This doesn't even feel real...

And worth every penny for our "splurge" hotel! Our Swiss happy hour overlooking Matterhorn above Zermatt at Gornergrat. Just like the Corona commercial, only better...except for the moments following this picture when a bird took a poo that landed inches from my foot. It's things like that that keep me grounded and laughing! Otherwise I might quickly start to believe the high-profile, jet-setting lifestyle is the one I am supposed to be living.

Oktoberfest...

Is pretty much the greatest party ever. We had a blast- what a great thing to check off our bucket list!

Abby's first visit to Nashville

We're having a great time showing Abby around town! She especially enjoyed her first trip to the Honky Tonks.

Crouching stories, Hidden blog posts

So I finally became motivated enough to take a plethora of pictures off the camera this weekend. The result? Back-blogging! Have fun searching for some-what (for me) abbreviated posts highlighting a few things I did this summer! :)

Abby's Baptism

The whole family got together in Houston over Labor Day weekend to celebrate baby Abby's baptism. The weekend was chock-full of baby-snuggling, eating, drinking, and being merry.

And everyone was excited: I was pumped to have all my nieces and nephew in one spot; Andy and Sandy were excited to show off their beautiful baby girl; Mom and Dad were ecstatic to finally meet their newest grand-daughter; Molly and Shaughn were happy to meet their newest niece; Liam and Ella were elated to meet their first cousin, the great-grandparents and great-great grandma were excited to have all their grandchildren in one spot...overall, everyone was just happy to get together.

The belle of the ball

Pretty girl in her fascintor

Liam playing the part of Moses for the afternoon

Uncle Shaughn and a happy niece

Daddy's girl

It's about time!

I would like to thank Will for this momentous occasion. Finally, after nearly 3 years of living in Nashville, I had my first celebrity sighting!

Usually, I leave my car at my office garage, and Will and I carpool to and from work together. Tonight, however, Will had to work late so I drove myself home. Now, if both cars are at home, one of us has to park on the street, and street parking comes with rules. Parking on the street means that the car has to be moved before 7 AM, which in turn means that Will has to go into work super early the following morning.
(This whole scenario is one major downside to downtown living- parking is inconvenient with 2 cars and only 1 parking spot.)

(I swear this tangent has a point...)

This evening, Will informed me that he did NOT want to go into work before 7 tomorrow morning, so he convinced me to drive my car back to my office tonight and meet him at PF Changs for a drink. (My office building houses a number of restaurants- PF Changs, Flemings, Moe's, etc...) It took a lot of coercing on his part to get me out of my PJs and back into normal clothes, but I obliged. We enjoyed a couple beers and headed to the parking lot towards Will's car. And guess who we saw, waiting for their car at the Fleming's valet stand...


Wait for it....

Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert!


This is Nashville, and we are super cool around our celebrities so I didn't go all psycho fan on them. I barely even acknowledged them...at least not until we were a good 20 yards past them, when I non-chalantly pointed out to Will that we just walked by Blake and Miranda... And then I may or may not have made him drive by them again. Not in a psycho fan way, mind you...but just to see what kind of car they drive. For the recrod, it was a Ford Expedition...but something tells me it wasn't actually their car (they had a driver).

So, thanks to Will for making me drive my car back to my office, meet him for a drink at PF Changs, and therefore having my 1st celebrity sighting in Nashville.

For the Kids...

Today is Miracle Treat Day! Buy a blizzard and a portion of the proceeds will go to helping your local Children's Miracle Network hospital. What a tasty way to help out the sick and injured children in your area!

As if you needed an excuse to treat yourself, today you can legitimately say, "It's for the kids".
Calories don't count when you're doing something for a good cause. My rules. Enjoy your blizzards!