My Birthday in Nashville

Getting older again - I arrived home on Thursday and this car was sitting right in front of our apartment. I couldn't find our other car in the parking lot. Jay rented this car for our trip to Nashville for my birthday. It had a bench seat!

This was one of my gifts from Jay. A quilting stencil in the shape of cowboy boots. So cute!

The inside of one of the gardens at the Opryland Hotel.

A Christmas tree made out of poinsettias.

Me and my honey sitting beside the inside river way inside the Delta Garden.

Standing in front of the same fountain almost 2 years later, except this time married.

Our engaged picture :o) It's hilarious how much different we look.

Beautiful Delta Garden in the evening.

We watched the water show again. This time it was with a Christmas theme and the narrator read the Christmas story out of the Bible.


The lights outside the Opryland Hotel were so gorgeous. Someone meticulously lined each branch of these trees with white lights. Incredibly pretty.

Christmas 2007

Don't ask 'cause I don't know.

BJ and a new t-shirt.

Ally and the tote that I got her.

Dani (I hardly have any pics of her so here is a good one!) and her tote.

Dad enjoying the new Glenn Beck book that I got him. It's even autographed.

Mom's village atop of her fireplace.


The Lavy Christmas tree.

Jay's birthday is the 25th and mine is the 28th. Mom made this icecream cake for us.

Dad sporting some of Christmas gifts. The santa pants and hat and his new OSU shirt.

This HUGE bag was for me from my brother! I dug and dug and finally found a dinky little card at the bottom - a gift card to Joanns! Now why did he need that huge bag??? I love Joann's so it is a great gift.

Dad still reading his Glenn Beck book.

Jay LOVED this gift.

Me holding little Maverick at the Baker Christmas gathering. Isn't he a doll?

Jay found 100 gold dollars in the bottom of this treasure chest.

Aaron had to work for his $100. They were one dollar bills stuck in a box of peanuts. I helped him find them.

My $100 was much easier to find. It was in a bag and they were in a little book. My mother-in-law took them to Kinkos and had them make a little book. Such a neat idea.

The Baker tree and fireplace.

My mother-in-law wearing a Colts blanket!! What is this world coming to?

Collingsworth Christmas

Aunt Kim explaining how awesome Gordon Mote's new CD is.

The cake I got for my mama, who has lost quite a few pounds in the last year. Doesn't she look great?


The 10 1/2 foot tall Christmas tree in Kim's living room. She figures it has about 2,600 red and white lights.

Two blonde mono babes - Courtney has been battling the same virus.

Ally and Court.

Me and Jay - it's the only photo I have and my eyes look terrible.

Happy Birthday, Mama!

Love you, mama!

Due to Aaron's insistence.....

...Aaron insists that I am not keeping up with my blog. He doesn't think that my excuse of being tired is valid. So here I am....remember that post a couple weeks back about having strep? Well the doc was wrong. This appears to be my second bout with mono...yes, I know it is known as the "kissing disease." I am just tired all the time and I don't have much of an appetite. The first bout was back in college. That was sooo much fuuunnn! (wink)

I ordered several gifts via one particular company. I ordered these gifts back in November and they guaranteed that the gifts would arrive before Christmas. They didn't tell me they were going to cut it so close. I need some of the gifts for tomorrow and Saturday and the gifts haven't arrived yet. Hopefully they arrive tomorrow as the company said they should, otherwise....I will just sit home and cry.