Congrats!

Congratulations to JP's cousin Colbie for being elected Homecoming Queen of Oak Mountain High School!

Colbie and her Dad

Senior Year Memory Part THREE: Frisbee... I mean flying disc

During the Spring of my Senior year, I took a class with these two girls:

For some reason we decided during our last semester of college we should take a flying disc class that met at 8am on Mondays and Wednesdays. It was taught by THIS guy who is "a champion of virtually all flying disc sports." We were not exactly the best in class but we held our own among the girls (there were only at total of 5 girls in the class of 25).

Because I needed to practice my flying disc skills, JP and I would throw the Frisbee often. The following is our favorite "playing Frisbee" story. We still bring it up sometimes and laugh.

JP and I were playing Frisbee at the Botanical Gardens. While we were playing, this couple with a small child walks by. This child, who is probably had just recently started walking, breaks away from his parents and starts toddling towards us with his arms stretched out. JP takes this to mean that the child wants to play Frisbee, so he throw the Frisbee to the child. The child, who like I said probably hadn't been walking for very long, certainly had no hand-eye coordination. So, the Frisbee smacks the kid right in the face. Of course the child starts crying and JP and I were in a very awkward situation.

Since finishing my flying disc class, I have actually gotten much better at throwing a flying disc. My sister actually took the same class last year! She, JP, and I still have a lot of fun throwing the Frisbee together.

Senior Year Memory Part TWO: Banana Bread

Throughout our dating relationship, JP and I consistently made banana bread. We frequently spent our weekend nights cooking in his student apartment kitchen, and more times than not we were baking banana bread. At our rehearsal dinner, JP's groomsman and former roommate, Sean, even commented how he always liked for me to hang out at the apartment because it usually meant banana bread was being made.

So, how did this whole banana bread thing get started?

Samford was having a Homecoming bonfire in the commuter parking lot so I met JP down there. This was one of the first times we hung out after our first date. After the bonfire, I was going to go back up to my dorm room but JP said, "Are you hungry? I have some banana bread in my apartment." Of course I said sure even though at the time I was very picky about what I ate and banana bread was not on the list. So, I went and ate banana bread and that was the beginning of our banana bread baking... and my turning away from eating healthy all the time.

Months later I asked JP if he had intentionally baked that banana bread to lure me up to his apartment... he said yes.

Us at the bonfire...

Senior Year Memory Part ONE: Taking a step back in time...

I have been keeping a livejournal since I was in high school. I love looking back at all the memories from high school and college. It is so fun to look back and see what I was doing and thinking years ago. For some reason, I did not write a single livejournal entry my senior year of college. I find this very disappointing as so many fun, incredible things happened during that year. One of those things being meeting JP. There is no documentation whatsoever of this occurence.

Today is November 1st. I have decided for the month of November I will take a step back in history and document these memories. These memories will be in no particular order or significance... just whatever memory pops into my head at the time.

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Since yesterday was Halloween, the first memory that pops into my head is the first Halloween JP and I were together. At this point in time, we had only known each other for 25 days (we met October 6) so we were definitely in the beginning stages of the relationship. I'm not really sure if we were an official couple or not at this time... that in itself is a funny story that will probably be told.

JP asked me to go to a Halloween party at the Shire house (a group of Samford guys that live in a house behind Samford). Of course I said yes but I was completely nervous about what kind of costume to wear! Do I go all out or just something little? This was a big deal!

The first thing on the "to do" list for the night though was Trick or Treating for Pocket Change. My sorority did this ever year to raise money for our philanthropy, Children's Miracle Network. I went with my friends Amy, Laurel, Emily, and Blair to houses in Mountain Brook. We had a lot fun and had particularly noteworthy experiences with a child in a Superman costume and a girl with what she declared was a "ghost in a box" costume. The whole time, though, I was trying to figure out what to wear to the Halloween party!

