Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Skeet Shootin'

For Fathers Day, Anthony wanted to take his dad out to skeet shoot. Lucky me got to join in on the fun!!
Anthony was amazing at it. He was asked to shoot in a tournament in the next few weeks for a fundraiser.
 Mr. Chris.


 Im normally decent at it, but today I did not hit a single skeet. So, the only thing I was good at was mashing the "pull" button...
The winner and the loser. 

BEACH

 Last Monday, my parents and I left for the beach.
 Andrew watched Chanel for the first few days, so this is the note that I left him...
 If you know me, you know Im the biggest street junkie. I spotted this LV on the side of the road and made Daddy turn the car around to pick it up!
 The beach was filled with jellyfish. A little boy picked one up and showed it to everyone at the pool. He even wanted us to touch it. I wouldnt be surprised if he threw it into the pool afterwards!
 Mama and Daddy taking a romantic walk on the beach.
 Thursday night, Andrew and Brittany let me be the third wheel and we went to Pier Park.
 Me and Brittany
 We then decided to be rebellious and get Henna tattoos. Brittany got one that has the eternity symbol with the word Love inside.
 I was going to get a little $7.99 tattoo, but Brittany paid for me to get the Chanel one :)
I am getting used to it now.. I want one just a little bit smaller and in white ink.
 Mimi and Poppy watched Chanel the last half of the week. I made them send me several pictures of her!! I think they fell in love with her even more!
 But I sure did love snuggling with Chanel and Paris when we got home!
 I bought Chanel these bows as an "Im sorry for leaving you for a week" present!

I didnt take that many pictures at the beach because we were so lazy! We did meals in our condo, so we stayed in pajamas most of the trip and with no make-up! haha. But it was so nice to be able to have no worries in the world for a week!

Braves Game

Last Saturday, a group of my brothers friends went to a Braves game. He invited Anthony and I to go with them.. Here are some pictures of the game... the best part, THEY WON... and we got a free Sid Bream bobblehead..(that I posted on ebay to sell) ;)







I took this picture, because the pitcher Tommy Hansen looks just like Jared Edwards who went with us. He even had a random man come up to him and tell him that. 

Happy Birthday Aunt Sue!!

My Aunt Sue's birthday was last week! So we got together after church to celebrate!
 Grammy's brownie cake.
 I know she is supposed to make a wish, but I made one too.. **I wish for a job**
 Me, Aunt Melanie, and Aunt Sue Loo
 My only girl cousin :) and mi madre.
 Grammy.
G-Daddy and Daddy.

Sorry I didnt get pictures of everyone else!!

Aunt Sue,
I hope you had a wonderful birthday! I am so glad we got to celebrate with you!! I love how close we have gotten lately, I love you sooooooooo much!! Thanks for all that you have helped me with during my job search. And thank you for supporting me!! Hope this is a pain-free, stress free, memorable year for you!!!
LOVE YOU!

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Big Steve: Gone but not forgotten


On my way home from Washington DC, I recieved a phone call from Anthony telling me that one of our friends was killed in Afghanistan. I was friends with Steven Sutton in middle school / early high school when he attended Byne church. We went on several church camps together, and sat together during "big church". At church camp, he would carry me around like a baby and let me put eyeshadow, lipstick, mascara, and blush on him, and he wore it all day long one day. Anthony was good friends with him in middle school and all throughout high school.
 Steven's funeral was just for friends and family, and Anthony and I got to be a part of it. Steven's wife, Toni, wanted Stevens friends to get up on stage at the funeral and give a speech if they felt led to do so. After much debate, Anthony finally decided that he wanted to say something. His speech was flawless. He had everyone in tears, but then also had everyone laughing, because of a funny story that he experienced with Steven. Steven's dad had been crying loudly during the funeral, but he even laughed and made a smart comment to Anthony while he was talking to the crowd.
 Our community came up with the idea to line the streets with flags. They said they wanted more people to show up for that than the amount that showed up for Phillip Phillips concert.
 I honestly think that more people showed up for this than the concert.
 Everyone complains about living in Albany, and how it is so small. Well today made me proud to be from the South.
 I loved seeing how our community came together for Steven and his family.
 There was not an empty spot from the church to the cemetery.
 Families were lined up, children were lined up, people were standing alone, even old women were standing by themselves on the street holding a flag. It made me wonder if they had lost their husband in a war years ago.
 I do not think there was a dry eye in the streets yesterday.
 The preacher of the funeral was also the chaplain to the football team. He told a story about how Steven came up to him after a message one day and let him know how much he loved listening to his messages. The preacher then asked Steven if he was a believer, and Steven said "very much so, Oh yes sir".
It is always sad when someone dies, but it is very comforting to know that this person has gone to be with the Lord.







Gone, but not forgotton. You made a HUGE impact in so many people's lives, Big Steve. I think that was obvious to so many after yesterday!!