Weekend in Georgia - Family Time and a Wedding

Chris and I spent this past long weekend in Georgia visting with family and attending the wedding of two friends. Chris had an extremely long weekend of 5 days, while mine was only 3 1/2, but I won't complain. A short week at work is always a blessing.

Our weekend started early as I took half a day off on Friday, so that Chris and I could attend our oldest nephew's high school football game. Jared's Chattooga Indians were not able to pull out a win, but he played a great game. We wish him and his team the best of luck for the remainder of the season! Go Indians!

Jared getting direction for the next play from the sideline.

Congratulations to the new Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Curtiss!

Saturday we got up early to get ready to depart from Summerville for the wedding of Kevin Curtiss and Rachel McNeill that was held in Lilburn, GA. It was about a 2 hour drive from Chris' parents' house to the ceremony. Needless to say, we did a lot of traveling this weekend. The wedding was beautiful and so were the bride and groom. With a 3 hour break between the ceremony and the reception, Chris and I got the opportunity to hang out with Elizabeth, Alice, Lauren, and Jess at Elizabeth and Adam's house. I had a great time catching up with the girls while Chris caught up on some college football watching. Elizabeth made some yummy salsa, spinach wrapped in fillo (not sure of the technical name), and margaritas. Everything was so good that I resorted to calling her Bree from Desperate Housewives.

We all headed to the reception around 6, including the addition of Chris, Jess's husband, and Adam. The reception was held at The Lodge of The River Club. It was a beautiful location for a wedding reception. We mainly stayed outside under the covered portion with its large wooden beams, cool fans, fire, and a DJ. I danced the night away with the very happy bride and groom and the rest of my girlfriends while Chris talked to the boys on the sidelines. It was a great time!

Kevin Curtiss and Rachel McNeill (The lovely bride and groom, like you didn't know already.)

Chris, making sure his tie is long enough, lol!

All the girls minus the bride.

Elizabeth and I being silly.

Chris and I

Not exactly sure what Adam is doing here but I think it is a great picture of Elizabeth!

The bride and groom breaking it down and singing...probably "Like a Prayer".

Jess, referring to me during a song. I wish I could remember which song it was.

The boys on the sidelines.

A normal pic of Adam and Elizabeth

Elizabeth, Jess, and I being silly.

After the wedding, we headed back to Adam and Elizabeth's house to watch the Red Sox lose to the Tampa Bay Rays (I am currently watching them lose to Rays again....let's hope they can turn it around. We just got on the board with a solo homerun, woohoo! Let's hope they are winning by the time I finish writing this blog!). It was so much fun hanging out with our friends for the day. We never get to see any of them when we are in Georgia so it was much needed time together. I can't wait until Chris and I are back in Georgia and we can hangout with all of them more often. Thanks Adam and Elizabeth for having us over and letting us stay with you all for the evening! Adam, you and Bree are great hosts!

On Sunday, we headed back to Summerville to spend the day with our families. The day was spent making peanut butter cookies with my niece, taking pictures of the kids, and playing a game of horseshoes and Old Maid. It was so much fun to get to spend the day with them! We spent the evening eating dinner with my parents and watching Desperate Housewives. Our trip ended on Monday with us making a somewhat early trip to the airport. It was a great trip home and a great long weekend! We will be back down that way in a few weeks for Chris' high school reunion! Should be another fun weekend! Check out my pictures below of our niece and two of our nephews.

Gavin doesn't mind if I take his picture.....

Nor does Griffin....

But, Karlie does not like it at all!

Cute pic taken by Gavin of Kathy, Griffin, me, and Karlie.

Oh, got one! Haha! Karlie, I bet you thought you were going to get through this post without seeing a picture of yourself! Love ya!

I know you are probably tired of hearing about this....

.....but she is back with a vengeance y'all! Can I just say that I am SO excited?!?!?!

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It has been way too long since I last updated the blog. I feel pretty bad because I know how frustrating it can be to continue to check back only to find that nothing has been posted. I apologize. I promise I will try to do better. Chris and I had a pretty relaxing weekend last weekend, so nothing too exciting to report. We are headed to Georgia today to watch our nephew play football and then we will attend the wedding of Rachel McNeill and Kevin Curtiss on Saturday. We did manage to snag two tickets to Game 5 of the ALCS between our Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays for next Thursday. If the Red Sox don’t end up sweeping the Rays in 4 games, I am sure I will have pictures to share from this next week.

