Roll Tide–National Champions!

Our memorial day weekend started on Thursday night. We dropped the pup off at the vet for boarding and hit the road for Hopkinsville, KY to stay with our friends Zack and Andrea. Ryan’s Dad’s golf team was playing for the national championship in Nashville, TN on Friday and we wanted to get a head start on the drive.

We got in late to Zack and Andrea’s and got up early to drive the rest of the way to Nashville so that we could visit with Ryan’s parents before the round started. The girls had a 2 shot lead going into the final round over Southern California and boy are we glad we made the 6 hour trip to Nashville to see this finish! I knew I would be nervous the entire day but thankfully we had some great friends come out and show their support and my parents even made the long trip too! Always good to see them

We got to the hotel and hung out with Mic and Kim for a while before following the team to the course – ROLL TIDE – Let’s do this!!

Speaking of friends and family, Zack and Andrea made the trip later in the day with their 5 month old son Jack – we hadn’t seem him since he was a week old! He was all smiles and was SOO good on the golf course – it was a hot day and he just hung out in his stroller and was Alabama’s youngest fan that day.

It was good to see Ryan’s brother Corey and his girlfriend Amanda and one of Ryan’s other groomsmen came to show his support too – Big Mike!

The boy’s all together.

Back to the tournament…

Before I dive into the details let me first say that Mic has never won a National Championship. He is a hall of fame coach and has had numerous collegiate wins but has never won the BIG ONE. Alabama women’s golf has never won a NCAA championship either so this had the potential to be a HUGE day for Mic and the women’s golf program at Alabama. As a previous Alabama golfer I have been pulling for this team since the day I graduated and it has been so fun to watch how the program has grown and become a national championship contender for the past couple of years – I’m a proud Bama girl!

So throughout the entire day Alabama and Southern Cal went back and forth at the top of the leaderboard. It literally came down to the last hole… When our number one player, Brooke Pancake made a par to win by one shot over Southern Cal the crowd went crazy and we could officially call them the National Champions!

Check out that trophy!

I’m so glad we made the trip and you can read all about it on www.Rolltide.com. It was a great today to be a Bama Fan!

Roll Tide Roll!!!

NYC Trip: Day 1

I got back from NYC one week ago and I still can’t believe I am almost 26 years old and I have never been before.

On our flight we flew right over the city and saw The Statue of Liberty, The Empire State Building, and Central Park – I had no idea how big Central Park was – it was a must see for me!

We arrived in the City around 11:00 and after dropping our bags and meeting up with our group, we walked through the Theater District to the JP Morgan Chase buildings for our meeting.

On the Way we saw Rockefeller Center and they were filming a segment of the Today Show (sorry for the poor pictures..I’m still learning my new camera!)

After the meetings we had about an hour before we had to be ready for dinner. Some of the locals knew that a coworker and I had never been to NYC before and since our meeting was so close to Grand Central Station they decided we would go check it out and take the Subway to Times Square. I don’t know what I expected with Grand Central Station.. the only thing I have to compare the Subway system is the MARTA in Atlanta and I didn’t know what to expect. But Grand Central Station was gorgeous! It looked just like it did in the movies. It was much cleaner than I thought too..

It was busy – probably because it was 4:00 on a Thursday. We all squeezed into the Shuttle and took it to Times Square – before now we had only seen it from a distance while walking to our meeting. LIGHTS… BRIGHT LIGHTS is all I have to say!

We saw where the ball drops on New Years Eve and the NASDAQ market place where our meeting would be on Friday. I had no idea it was right in the middle of Times Square..!

We walked the rest of the way to our hotel just in time to freshen up before dinner. We walked a couple blocks to Bobby Van’s. We ended up having a set menu (since there were about 30 of us) and I went with the Scallop, Shrimp, and Spinach Lasagna with Red Pepper Sauce. It was OK.. The white wine and the Chocolate Torte Cake were amazing! No surprise there..! We sat down for dinner at 5:30 and had to be at Jersey Boys at 7:00 so we ate our desserts quickly and headed to THE SHOW!

“OH WHAT A NIGHT” – seriously… I don’t think I can go back to NYC without going to a Broadway Show. It was amazing! The audience was singing along and it was so entertaining. It was definitely the highlight of my trip. The talent was just unbelievable and we even had the backup as the lead role. A Sippy cup of white wine during intermission always helps – literally a Sippy cup!

After the show we went to Rosie O’Grady’s for a nightcap  with the group before calling it a night.

Day 2 to follow…!

January Recap

I can’t believe it is already February! January flew by! I’ve been MIA for a couple of weeks due to an unexpected trip to SC and an unexpected car situation, not to mention spending a few days in NYC! – I feel like life is finally settling down.. in a good way!

How about a January Recap!

Meatless Meals

Ryan and I have been trying to fix dinners that are Vegan/Vegetarian in nature and we have had some successes and some failures! I CANNOT wait to share some of the amazing restaurants and meals that I had in NYC – pricey but unbelievably delicious.

• Epic Failure
• Mexican Tomato Bean Soup

• Oh She Glows – Naughty and Nice Vegan Enchilada Casserole – so good! I think I made it 3 times in January

• Oh She Glows – Vegan BBQ Chili

Project Pin

I started “Project Pin” in January and even though I got side tracked towards the end of the month here are two projects that I absolutely love! I have big plans for February!

• ‘P’ for Potter

• Stand By Me

What have I been up to lately?!

Well… I took a trip to SC during the last full week in January and saw my adorable flower girls and ate at one of my FAVORITE restaurants! It was good to be home with Ma and Pa.

Laney and I at Mom’s store one afternoon

Wade’s Restaurant Spartanburg 

Why can’t there be Meat and 3’s in Ohio!? Or in my case” the 4 “Veggie” Plate but what I really want is 1 Veggie and 3 southern comfort foods” Green beans, Mac & Cheese, Sweet Potato Casserole,  Hash brown Casserole, Yeast Roll and of course Sweet Tea Please! So good – it’s a good thing I don’t live there anymore!

Big SURPRISE! My sweet husband got me an iPhone for Christmas and it finally came in! I think I am officially one of the last people on earth to get one – but I’m obsessed – I am amazed that you can deposit a check into your bank account without going to a bank, refill a prescription with the touch of a button, and even blog from this phone… (You didn’t think I’d publish a post without a picture of Reese did you?!)

And I’m saving the best for last… After I drove back from SC, my car of 6 years and 200k miles would not switch from reverse to forward and in mechanic talk that means “New transmission”…

So Ryan and I have been spending quality time every morning together carpooling while my car has been in the shop! Totally takes our relationship to the next level now that we are carpooling don’t you think?!

Hope you had a great January!

NYC recaps coming up soon!