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Make new friends... But Keep the Old!

Recently some of my college friends got together for a weekend of fun.

Here we are in 2007 on Spring Break.

 

Here we are 3 years (+ husbands + real jobs + houses + 2 kids + grad school) later... (minus 1 who could not make it)

 

We had a lot of fun hanging out and catching up.  We ventured to Samford where we checked out our sorority house, found our freshman dorm rooms, and took pictures with good ol' Mr. Beeson.

 

 Our Freshman dorm room!

Overall it was a super fun weekend.  It is great to have friends that, even though you don't see them all the time, when you do see each other it is like you were never apart.

Senior Year Memory Part TWENTY SEVEN: Time Where Did You Go?

Towards the end of my Senior year, I was really sad about graduating.  Don't get me wrong, I was ecstatic about being done with school, but I was so sad about leaving Samford-my friends, the environment, everything.  There was about a week between my last final and graduation.  During that time I walked all over campus several times taking pictures of everything.  Seriously, everything.  As I looked through the pictures I really can't think of anything I missed.

During this time I listened to the song "Time" by Chantal Kreviazuk. Time, where did you go?

 

 

 

 

I'm tellin' ya... I took pictures of everything.  Here is my mailbox.  Want pics of campus safety cars, benches, random trees... I've got them.

 

One afternoon Laurel and I decided to cross the street and go to the median so we could take this picture

 

... and this happened

 

As we sprinted into the median, are feet started sinking and mud starting flying.  But hey, we got the picture!

Senior Year Memory Part TWENTY THREE: Formal

JP and I met a few friends at Amy's apartment before the party.  It was actually the same group that met there for the 80's party when JP and I initially met.

Afterwards we met more people at Brio for dinner.  I loved my meal but apparently JP gave his meal a funny look.

This formal held on December 2, 2006 was a little stressful.  Two nights before the party Phi Mu nationals informed our chapter that we would be required to take buses to our party... even though there would be no alcohol served and our party location was 2.4 miles (I google mapped it) away from Samford.  Despite our arguments, they did not change their mind.  It was quite difficult to find transportation at such short notice, but our president with the help of friends was able to get it taken care of.

So, JP and I got to ride in a limo for the 2.4 miles to the party.

 

We did have a fun night.

 

It is always fun to dress up! (Although JP might not agree. If you notice in the pics above JP did not tuck in his shirt.  I didn't even notice but once our families saw pictures several of them pointed this out).

Senior Year Memory Part TWENTY ONE: Spring Break '07

This summer my dear friends Blair, Laurel, Amy, Emily, and Brittany... better known as BLAMEB... are having a reunion  Anytime we are together we are bound to have.  Take Spring Break senior year as an example.

We went to Gulf Shores for the week and had such a fun time.  To this day we still bring up comments made during a game of Catch Phrase and still laugh as hard as we did on that trip.

The Wedding of Laurel & Casey...

Today marks the 6 month wedding anniversary of my dear friend Laurel and her husband Casey. I have been meaning to update on this for a long time and finally decided just to wait until this 1/2 year anniversary.

Laurel and I grew up in Decatur together and both went to Samford. We lived together for 3 years, and she was in my wedding as well.

Laurel and Casey's wedding was the first wedding I had been in besides my own. I had so much fun being one of Laurel's bridesmaids!

Laurel had a shower in Decatur:

And a shower at Samford:

Laurel and Casey's wedding day was so much fun!

Because Laurel and I know each other from both home and school, I got to spend time with friends from home:
As well as friends from school:
And JP wore a suit which I liked a lot...
I wish we had reasons to get dressed up more often (I'm not sure if he would agree with me on this one).

Senior Year Memory Part EIGHT: Senior Sisterhood Retreat

Every year Phi Mu would take a sisterhood retreat. Senior year we went to Gatlinburg. Although we stayed in a SUPER sketchy hotel (i.e. cinder block walls with wallpaper trim border), we had a lot of fun! We hung out in Gatlinburg during the day and then went to the Dolly Parton Christmas show.

STEP SING!

I LOVE Step Sing and look forward to it every year. I am very sad that I have graduated and can no longer participate. This year I sat with Laurel and Jennifer. My mom and sister also came but sat somewhere else. However, I did get to hang out with them before the show when my mom took me and Sarah to Macaroni Grill!



This year Phi Mu's theme was Clue, (you know, like the game!). It was so cute. They had the characters like Mrs. White, Mrs. Scarlett etc. They didn't win but they did win Participants Choice Best Choreography!



Pi Kapp won this year with their Office theme.



If you want to know more of what Step Sing is about check out Phi Mu's show from last year.

Memphis

A couple of weekends ago I went up to Memphis for Amy Monsarrat's wedding shower.  I actually came back from Phoenix a few days earlier than JP so I wouldn't miss it.  I rode up to Memphis with Laurel.  Once there we helped Blair and Emily get ready for the shower.  We got to meet all of Amy's Memphis friends.  After the shower we had fun hanging out with Amy and Taylor, her fiance.

Angel Tree

A couple of weekends ago Laurel came down to Birmingham and went shopping for an little girl off the Angel Tree. Tymia was 6 years old and wanted a doodle bear, books, and stuffed animals and needed clothes, shoes, and a belt. We tried to find her a doodle bear but could not. We did get her some cute clothes and shoes, the game Trouble, a soft stuffed animal, some books, a giant coloring book with tons of markers, and a few other things.


Besides shopping for little Tymia, we enjoyed a cheap lunch at Zoes with the help of a coupon. We also went to my church... and had a little trouble getting there thanks to my inability to remember directions.

Oveall it was a fun day!