A few things I want to mention…..

I am often criticized by husband for reading random blogs written by people that I do not know at all. I am sometimes called a “stalker”. I have to admit that I get very bored at work and will read absolutely anything that will keep me entertained. I do not apologize for my craziness but I do understand how some people could find it out of the norm. Thankfully, I do link from blog to blog and sometimes it pays off tremendously.

Last week I read a blog post from someone who I do not know but who is a friend of a couple that I do know and they also have a blog. This particular blog led me to the website/blog of Darren LeBlanc. From the little that I read, I can tell you that Darren is an amazing man. Darren’s wife Misty, who was just 5 months older than me, had been battling brain cancer for some time and lost her battle just a few short weeks ago. They have a very young daughter, Olivia, who, it is very possible, will not remember her Mommy.

In spite of all that Darren and Misty went through together, I was amazed by Darren’s strength. I can’t imagine what it would be like to lose Chris and hope that I never have to find out. If anything like this did happen to us, I hope that we can put our faith in God, as Darren has, and trust in Him to give us strength to weather the storm. I don’t think I have gone a day without thinking and praying for Darren, Olivia, and their family since reading the blog. I am sure you will be truly moved by Darren and his experience. Check out Darren’s blog by clicking on the picture below; it will be worth being called a “stalker”.

On a more different note….

Below is a video of Mike Kinnebrew performing at Eddie’s Attic in Atlanta a few weeks ago. Mike is married to one of my sorority sisters from Georgia Tech, Lindsay. They both have incredibly beautiful voices. Chris and I were honored to have them sing at our wedding. I highly recommend that you check out his music. I keep my fingers crossed daily that Mike and Lindsay are going to make it as big as they want to be. Hopefully I can stir up a few new followers with this blog!

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It’s been a long 18 years since I first fell in love with New Kids on the Block (NKOTB). I never imagined after the group ceased to exist in the 90s that I would ever have the opportunity to see them in concert. Early this year, NKOTB announced that they would be reuniting and going on tour. I knew I had to go. This would be a once in a lifetime experience that I could not pass up. I couldn’t let them tour again, for the first time in 15 years, and not be a part of it.

New Kids on the Block (Then)

NKOTB (Now!)

I emailed a group of girls here in a Boston about going to the concert and I got two takers. Right before purchasing the tickets, I remembered that Chris and I had tickets to the Red Sox vs. Yankees game on the same night as the concert. Therefore, I was not going to be able to go. I was completely and totally bummed but I knew I would survive.

To at least get a taste of what I was missing, I watched VH1’s Behind the Music - NKOTB on Sunday night which also included a live version of the first three songs performed at the concert at the Boston Garden. After seeing this and hearing from the two girls who attended the concert on Friday night who said that the show was wonderful, I seriously became very upset and distraught that I was not going to get to see them. I searched online and found out that they had a concert at the Mohegan Sun Casino and Resort in Connecticut on Tuesday night. I had no excuses now! Now, I just needed to find someone to go with me.

Let’s just call this amazing person who agreed to drive 2 hours with me to fulfill a childhood dream…..Sam Jones.

We made our way to Mohegan Sun last night and the boys did not disappoint. They were so amazing and exciting. I don’t really even have the words to describe the excitement I felt as they came on stage. I couldn’t believe that I was finally getting to see them in person after all this time. They sang all of their old songs and some new ones and also performed some of their old dance moves. They’ve still got it, that’s for sure. I was surprised at how amazing they sounded as well. You never know with pop stars, if they can really, really sing. Well, all of these guys have great chops. In addition to their amazing voices, they are probably more attractive now! Maybe it is because they no longer have that crazy permed hair, lol!

I got some okay pics and videos last night that I have posted below. We ended up having great seats that were within 15 yards of the New Kids when they made their way to the other end of the arena to perform around a piano. AAAHHH! So exciting and so close! Just check out them out below. Enjoy!

Dirty Dancing

2 in the Morning

Step by Step

Hangin' Tough

I highly recommend for anyone who is considering going to their concert to go. I screamed like a 14 year old girl the entire concert. Oh, did I mention that I have the best husband ever?!?!?!?!? Oops, I don’t think I was supposed to say that. Thanks Sam Jones for a great night with NKOTB!