"The Reb" Heads to Sand Mtn

I headed up to A'ville this weekend with "The Reb" in tow, for a jam-packed weekend. By the time I made it home, I was exhausted...and I must admit I fell asleep at 8:30...working with kids all day sucks the life out of you! haha Saturday was a beautiful day for a wedding! Sara and Brad's wedding was a gorgeous event. I can say hands down, she was the happiest/most excited bride I have ever seen! After the wedding, I got to spend some quality time with my high schools friends..for awhile it was just the boys (A.K.A. "my brothers"-Matthew, Chris, Chase) and me. It felt just like old times! We go for months on end without seeing each other, but when we get together, it's as if we're back in school. We spent a little too much time out on Saturday night, but it was great to see everyone.

Sunday was DB Day. Sister and Blake went to the Indy races at Barber Motor Sports, so we "Doodle-sat". We ran, we laughed, we jumped, we played hide-and-seek, and we watched some golf. If you know my Dad at all, you know he is a HUGE golf fan. For the majority of my life, we lived about 50 feet from the golf course. I grew up riding in/driving golf carts and hearing about the joys of golf. So you can bet when it's Masters' weekend, all TVs in the Decker household are tuned in to Augusta. YAYYYYYYY for Phil!! We are big Phil fans (my dad is also a "lefty") and we couldn't be happier with his 3rd win!! I have to admit I even shed a few tears at the end! Below are pics from my weekend in A'ville...enjoy the cheers, chalk, and championship shots!

I LOOOOVE this can!

Black Russian Cake.....mmmmm!

Sara was an absolutely beautiful bride....She literally looked like a Barbie bride right out of the box!

Kinzi, Chris, and me at Boondocks in G'ville

DB liked to spin the pinwheel!

This is her new trick...she's trying to climb on everything!!

Time for bubbles!!!

She got tired of the bubbles, but we didn't!

A perfect day for sidewalk chalk!

No...she didn't write her name! :)

Who doesn't love a "Nilla" wafer???

This picture just "quacks" me up!!!!

I heart the Masters!

Of course we had to drink out of our Masters Tervis Tumblers all weekend!

By the way, I'd like to note that I have 36 days of school left....can you tell I'm ready for summer??!! BOO-YAH!!!!

Easter

I have been looking forward to this weekend for the past couple of weeks. I love everything about Easter...eggs, bunnies, the bright colors, flowers, going to church, etc. I especially LOVE Easter at home with my family. My mom goes all out with the Easter decor and the food!! This weekend was no different. I was blessed to spend the weekend with my whole family, plus my Aunt Jen, Uncle D, and Connor! Easter weekend would not be complete without a wonderful church service at First Pres! The lillies at the altar were gorgeous and it was great to see lots of people that I don't often get to see. Following church, my mom put on a wonderful spread of food, followed by an egg hunt with the DB. We lucked out with some beautiful weather and I was able to take LOTS of pictures!!

These beautiful cherry trees are lining our driveway at home

I was thrilled to pull up on Friday to see my house and my mom waiting on me on the steps!!

I spent all of Friday night addicted to this stuff!

Along with beautiful weather comes annoying allergies! This is what my parent's bed looked like after I had only been home a few hours!!!

I brought my mom an extra "bunny pull"!

Mom's wonderful Easter-themed tablescape!

Look at these bunny slippers!

The Crowe family at church

The DB with the lillies

Uncle D, Connor, and Sister enjoying the sunshine!!

She was an all-star egg hunter!

She held her own basket and picked up all the eggs by herself!

She was on the run all day!!!!

She is so fast, it's hard to catch her!

Aunt Jen brought a wagon for DB to play with...she LOVED it!!

This picture melts my heart. GrandBobby LOVES his DB!

I hope that everyone had as wonderful of a weekend as we did. Now that Easter is over, it's time to break out the white pants!!! Happy Spring everyone!!

Baby Andrew

This weekend Britt, Allison, and I drove down to Aliceville to visit Andrew Caleb Hamlin. He is already six weeks old!! When we arrived, Chelsey had him dressed in the sweetest outfit...a blue and white linen bubble!! Baby Andrew is absolutely beautiful and has such a gentle disposition. He only cried once the whole time we were there and that was only because he was hungry!! haha He is already sleeping almost five hours at a time! Chelsey is such an amazing mom. She looked great and the whole Hamlin family is doing wonderfully since the birth!! I took TONS of pics, but here are some of the best ones!

He is soooooo sweet!

Beautiful Baby Andrew

Mother and Son

Group shot

Britt loved his giant giraffe in the nursery!

He slept like this on Allison's chest forever! He looks like a little peanut!!

I didn't want to leave!!!

Baby Andrew, we loved meeting you! Your "Aunts" love you very much and we can't wait to see you again very soon!!!!!

SBK 2K10: Part 2

On Thursday, Caroline and I loaded up and headed down to Lake Martin for some R & R! Caroline just happened to take the week off work this week, (She is an accountant and just finished busy season!!) so we decided a visit to the lake was in order. The Mears family has a beautiful lake house! I'm thankful we waited until the end of the week to go because the weather at the beginning of the week was nasty!!! We enjoyed great food, fun drinks, and the BEAUTIFUL sun! I can't believe SBK 2K10 is almost over...I feel like it just began!

