A Look Back at 2009

My how times flies! Here is a little re-cap on everything that happened in our lives in 2009...

I turned 24 years old...

Bought a new car...

Threw a few wedding showers...

Watched Kate and Gray get married...

Saw Heather and Greg get married...

Were there when Bev and Christian got married...

Moved (AGAIN)...

(so we could have a backyard)

Hosted yet another successful Steeplechase...

Met friends for a long weekend at the beach...

Spent some summer afternoons outside with friends in Nashville...

Made a couple ATL trips to visit my girls...

Cheered on the Braves (an annual event)...

Shot a hand gun for the first time...

Spent a weekend "roughing it" in the mountains...

Had girls weekend on the river...

Watched Ashley and Mason get married...

Meg and Aaron got engaged...

Cheered on our Titans for their 2009 season...

Made my way to St. Louis to visit family and my besties...

Got a lake house (well Ryan's Dad did) :)...

Celebrated hubby's 25th birthday...

Made an addition to our family...

Cheered on our Auburn Tigers in Knoxville...

Watched Susanna and Clay get married...

Celebrated when Ryan got a new job that he LOVES...
Took an anniversary trip to the amazing city of Chicago (2 years :))...

Visited my Auburn girls...

Made it back in Auburn's stadium for a great game...

Sadie's had her first Halloween... as Bat Dog (thanks for babysitting sis)...

Continued our own tradition of Thanksgiving dinner - just the two of us...

Spent a 'Christmassy' weekend with the girls...

Ryan bought a new car...

And last but not least...
Spent the holidays with our families and even saw snow flurries on Christmas Day.

2009 has been fabulous and I know that we have so much to look forward to in 2010! Happy New Year everyone!

Happy New Year - 2010!!

Happy New Year Everyone!! Wow I cannot believe how fast 2009 has flown by! This NYE Ryan and I were excited to spend it at home in Music City! And Preston, Aletha, Nick, and Sarah came to ring in the new year with us. Our friends Josh and Heather Chesser had a fabulous party at their downtown loft off 3rd. Heather must have been cooking all day because there was plenty of food and drinks to go around all night long.

Then about 30 minutes before midnight we all walked downtown to see the guitar drop! This was the first year for Nashville and hopefully it will become an annual event! There were only three cities that the Hard Rock sponsored guitar drops - Nashville, Memphis, and Niagara Falls. Here are some pictures from the night...

Ready to ring in the new year

Our hosts for the evening

Preston and Aletha

Sarah and Nick

Girls with our party favors on

Josh and Nick

All the lovely ladies

3 musketeers for the night

Our boys

Downtown was so pretty!

Bring on 2010

The guys

Is this the ambulance that almost ran over us?

Waiting for the countdown

Trying to stay warm

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And the crowd goes wild

I'm excited to share another great year with you! xoxo

It was a good night ;)

Lots to Catch Up On!

I'm back! I have been a horrible blogger lately, but I promise to catch you all back up on what we've been doing lately.

Let me sum up December before I even start on January!

First, we saw Guy Fieri at TPAC... it was such a fun show! It was his Roadshow where he traveled to 21 different cities in 30 days. Ryan is a Food Network junkie, so it was fun to see someone we watch on TV in person. This was Ryan's surprise date night and I got us seats on the fourth row!

Great seats!

Ready for the show to begin

Some opening acts - this was an awesome flare bartender

There he is!

The Guy Fieri Roadshow - "rockin' the culinary world"

Now that the holidays are upon us, Ryan and I decided to get in the holiday spirit by going to the Gaylord Opryland Hotel (aka me dragging him out to look at the lights). The Opryland Hotel is the largest non-casino hotel in the world and the largest hotel in the U.S. outside of Las Vegas. It is well known for its Christmas lights - millions of them! They start installing them in July each year. It's even hailed as "The Most Christmassy Hotel in the Nation" by the Travel Channel.

Gorgeous!

Inside the atrium

Merry Christmas!

Home for the Holidays...

My two loves

Flurries on Christmas Day! Can you see them? :)

A new meaning to table tennis

Me and Sam

What would Christmas be without a little Makers

The Gray Christmas minus Dennis :( (he got stuck at the fire hall) but don't worry Ryan and I paid him a visit before this

All the Gray boys the day after Christmas

Christmas at the Miser's

Mrs. Debbie and her boys

Me and my handsome hubby

Christmas at the Redick's... actually this was from last year since we didn't take pics this year :( -- GWEN! This is your payback since you look like you're in such a good mood here. hehe

Where we eat our Christmas dinners

Ryan and Mark with their Titans and North Carolina tumblers