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Mom to Iris. Wife to Todd. Our little family lives at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in Fayetteville, Arkansas. We love it here and I love sharing little bits of our life.

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Posts Tagged: Brandy

A Few Months Worth

Ah, it’s been so long since I’ve made a real update. So what have I been doing? Good question.. let’s see.. there was Christmas in Memphis, Todd’s birthday, a roller skating party, the beginnings of wedding planning, winter break (which is just about over, but at least I’m technically now a college senior), the take over of Guitar Hero, Bittersweet Styles becoming even better thanks to working w/ Todd, oh and so much more. I should just let the pictures do the talking… (btw – now you can click the images if ya want to see them bigger).

We got a new camera for Christmas and it’s amazing.

New Years!

autographed Justin Timberlake shirt I got for xmas from Cory & Karen!

We rented out the roller rink & played dress up.

Winter in Fayetteville

Christmas in Memphis

The Buccaneer

Striped shirts only.

Gus’s Fried Chicken

Saw my little sister & the rest of the fam in Jonesboro

Just a few from the last week or so..

While I was in Memphis I went through some old photographed & scanned some of my favorites.

This is when my friends and I stood in line to meet Jonathan Brandis, who sadly passed away a couple of years ago. I remember we were upset because we had to pay $5 for this Polaroid and not only was he licking his lips mid-flash, but there’s a big finger print on it too. My mom, however, was upset because I got him to autograph my blue jeans. I totally wore them to school the next day… hopefully not with that purple silk shirt in this picture though.

Speaking of my mom, I also found my favorite old photos of her:

That’s all for now, except for one last picture of a junior high dork:


Byeee!

Eighty Six Photos

This post is an assortment of photos from all the things I’ve been busy with over the course of the last couple months. The most exciting thing I’ve saved for last – my best friend’s wedding!
So, here come a trillion photos…

Random shots…

The Paper Hearts played a couple of shows:

I’ve still be entering in Seth’s weekly MySpace Photo Challenge.
(Requirements: Moustache, Stick, & a Jug of Milk)
This was my (late) entry last week:

Somehow Northwest Arkansas got a Sephora and a Forever 21 on the same day. How did we get these stores before Memphis or Little Rock? I don’t know and I don’t care, cause I’m in love…

Last month Laura & I took a weekend trip to Memphis for Kerri’s Bridal Shower.
Here are just a couple from that trip.

I also turned 26!
I celebrated my old age by having a fancy dinner with friends & then a party.

A huge group went camping at Long Pool, AR (the same place we went last year).

Finally, I had the best three days ever in Memphis, getting ready for Kerri & Joel’s big day.

Bachelorette dinner & drinks on Thursday

Got manis & pedis a bit too early the next morning, but it turned out a fantastic way to start the day.

A delish rehearsal dinner at Bosco’s.

Getting ready on the wedding day…

Best bridesmaid shoes ever.

Wedding location pre-decoration.

Their guest book:

Pre-guests.

Setting up.

Post makeup.

Bridesmaids!

Best Groomsmen’s shoes ever.

My dad took these two (he played the music while they walked down the aisle):

They had a margarita machine & I had a poloroid camera.

Photo credit to Andrew Leggett for the next three photos:

Kerri’s dress was amazing!!! (handmade by her sister in Bali)

Once the wedding was all said and done I was exhausted. So what did I do?
Go to a Lucero show on Beale Street.
It turned out to be the perfect way to say goodbye to Memphis.

Dancin.

Sasha rules.

Posing w/ a fake Hulka Hogan.
Why did we do this?

PEACE!

The Last Hurrah

With only a week left until the fall semester starts, I said goodbye to summer in style w/ a trip to Tybee Island with some of my bestest peeps. For more detailed look at our days, check out crasymaker.com.

With a 15 hour drive there and back, we had a short layover in Memphis
(thanks again Mom & Tim for putting us up)

Kerri & Joel joined us for dinner

Crazy long drive the next day

Finally there!

Our “Oceanfront” condo

Night walk to the inlet by our condo.

Beachin it!

hurt knee

Livin it up at the condo..

.. with mojitos & more.

Our own private bar in the basement!

Exploring Savannah, GA (right next to Tybee Island)

Ebay Street!

Bonaventure Cemetery

Spanish Moss everywhere..

Trolly Tour of the historic district

This tiny house apparently just sold for over $850,000.

Haunted Pub Crawl (it’s legal to walk around w/ open containers of alcohol there)

On to the Polaroids..

Sophia Coppola sparkling wine!

My sweet boogie board

My sweetie on his boogie board

I built a sand castle.

Headed home…

I had an amazing time, but it just went by way too fast.

Luv,

June

+ weekdays are spent w/ Todd & Blue kitty (i’m not tryin to eat her in that picture, i swear)
+ spiced up the front of our house with a deck built by Eric, Todd, & Dustin
+ with major help from Laura, my little flower bed has come alive (with plants and moles)
+ weekends are spent on porches with friends, food, & drinks
+ i now have an organized “office” for Bittersweet & will even have an assistant soon
+ already found my halloween costume, but turns out it looks better on Todd

♥, sarah

Caravans and Cauldrons

Thursday night, Cathy and The Fiances (the name of our do-whop group, if we ever decide to have one) drove over to Little Rock for a night of big rock. American Princes had their CD release show and The Good Fear opened, so us girls decided to follow ’em down. After missing two out of the two interstate exits that we had to take to find the show AND dodging a cracked out guy who persisted that he “was not a robber,” we ladies got there just in time for tequila shots and the begining of the show.


Taken!

The (Damn) Good Fear

American Princes


After the show we walked over to this old abandoned house, well, frame of a house. Brian and Tim jumped the fence and explored, while the rest of us just stood back and snapped grainy pictures in the dark. After a 1:30 am trip to Taco Bell, our four-car caravan ended up at a pricey Holiday Inn where with a sink full of Busch Light, things got a little crazy (especially with Cathy’s hair straightener).


All the dudes got their hair did & proceeded to take “MySpace band photos”

Bathroom Party

Shoe Shining

Bongos

The next day we found every kind of food we could imagine at some sort of indoor market downtown. After a nice little picnic by the river, we hunted down a record store, a witch boutique (?), and finally the city’s art museum. By the time we were fully recovered from the night before, we were on our way back to the ‘Ville.


Picasso