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Anniversary Awesomeness

As mentioned, Todd and I celebrated our third wedding anniversary last week. On the actual day, we exchanged gifts and ate the mexican food I had been craving for days. We went small on the gift giving, since our real present to each other is photographed a little further down, but for his gift I finally framed our wedding invitation which was designed by our amazing artist friend, Sasha Barr.

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As for my present, Todd gave me photo of us on our wedding day, autographed by former President Bill Clinton himself! The stars must have aligned, because as explained in my recent blog post, Clinton visited his old house where he and Hillary were married and, of course, where Todd and I were married too. The magic about this, is that he arrived at that house (where he hadn’t been since he moved out in the 1970s) actually ON our wedding anniversary! As part of the media, Todd not only was one of the few people allowed in the small house when Clinton arrived, but he also got to talk to him about the coincidence while Clinton wrote a note on our photo. It’s our own, little unique story that we’ll surely remember forever and now it looks like I have something else to frame!

Anniversary note from Bill Clinton!

Bill Clinton signing our photo

Bill Clinton!
Photo by Sarah Bentham for nwaonline.com

If that weren’t enough, the next day, Todd and I enjoyed our real anniversary present – a long weekend in Las Vegas!

We drank, ate, explored, gambled, swam, and slept in.
It was fabulous.

Plane ride there.

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Our amazing room at Red Rock Resort.

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Views from the room.

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One of the many hotel bars.

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Pool time.

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I love a breakfast buffet.

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Exploring.

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Todd won.

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Another hotel bar.

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Where I met up with my friend Cheryl,
who I met on my Maui trip a few months back!
I joked that we only see each other
in fabulous locations.

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On our last night,
Rob Thomas played a concert by the pool.
Apparently Paris Hilton was in the front row,
but I didn’t see her.
Otherwise we’d be BFFs.
Duh.

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…and I might have ordered a Philly cheese steak
at midnight.

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Cheers to us!

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Three Years

Three years ago today
I said I do no doubt
to spending the rest of my life
in love
with Todd.

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We always laugh
and love
and laugh some more.

I’m beyond lucky
to have married the
sweetest
funniest
cutest
smartest
curliest hairest
and bestest
man I know.

Our move to Fayetteville. 2004.

Todd on Sunday

Kansas City. My awesome husband.

Drinks, Snacks, & Hats

Todd & Cindy

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Old photos / Todd

Happy anniversary,
with love love love.

And here’s to many more years
just like this

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Todd & Me. Halloween 2005.

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Cory Branan show

Christmas Card Outtakes

Our Engagement Party weekend. 2006.

Our Engagement Party. 2006.

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2nd Anniversary / 2009

going thru photos...

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Mississippi Wedding

What a wonderful little weekend we just had!

Todd and I joined some old friends in Oxford, Mississippi for a wedding celebration. I say ‘celebration’ because Erin & Sean (the newlyweddies) had a small, family-only wedding ceremony and then threw a giant party this past Saturday for all of their friends. People came from all over the country to party hard in the name of love.

Let the road trip begin…

I swear we are more excited than we look.

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Going over the old bridge into Memphis. It was so weird going through my hometown & not stopping.

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Arriving in Oxford. We stayed a hotel right off the downtown square.

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A sign with “Sarah McG” next to our hotel!

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Friday evening Erin had a group of girls over to her house in Water Valley, Mississippi for a pre-party dinner.

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I finally met one of her friends, Lauren, who apparently is my long lost twin…

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Brandy + Kerri

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The bride

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Erin had a fun little game planned for her party favors. We did a ‘dirty santa’ style gift swap, with southern themed food from the local Piggly Wiggly. This was especially hilarious since a lot of the girls were from L.A. (aka – not the south).

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Peanut butter moon pies.

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Chocolate syrup inside of a bear with a bow tie!

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Hoppin’ Johns beans.

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Crawfish chips. They were really good, actually (and contained no crawfish whatsoever).

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Bacon crackers.

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Pork & Beans + ham flavored lima beans.

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Bis-Kits!

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Soul Food Seasoning

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Fat Back

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Of course while I was at Erin’s home I couldn’t help but drool over her house & it’s vintage decor.

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On Saturday we enjoyed a lazy day around Oxford before the party that evening. We explored the Ole Miss campus, had some beers, and had lunch with my old roommate, Necha, and her new baby, Lucia.

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The food here is sooo good.

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The City Grocery bar

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Getting ready

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That night the party got underway at The Lyric

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Super cute guest book idea

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Wedding favors

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“Yay!!!” napkins + cookies shaped like the USA & Mississippi

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Lots of drinks

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Food line. Sliders + french fries + hush puppies. Mmm.

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bffs together again!

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Congrats again to Erin + Sean!

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Can we do it again?

(no. 1) Getting Married

This top ten list is in no particular order, but I just can’t help but start with my wedding day.

I was never the girl who dreamed of the perfect wedding day, but the moment I first saw Todd playing on stage with Lucero, I whispered in my girlfriend’s ear, “I’m going to marry that guy.” A few years later, my very first thought was confirmed. After a couple years of dating, Todd proposed to me in Eureka Springs. Thanks to the support of our amazing family and friends, we were able to have a wedding that truly fit us. Isn’t that what it’s all about, anyway? Our “ultra casual” wedding (as the invite states) was my favorite day of the decade, if not my life.

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Wedding favors: Stickers & Buttons.

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Front page wedding!

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