Baby Hattie

5 weeks old!

Last weekend while in Tyler I got to sneak away from the wedding festivities and go visit my friend, Catherine and her 5-week old baby Hattie! She was just as precious as her momma.

Sweet Hattie and her beautiful mom, Catherine!

It was a surreal moment to be hanging out with three of my dear college friends, one is pregnant with her SECOND child and one just had a brand new baby. We are getting OLD!!

R to L: Melissa, Merrill (baby #2), Catherine, Me & Hattie :)

I am so thankful for these girls and for their sweet friendships. Wish we all lived in one place!

Bill & Hillary Tie The Knot!

No, the Clinton's did not renew their vows...our friends Bill & Hillary are now Mr. and Mrs. Floyd!

We celebrated the happy couple in the bride's hometown of Tyler, Texas this past weekend. The wedding was absolutely amazing.

I only had my cell phone at the wedding so here are my pictures as well as a few I grabbed from Facebook.

Hillary with her parents before ceremony

The bridal party! Loved her bridesmaid dresses.

Lovely couple!

After the ceremony

At the reception :)

David with his fraternity pledge class. They have not all been together in one place in almost 5 years!

First Dance

We were so honored to be apart of the weekend celebrations and can't wait to have them both back in Dallas after their honeymoon in Antigua!

My baby brother is ENGAGED!

It is with a happy  and full heart I announce my little brother is engaged. It's month old new (sorry!) but we are so thrilled with his choice in a help mate. Rhett and Amber met in Fayettville, AR while attending school at The University of Arkansas. Rhett has since moved back to Texas but Amber still lives and works in AR. It was her birthday weekend and labor day weekend and she wanted Rhett to be with her of course. He told her he couldn't make the drive but he had sent something special to her house.

This would ensure she would not go to her parent's house in Missouri.

She has mentioned to Rhett before she would love to get married at the Pratt Place Inn in Fayettville, AR so Rhett decided this would be the perfect proposal location.

Amber's sister is also engaged and she asked Amber to come with her to meet her photographer at the Pratt Place Inn to get the cd of her engagement pictures. Amber gladly obliged but when she opened the beautiful barn door...no photographer was in sight. Instead my brother greeted her and got down on one knee.


My husband, David was in the loft of the barn shooting pictures so we have a TON to share.

We are so excited to welcome Amber into our family and look forward to the wedding festivities that lie ahead.

They will tie the knot at Pratt Place Inn and Barn in late Spring early Summer next year! Look at this gorgeous venue!






Click the link below to enjoy all the photos from the happy engagement!

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Southern Roots on TV!

Since I posted about Southern Roots and the grand opening, I thought I'd share this video of my friend, Caroline on Good Morning Arkansas this morning! She has such precious things in this store! Go to her website at www.hersouthernroots.com to shop and support her!

KATV - Breaking News, Weather and Razorback Sports

Random Ramblings

David and I have finally booked our flights to take a trip to Italy!!! We are having so much fun planning the trip details and are even trying to learn the Italian language via Rosetta Stone.
*Thanks Hillary for letting us borrow it!



I'm really sad the Olympics are over! I so enjoyed rooting for team USA...especially in the swimming, gymnastics and diving events. Can I just say I'm a huge fan of Missy Franklin! She is just a doll.



I am not sad however that I do not have to tune into the Today Show or NBC anymore. I notice more now than ever I prefer Good Morning America...


We traveled to Tyler last weekend for our friend Hillary's bridal shower. We got to stay in her family's beautiful lake house and it was such a perfect weekend.

(David and Bill on their man-date.)


I recently listened to Bossypants audio book...Tina Fey narrates it and it's HYSTERICAL. She is too funny.



I have also recently been listening to Tim Keller's free pod casts during my lunch breaks. You heard me, free...get on itunes and take a listen. He is the pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC. They are about 20 minutes long and have been transforming my days. He dives deep, he is clear and concise and he is a wonderful teacher.

Click HERE for the list of free pod casts.

How's that for random?

Southern Roots Grand Opening!

My longest and oldest friend, Caroline has followed a life long dream and opened her own boutique! Southern Roots is located in Benton, Arkansas but she will sell items online as well!

www.hersouthernroots.com

The way she decorated the store makes the shopping experience that much better! Located 20 min from Little Rock, she is already getting lots of attention.

I drove up for the grand opening last weekend and took lots of photos.

Happy Shopping!

Baby Shower Fun!

I hosted my first ever baby shower at our house last weekend! It was so fun to bust out the girly frilly plates and tea cups and celebrate my friend Catherine and her little girl, Hattie due next month!

We served baby quiche Lorraine, chicken salad sandwiches on croissants, vanilla petit fours, fresh fruit  baked brie with raspberry jam filling and sherbet punch!

I made a "baby Hattie" banner

I made little goody bags of caramel popcorn with tags that say "Catherine's going to POP." 

We had guests fill out "Baby Wishes" cards to let Baby Hattie know what they hoped for her. And I put a pink sparkly flower on the letter "h" for Hattie Hammond.

Custom water bottle wraps that matched the invitations

Vanilla petit fours with rattles from TART bakery. So delicious and precious.

Mommy to be with her super cute rocking toy from Hannah! 

I was so proud to get 15 girls around our TV room! 

All the shower hosts minus one that couldn't be there.

Everyone who came to the shower! It was such a fun time!