Once we got back from our "Trick or Treating" I still had NO idea what to wear. I was discussing this with one of my sorority sisters, Lauren, and she had some ladybug wings we decided would work. So, I wore jeans, a long sleeve black shirt, and ladybug wings. I decided I was a success.

When JP came to pick me up, I was greeted by this:


Yes, his costume was Richard Nixon. Complete with mask and a full suit.

JP and I went to the party and had a lot of fun, but if you know JP, him wearing a full suit to a very crowded dance party was not the wisest of ideas since he sweats a lot very easily. We ended up leaving the party early because 1) he was super sweaty and 2) it was the Phoenix Suns first game of the NBA season.

At this point in time JP and his roommates did not have a tv so we watched the game in the Phi Mu house, joking that he was just using me for my access to a tv... but we all know that was not true, right.

Saturday Adventure

Our Saturday Adventure is took place in two parts:

PART I
On Friday at lunch I called JP to talk to him about our Friday night plans. At this time he informed me that he was taking me on a surprise date on Saturday and that I would have no idea where he was taking me.

Saturday morning JP and I got ready and headed out on our date. I closed my eyes because I was going to try and figure out where we were going. I could picture in my head where we were going until we turned off of 280. Then, I had to open my eyes. What I saw was that we were in Mountain Brook. We finally approached a shopping center that was home to Magic Muffins.

Apparently JP had seen this the other day when he was exploring and decided we needed to go. It was really good and really cheap! JP got two muffins and I got a chocolate chip biscuit and a blueberry muffin. They were so good that we had to get some to take home. We ended up getting one of each of the 8 kinds of muffins and it was only $4! We definitely will go back!

PART II

As we were leaving Magic Muffins we decided to explore Mountain Brook. As we were picking out the house we would one day live in we stumbled upon a sign reading "Estate Sale" and decided to check it out. We had a lot of fun checking out all the stuff and JP even found a few things he wanted. He had been looking for a bacon press for a long time and found one at the estate sale for $1!

As we approached the car, JP reached in his pocket and realized his keys were not there! We felt for sure he set them down in the garage when he first started inspecting some of tools. After looking all around the garage they were not there. We ended up looking all over the house for about 45 minutes and had all of the other people at the sale looking for them as well. After 45 minutes of looking we decided we would have to get a ride back to our apartment to get the spare key. As we were waiting for our ride, a lady found our keys in a trash can that was underneath a workbench. Apparently JP had set them down and they had fallen into the trash can. We were very relieved to find them but it was not a fun situation!

At the RED House...

Every morning I listen to Rick and Bubba. Yesterday morning they were talking about funny local commercials. I found many of them to be unique and worth sharing, so I called JP during my lunch break and gave him a study break. He laughed out loud multiple times. I thought I would share my favorite ones here...






This one is probably my favorite. It was made in Cullman, AL:

Big Bama vs Phat PHX

Meet our fantasy basketball league:

LEAGUE: Big Bama vs Phat PHX

The Tri-City Hillbiliballin

General Manager: Michael aka Mooks
Relation: JP's brother
Star Player: Dirk Nowitzki
When he is not managing his team he is: taking awesome pictures








Atlanta Chupacabras

General Manager: JP
Star Player: Steve Nash
When he is not managing his team he is: studying for the CPA exam or grilling








Gilbert Ballhoggers

General Manager: Rob
Relation: JP's Phoenix friend
Star Player: Dwyane Wade
When he is not managing his team he is: cracking jokes







Dallas Big D


General Manager: Megan
Star Player: Danny Granger
When she is not managing her team she is: watching the World Series







Phoenix Manthers

General Manager: Jon
Relation: JP's Phoenix friend
Star Player: Jason Kidd
When he is not managing his team he is: producing a sports radio show







Miami Heat

General Manager: Sarah
Relation: Megan's sister
Star Player: Lebron James
When she is not managing her team she is: going on crazy long walks








Each week, one team "plays" another with the categories FG%, FT%, 3 pointers made, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, points.

JP and I are playing each other this week!

So far it has been a lot of fun... and we are all very competitive!