Thanksgiving & More

John and I were in Nashville for the holiday. We left Tuesday evening and spent Thanksgiving with all my family.

Wednesday night was Tgiving dinner w/ my mom's family. We ate lots of yummy food and played Wii. My 5 year old cousin, Emma, was better than my mom! :-)

Megan, me, Emma & Sydney all in the same chair. Aren't we cute!

Thursday we spent w/ my dad's side of the family. There aren't many pics from there (except for the 20 I took of Eli). Sadly, John had to head back to St. Louis to be at work on Friday. However, I stayed behind to do some shopping!
The cutest little boy I know - Eli.

Friday was shopping (and my mom and I babysat my little cousin Lilly)- Saturday was shopping - and Sunday was shopping. We somehow managed to take Saturday night to eat at Wendy's and go see Fred Claus....good movie.

Here is Emma w/ Wendy hair

And Mandy and I shopping on Sunday!

So - now that that is out of the way. What about the football this weekend. Arkansas beats LSU in overtime, TN beats Kentucky in overtime to go to the SEC Championship game, and Mizzou beats Kansas to be #1 in the nation. What a great football weekend! Then Huston Nutt gets canned - or quit - or whatever you want to say. I love football!!!

Tristan's Wedding & a Hockey Game

The wedding was great...the bride was beautiful....and I took tons of pictures as expected. We were able to see several friends from the good ole UU.

The bride
Now w/ her groom

The wedding party

Me, Tristan & Bekah - Our ZTA family

w/ the bride :-)

The first dance

Zetas at the wedding

The bridesmaids (minus one) before they left for the honeymoon

Monday, John and I went to the Blues hockey game. I got free tickets from work in the club...so we got free food and drink. We had a good time.

The little kids played hockey between the 1st and 2nd periods. Too cute.

So, now we are in TN for Thanksgiving and getting ready to go celebrate w/ my mom's family. Hope everyone has a great Turkey day and gets lots of deals on Black Friday!! :-)

going to the chapel....

....well my sorority sis & lil sis Tristan is. I'm in the wedding so we are off work today and headed to Jackson, TN for the wedding festivities. There will be lots of pictures to come! Have a great weekend everyone!!!

My Team Won

Oh yeah!! That's right....Tennessee kicked the Razorbacks booties!!! It was wonderful, but that is all I will say as to not rub it in too much. :-)

Before the game - when we were both happy.

Yes - we were this close - seats were great!!!

Megan, Molly & me chillin' @ Molly's apartment on campus.

A House Divided

That's right everyone - this is the weekend one weekend that one of us will not want to speak the the other. Arkansas is playing Tennessee @ Tennessee. Great for me b/c I get to go to Neyland Stadium (the last time I was there this game went into 6 overtimes). So while all will be fun....one of us will be very disappointed. Lot of pics will come.

For now, I leave you with the following fall pictures from Forest Park this past weekend.

Tristan's Shower

John and I headed to Jackson, TN Saturday morning. I was giving Tristan a shower and he was meeting one of his college roommates for some guy time. It was a short trip but still had a good time.

Me and Tristan at the shower

opening gifts

everyone

Another Shower

I went to Nashville to give another wedding shower this weekend! But first on Friday night Mom, Dad and I went to my (and their) High School Homecoming. I hadn't been back to my High School since I graduated. It you weird, but we had a good time. Here is my cousin, Mandy and me @ the game. She spent the night with me after! So....much....fun.....

Saturday morning was the shower/brunch. It was great to see all the girls from High School and church!! We all had a wonderful time visiting and Andrea got great gifts for her and Derrick's new home!!

Everyone at the brunch!

Andy opening gifts!

Tell the engagement story!


Me and Amanda posing!

Andy with the groom on the front step! - There was another on the other side of the porch dressed up as a bride! It was very cute!!!

The 6 from High School!!

After the shower the 6 went our separate ways for a few hours. (I met my brother and had lunch and got a new cell phone) Then we all caught up at Nikki's house before we headed to Opryland Hotel for the night!!

This is Jacob (Jennifer's boy) @ Nikki's house. This face is his "smile for the camera" face!! Too cute.

Here we are in the elevator going to our room (minus Amanda who is taking the picture). We had such a good time catching up. It is a shame that we only get together for wedding and babies! But at least we are always able to begin where we left off! I left this weekend feel so encouraged by these girls. They mean the world to me. (by the way - we were up until 3 in the morning talking....that is all we did all night)

Sunday - I got up, met mom, dad, and Matt at Waffle House for breakfast before we went to watch Jennifer (Matt's gfriend) play soccer! It was senior day - hence the pic with her whole family.

Pictures from the weekend!!

Pictures from Alder's shower!

Here Amy is trying to figure out who brought what ornament!





This is the whole group at the shower!

The Union Clan - minus Tristan. :-(

Everyone out at Buffalo Billiards.

The Bachlorette shirt that I made for Alder to wear out on the town that night!!

Great weekend w/ Alder

That's right folks....the weekend was a huge success!!! Friday when I got to Hendersonville...I met my parents and uncle for dessert at Chili's. It was a good visit.

Saturday - lunch with Haylie, Kim, Alder and her fiance Cheynne. None of us from college had met him. Poor guy had to deal with all of us at once, but it was a good time. Saturday evening and night was the lingerie/bachlorette party for Ms. Amy Alder. Good times....good pics to come later!

Sunday was lunch with the fam before I headed back.

Now I will try to catch up on some rest before I go back this weekend and do the shower thing for another!! So exciting!!!

John just sat at home and watched football and got mad at the Razorbacks!!

Let the craziness begin

So my calendar is now beginning the "crazy" phase. And yes it is really just me, John is getting left behind for most of this....so, if anyone wants to visit him in the Lou while I am elsewhere go for it. Now, don't get me wrong, I am very blessed to be involved in so much in the future. I love my friends and am very excited about all the weddings/showers etc....

Oct 13 - Alder's Shower & Girls Night Out
Oct 20 - Andy's Shower and High School Girls Night
Oct 27 - Tristan's Sower
Nov 3 - Nothing at this point - but maybe Homecoming @ the good ole UU
Nov 10 - Arkansas / Tennessee game in Knoxville
Nov 17 - Tristan'sWedding and various activities
Nov 24 - Thanksgiving Weekend in Nashville
Dec 1 - Andy's Bachlorette Party?
Dec 8 - Alder'sWedding in Nashville
Dec 15 - Andy'sWedding in Nashville & Matthew's Graduation
Dec 22 - Weekend before Christmas - In the Lou this year!
Dec 29 - New Year's Weekend
Jan 5 - WICKEDin the Lou

So, pretty much if anyone want to hang out - call us during the week!!

By the way we went and ate at Busch's Grovelast night ( I won a $100 gift card). It is supposed to be one of the best restaurants in St. Louis. It was pretty yummy!!