A little belated...

So, I am a tish late to the completion of my March Photo A Day Challenge. But, here's the rest of it!

March 19 - Funny: Sandy in the bookshelves

March 20 - Before: Green sofa

March 20 - After: All spiffed up!

March  21 - Delicious: These Easter peanut M&M's did not last long at the Griffin House

March 22 - Books: my friend James' two new books arrived a few weeks ago...

...And he included a darling note about and recipe from  my grandmother, Baboo

March 23 - Moon: David and I took an evening boat ride last week....it was so peaceful with the moonlight!

March 24 - Animal: Cutest thing ever, right? 

March 25 - Breakfast: My darling hubs makes the best scrambled eggs for me!

March 26 - Key: I'd love to know the secrets it holds!

 March 27 - Your Name: Maggie

Gender:

Girl

Origin: Greek Meaning: Pearl

Origin: English Meaning: Pet form of Margaret

Pronunciation: (MA gee)   [Guide]

Form of:

Margaret

Margaret is a female first name, derived from the Greek word margarites (μαργαρίτης) meaning "pearl."

March 28 - Flowers

March 29  - Close up

March 30 - Toy

March 31 - Where You Relax

Easter Weekend

Here are a few highlights of our past week and the Easter Weekend!

On Tuesday night, we celebrated Colby's 27th birthday at Kiku here in Gainesville with the Hughs and Smithsons!  

On Friday, we had a cookout at my parent's house with friends! Griffin and Allison were in town, Amy and Chris came, as did Clayton, Brince, William, Lane, Josh, and John.

David grilled us delicious burgers and we all enjoyed dinner around the dining room table! Alli made an awesome dip for an app, and Amy made a great pesto pasta salad. We had the burgers with asparagus and fries.

This is Ollie. He lives with his family out at the farm. He's an adorable beagle and really likes to hang out in your car.  He was super friendly while David, Brince, and I were there poking around the barns on Saturday.

It was a beautiful afternoon at Walking Water Farm!

Later on Saturday, the Easter Bunny came a day early for Brince since he and Laura Lyn were headed to the Master's on Sunday.

The Coody clan attended church on Sunday morning and afterwards snapped the requisite Easter pics.

We missed Brince-O, but Wesley was a Coody for the morning.

Abbye and I got matching linen rompers! Hello Summer!
We have the best Easter bunny!

Coody/Hardin lunch was at my Aunt Jill's this year....here are her handsome boys Hugh, Chandler, and Ivy with my cute bro Asa.

Everything looked so pretty!

And the food was fantastic!!!

Abbye's deviled eggs were delicious!!!

And the kiddos were excited to fix their plates!

We had an awesome weekend visiting with friends, spending time with family, and celebrating the Easter holiday! 

A Toast to the Bride-To-Be!

We've been planning Lauren's bachelorette party for so long! And we were all so happy when the big weekend finally got here! The weekend was hosted by her bridesmaids, and we all worked so hard to make it memorable and special for the bride! We wanted everything we did to be fun and perfect....I think we pulled it off! Here is a breakdown of the weekend -
A Celebration for Lauren's last days as a Single Girl!!!

We began our Friday with a FlyBarre class - it was so hard! A mix of strength training with Pilates using the ballet barre. 

After our barre class, lunch, and grocery shopping,  we split between the apt and Hollie's. Jill, Kim, and I cooked tea cakes and crescent rolls for Sunday's brunch. 

I was so excited about helping host La's special weekend. Most everyone split between my grandmother's apt and Hollie's. Lauren spent Saturday night with me, so I wanted to make sure everything looked extra special for her time here!
Here are a few of the girly decorations I had around:

Jill's AMAZING survival kits for everyone were so cute!!!!!! 

First on the agenda for Friday night, a meet and greet and vino back at Casa Hill.

Next, a wine tasting and delicious nibbles at Pour in Brookhaven. We love our wine! :) 

Afterward, a sweet finale to the night at Ryanne's, hosted by Renee and Ryanne. R&R did such a pretty job with it all!

There were cupcakes, chocolate and strawberries, sangria, and lots of pretty pink bags for Lauren to open! 

On to the Saturday events...

We had a fantastic lunch at Georgia's house hosted by Meghan and Georgia. There were sandwiches, fruit pizzas on cookies, and a great salad with a mimosa bar!

After lunch, we all headed to E nails in Buckhead for a little pampering!

And after mani/pedi's we surprised Lauren with a blow out at DryBar! SO Fun!

After all having our hair done, we were ready to slip on our black dresses (white for the bride!) and head to AJA for a delicious dinner!

I had a limo come grab us from dinner and take us out on the town!!! We hit The W's Whiskey Blue, The St. Regis bar, and ended at The Ivy!

On Sunday, before the festivities were over, everyone gathered at Hollie's house once more for brunch.

Her back deck's table was set beautifully!

It was a perfect ending to a fabulous weekend filled with love and laughter! We all are so excited for the wedding, Lauren!