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After a long, beautiful, exhausting, fabulous, fun-filled, lovely weekend, we're home from Lindsey and Lee's wedding.  We had such a great time meeting up with lots of friends and family as we celebrated the marriage of our last little bestie!  Mr. and Mrs. Dykes are finally married and it was a gorgeous wedding.  Since Michelle (Lindsey's mom) was never without a camera, I tended to neglect mine, but I did manage to snap a few shots.  Until other pictures are posted on facebook (that I will then steal and post here) this is all I'm able to leave you with.

 

All the bridesmaids at the rehearsal.

(Nikki, Lynley, Haley, Lindsey, me, and Erin)

And, a weekend in Fayetteville wouldn't be complete without a trip to Daisies and Olives!  I don't know how, but we always tend to get carried away...I don't think anyone walked out empty-handed.

Daisies and Olives October 2011

(Nikki, Shawn, Lynley, Jordan, Danielle, me, Mom, Kelsey, Brad, Tyler, and Tate)

Our first trip to Daisies and Olives September 2010...maybe a little more ridiculous than the second time

(Lynley, Lindsey, me, and Nikki)

Without a reason to go back to Fayetteville, I think we need to make a pact to come back in the Fall every year and bring a U-Haul keep the tradition going.  Can't wait for Daisies and Olives 2012!

There's a lot more that happened this weekend, including karaoke at You Know? Uno!  But, until I get some more pictures, it will have to wait for another day (not month...I promise!!!)

8 Mile Club!

So, about 6-8 months ago (can't remember exactly) Tyler and I decided for some reason that it would be cool to sign up for a half marathon run...so we did.  On December 4, 2011, we'll participate in the White Rock Half Marathon!  I never would have believed it, but Tyler was determined to do more, be better at, to start exercising, so we paid the fee and started training for our very own 13.1. 

Yesterday, Tyler and I finished our first 8 mile run!  It's crazy to think that just a few weeks ago we were so proud of a 4 mile run.  The conditions couldn't have been better either!  The weather was great, the sun was shining (the tank was clean...can anyone name that movie?!) and we finished just before dinner.  Usually these are not the circumstances under which we run.  There are some cons to training in Arkadelphia:

Exhibit A:



There are hills...EVERYWHERE! 

Hills SUCK!

You can't run in Arkadelphia without running up or down a hill...it's...impossible.

Exhibit B:

The roads, sidewalks, and trails are not extremely well kept.  This means there are bumps and potholes, and cracks always in the sidewalk...if there is a sidewalk...sometimes there isn't one, and we have to run on the shoulder of the road.

Exhibit C:

We usually end up running when it's dark.  If we run, we usually do it after Tyler gets home from work, and that means 5:30-6:00 usually.  At that point it's dinner time, and then we have to wait for our food to settle before running.  That means we don't start running until 7:00ish...and it's dark. 

Exhibit D:

There aren't a lot of street lights.  Add to this fact that it's night, on a poorly paved road/sidewalk, and we're running up and down hills...it's no good!

So thankfully, everything was on our side for this past run...maybe that's why we were able to run the full 8 miles.  It may have also had something to do with the fact that our last 1/2 mile was on campus during a pep rally and the band was playing "Eye of the Tiger" as we were crossing our designated finish line.  I couldn't help myself, you know I pumped my arms in the air..."It's the eye of the tiger, it's the thrill of the fight.  Rising up to the challenge of our rival.  And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night. And he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger."

"The Worst"

There's this saying...in my family...that my sisters and I say..."_________'s the WORST!!!"  Well, ladies and gentlemen just the ladies that follow my blog, "blogging's the worst (at least lately it has been)!"  I haven't blogged in over 2 months...for crying out loud, my last post was about our summer vacation!  So what justification do I have?

•  "I haven't had time...my part-time job has been crazy for the past 2 months and all those (15) hours in the office are killing me.  I've had so much to do, and just haven't found a spare moment to log on (not to facebook, or pinterest...just to my blog) and update you all on what's going on.  Please give me a break, my extremely important job of picking movies to watch on campus, designing t-shirts, counting homecoming ballots, and popping popcorn has had me up to my ankles in work!"

Okay...so it's not work

• "Nothing has been going on.  I know I said work was crazy, but actually there is nothing to do.  I don't want to bore all (12) of you with how mundane our life has been lately.  I go to work, I eat lunch, I come home, I cook, clean, fix all the drama in the dorm, and then I've got to catch up on my TV shows:  Modern Family, Raising Hope, The Middle, New Girl, Survivor, Community, The Office, 30 Rock (I miss you...come back soon!), Parks and Recreation, Saturday Night Live, Dexter, plus...Rangers, Cardinals, Cowboys...whew!  There's more going on in the lives of my television friends than in my life."

Okay...that's not true either (well the TV list is...I know, it's pathetic)

So, I clearly don't have any justification for why I haven't been blogging, but, like that weird dinosaur movie that I'm pretty sure only a few people watched...We're BACK!!! (well, I'm back...Tyler could probably care less).  So I promise, I will give good updates on all of the things that have been going on with us.  Here's a list of what you can look forward to:

1. Learned to sew
2. Neighbors had a BABY GIRL!
3. Half-Marathon Training
4. Homecoming
5. Lindsey's Getting Married (and already had her Bachelorette Pary and Wedding Shower)
6. Substitute teaching...I don't know why
7. Officially completed our (both of us) applications to BAYLOR GRADUATE SCHOOL!!!
8. Sisters Weekend Visit
9. Second City in Little Rock
10. And maybe even more...

Thanks for sticking with me during my writer's block blogging negligence.  Hopefully now, blogging will be "THE BEST!"