for Amanda's treat!

Ben helped me light the candles in the basement and walk the cake upstairs while singing Happy Birthday! He helped his mommy blow out the candles too!

Ben had the coolest fort to sleep in for the weekend. I remember being little enough to make forts under tables - he looked so cute I had to snap a pic!

This past weekend, I hosted the Fall Girl's weekend with my college girlfriends. Some of us kicked off the weekend on Thursday night with dinner at Paul's in Atlanta, and Friday morning was spent at Scott's. Jill, Hollie, and I arrived back in Gainesville on Friday afternoon, and Glenn got here shortly after. The other girls arrived later and we all enjoyed dinner and catching up together.
On Saturday morning we lingered around the breakfast table drinking coffee and talking some more - this is one of our favorite times together! Around noon, we headed to Lula to zip-line through the trees! We had so much fun! The weather was amazing! After a little snacking and siesta when we got back, we painted pumpkins. In the past we've carved pumpkins, but it was a little early to do that this time, and they rot so fast! So, I picked up a bunch of faux pumpkins and dug into my craft closet so we'd all have something to add to our fall decor. We headed to Sidebar 120 for a late dinner and to keep an eye on the Georgia game - especially since Ryals, Nick, David and Brian were there; we wanted to see if they made it on TV!
On Sunday, we enjoyed breakfast together again, then a few of us headed to the outlets in Dawsonville. It was a wonderful weekend with my girls, and I miss them already!
Look out for more pictures on the girl's blogs - I didn't do a very good job of snapping pics! 

I love being in the kitchen and still being able to listen to the girls in the living room. Who doesn't love a little Facebook stalking?



We painted pumpkins on Saturday...everyone did a great job!

See our finished products here!