So 2013 is obviously not the year for the blog. It's ok! I think the blog understands.
Sometimes things in life just get like this....
....and if you tried to add one more thing like blogging, things could get out of hand.
(As a side note, I want to meet the man that figured out how to tie all those tires in that truck. I feel like he would be the kind of guy who would be good at figuring out a rubix cube, and those people intrigue me.)
Anyways, I decided on Tuesday that I was going have a goal this month of posting every day in May.
There is nothing I like more than to make goals I could never possible achieve.
I do think the theme is catchy so maybe there is some hope. However, I did forget about the whole thing until about an 10pm last night and now it's May 2nd, so things are already starting out kind of dicey.
But it's ok, we're going for it!
I decided I'd begin with a catch-up of sorts, compliments of all the random, blurry pictures on my iPhone.
When we last met, I had just had my appendix out. I am all healed up now and have successfully started my life appendix-free. Life feels about the same, except I now have significantly less money.
Soon after my surgery, I hit the road for a weekend in Columbus. I sponsored my sister-in-law on a retreat called Walk to Emmaus, and went up on Thursday to see her off. There should be laws against one couple having so much cuteness.
Since I would also be picking her back up on Sunday, I ended up just staying in Columbus and had the absolute sweetest weekend with my brother. It was so fun for us to have a brother/sister weekend just the two of us.
It actually is one of my favorite weekends of all time for so many reasons, including the fact that he likes to make midnight runs to the grocery store for brownies.
That's what I like about being a Tyson!
On the way home from Columbus, I came up on a license check. The officer looked at mine for a long time, and I figured he was just thinking GOOD GRIEF THAT IS AN UGLY PICTURE. I placed no blame on him for his valid feelings and waited patiently.
But, it turns out he was looking at the expiration date and reminded me that it was about expire. Hallelujah! I have waited so long for this day. I don't know how Honey Boo Boo's mom got pictured on my license, but I was glad to see her go.
The second exciting thing to happen that week (besides redemption at the DMV) was the birth of Baby Daniel! Mer and Russell welcomed this handsome guy into the world, and I went to visit with Josh, Kimberly, and Daniel's girlfriend, Sophie.
March 20 brought the first day of Spring and then this happened.
Our office has a thing for birthdays. It has gotten quite out of hand actually, but who can resist a celebration? Not us, that's who. This next picture was hanging on my door and will keep me laughing all the way to 30.
I had a great 29th with my great people.
(Night before dinner with Al and Deb, the one's who started it all)
(Birthday lunch date with these goons)
Later that month Kimberly and I joined new mama Meredith and our dear friends Brittany and Melinda for a girls night. Then we went back to her house and Daniel and Sophie flirted.
Daniel says, "Hey girl hey."
I know, I know. Cutest baby you've ever seen.
Daniel says, "Mama, you are pretty."
Are y'all snap chatting? This is how my account looks all the time:
Marlee is my snap chat bff and we send eachother the MOST attractive pictures you could ever imagine.
At the end of March, I was out at Marsha's and sent Marlee (who was due to come home the next day) this picture.
Phoebe was especially excited.
Turns out I was about to get even more excited because Marlee popped into the house about an hour later! Surprise!
Phoebe, still excited.
Easter came and brought with it happy faces.
April brought Larsen's birthday! I sent her this card, obviously.
April 6th was a full day. It started working an Open House at GSU with these fun people.
I talked about 10 high school seniors into GSU before rushing off to help Marsha take pictures at the most beautiful wedding. The day was perfect. I don't have any pictures on the iPhone to prove it, but it was such a fun day. I even found a familiar face on the dance floor.
After weddings, we are literally delirious and so exhausted. And because by the end of it we have barely eaten anything, I channel what energy I have left to eat every single food item I can find.
Wedding TRAVESTY: I did not get a piece of wedding cake. Saving grace: Marsha had cupcakes at the house. After downing a #1 Combo from Wendy's at 11pm, I ate one of the cupcakes and the icing off of another. I will always remember the experience fondly.
The weekend after the wedding I met Marsha and Marlee at Fripp Island! The mother of the bride graciously offered us a chance to stay in their beach house as a thanks for taking pictures. We are only photographing her children's weddings from now on.
Marsha snap chatted me this picture of myself once I got there.
We had a nice relaxing time doing nothing, riding the golf cart around the island, soaking up some beach time, and eating. What I have just described are the pillars of maintaining a happy life. We realized we were pretty much created to live at Fripp.
Back in the real world, people kept getting older. Our co-worker Jay had a birthday. We faked him out and pretended all we did was get him a stale muffin and a re-used balloon.
You wish, buddy!
We have problems.
Other fun work activities have included things like going to student Research Symposiums and hearing about a bunch of really smart stuff that sounds like this to me..."ajkdf aduaoij jadougoa haoyud anhafj."
But it's not all serious business at the Symposium. After Calib explained his very impressive project to us, we talked him into telling our other co-worker that his whole project was on the study of dragon eggs.
I know we make GSU so proud to have us on staff.
In other news, I went on a fun Women's Retreat a couple weekends ago. Marsha led it and it was really amazing.
We came back from it on Saturday because Jake grew up on us and went to Prom. It was equal parts adorable and disturbing.
Later that week I set out on a quest for new tennis and found that a gang of highlighters had attacked pretty much every shoe in every store in this town.
Thankfully I found some that did not glow in the dark. And since I had not bough new tennis shoes since the 8th grade, my feet are especially happy. I try not to buy more than one pair over the course of a 16 year period.
Marsha Hagan Photography has kept me busy these last weeks, mostly with senior pictures.....but we've also managed to find random situations to get ourselves into. Never a dull moment.
I have also been enjoying lots of weekly lunches with my mama recently!
And I just need y'all to know that sometimes bad selfies happen to good people.
Marsha talked me into buying this sporty little jacket, so I had to take a picture of it in action to send her. I felt so professional that I did not talk anyone into pretending to research dragon eggs that day.
I wore the business casual look to eat lunch with these sweet girls that same day. At the end of last year, we got a little Bible study group up and I have enjoyed these ladies SO much.
And that brings us to last weekend! I had the great honor of joining Kimberly, Josh, Sophie and their family at the March of Dimes (March for Babies).
We walked for Graham and Lilly, their sweet twins, who were born too soon in January of 2011. Now their little miracle sister, and my current obsession, gets to join in!
After the walk, I came home and then attended a bridal shower for this sweet girl! Katie is marrying Paty in June and all the Tysons are pumped. It was so good to see this girl and catch up!
So I think that is just about everything. Thanks for hanging in there!
I LOVE this post!! The honey-boo-mama comment made me laugh out loud.
ReplyDeleteI'll settle for once a week blogging...if the every day doesn't work out. Just happy to see a post from you!
Love you!
JennaBabe, I haven't checked on your blog since you took your blogging hiatus and now see you had surgery! So sorry but I see you were up and doing good so quickly! You are looking so cute as usual and I just had a huge laugh as you compared your driver's license picture to Honey Boo Boo's Mom!! Oh my! You are priceless!! Mine looks like a woman who been incarcerated for 20years to life for beating small animals! Can't they get Glamour Shots to come in and make those pictures or what?
ReplyDeleteYou seriously make me laugh so much! I am completely perplexed by how that man got so many tires in that truck...
ReplyDeleteLoved this post...Daniel looks very sweet..hilarious post was the Honey Boo Boo's Mom...
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