We spent a lot of time on this porch talking/eating/drinking!

Before dinner, we went for a ride around the neighborhood in the Stealth!!

But don't worry, we brought our cocktails with us!!!

We had dinner reservations at Springhouse. Although we had an amazing 3-course meal, Caroline was a little disappointed because they had a limited menu since it was during the week, but it ended up being fabulous! We each had fun salads, shrimp and grits, fish, and yummy desserts! We were stuffed when we left, but it was worth it! I rarely treat myself to such a nice dinner, but I decided to blow it out for SBK!

We decided to get our desserts to-go. My homemade apple pie was soooo good!

Let there be sun!!!!!!

We had a great time just hanging out and pretty much doing whatever we wanted. Caroline's motto is: "Whatever makes a girl happy!" And we pretty much lived by that this week! Thanks Caroline for a wonderful trip!! Hope everyone is enjoying the first official day of Spring!

When I return to the stress and chaos of work on Monday, I will picture this...TRANQUILITY!

SBK 2K10: Part 1

It's Spring Break week......yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No, I'm not at a tropical location with my friends, but I did visit the 2nd best location.....AUBURN!!!!! A couple of months ago, I asked my mom if we could make a trip to AU during my spring break...and she said yes! So my mom, AK, the DB, cousin Connor, Aunt Jenn, and I all loaded up in the Expedition and rolled down south to the Loveliest Village on the Plains. We had a WONDERFUL time. Basically, all we did was eat and shop....but that is exactly all we wanted to do!!! I took pics of everything like a big dork. I totally acted like an old alumni!

I feel like I was just in college the other day, but when I visit the campus I realize how long it has been. While we were shopping, a girl in a store asked AK and me if we went to school there! haha We burst out laughing, but we were flattered! :) We did all the things that there is never time to do during football season. We went to the AU bookstore, drove around campus, (even drove by Beard Eaves one last time before it gets demolished) shopped up and down College St.(Behind the Glass, Wrapsody, The Buzz, etc.) and ate at our favorite restaurants. We ate lunch at Hamilton's and dinner at Amsterdam's (if I die tomorrow, I die a happy girl because I was able to eat some yummy turkey wraps!!!). And I have to admit, I even went to TCBY!! A trip to AU for me would not be complete without some fro-yo!! haha We had a great time and I'm already ready for football season!

AK forgot the stroller so we bought one at Wally-World on the way down...then we couldn't dissassemble it...it was a major cluster!

Cutest pic ever! Auburn's #1 fan!!!!!

Although it is Spring Break, it was COOOOLD in AU!!! Please notice the hat...hilarious! And in her lap is "Lamby"-her BFF! We can't go anywhere without her!

My dorm Freshman year

I know we look like ants in the pic, but I had to get the name of the dorm in the pic. I can't believe that this is not the home of the Owls anymore!!! :(

Yes, we're dressed in matching outfits (no, it wasn't planned!)..it looks like we're ready for a bop-line and Rush week!!!

(We were reliving our glory days!!)

After much sightseeing and eating, it was back to the Conference Center to call it a night. We decided it was the perfect night for a pajama party!!!!! We had so much fun running back and forth between our rooms and playing with the DB!

DB in her piggy pjs!!!

Sister and DB

I'm heading to A'ville tomorrow and to the lake on Thursday! So stay tuned for a Part 2 update!!

Happy Birthday KLC

I can't tell you the exact day that I met Kinzi Crow, but I think it was sometime in the 1st grade. Ever since that time, she has been my BFF! haha But I do mean that. She is my partner-in-crime, the person I tell EVERYTHING to, and the person (besides my family) who knows me best. When we parted ways and went to different colleges, I thought I was going to die. But a few hours didn't keep us from continuing our daily early morning 6 a.m. chats (which we still do!) and keeping in-touch. God was definitely looking after us when he put us in the same city after college. If she ever moves away from Birmingham, I seriously might have to move too!!!

Through the years we've: had many dance parties, eaten lots of Little Debbie snack cakes while driving the Buick and listening to Destiny's Child, cried, laughed so hard 'til we both almost wet our pants, done a few drive-bys, gone on LOTS of shopping trips, had a blow-out on I59 in the 626, had many Cracker Barrel dinner dates, cruised the ole Strip in the Exploder, listened to TONS of Roy D. Mercer, and marched in the band!!! I guess I should end the list, but honestly, it could go on and on and on. Most of my best memories are with this special gal.

In high school, Kinzi was voted "Best Personality". She is the easiest person to talk to and I admire her always-positive attitude. The past two years have been pretty rough for her, but you would never know it if you met her. Hands down, she is the funniest person I have ever met. At any given second, you would probably find her laughing! She is the best BFF a girl could ask for. Below are some pics of us throughout the years!

This pic is from 1st grade...can you figure out which ones we are??!!

High School Graduation

Christmas holidays '07

(I promise that belt was trendy at the time!!)

Christmas party in B'ham 2007

New Year's Eve 2008 in ATL

My 22nd Birthday

Kinzi's 22nd Birthday

Hanging out at the Blue Parrot in Guntersville

Kinzi's Housewarming Party in B'ham

Christmas 2009

Here's to you Kinzi...I hope this birthday is your best yet!! Thanks for being such an amazing friend. Love you!!!!!!