Oh Nothing's Sweeter Than Summertime and American Honey.....

As Summer is fastly approaching I thought I would let you all know what we have planned for our not so crazy summer!!!

Kick Off To Summer: Memorial Day Weekend
We will be enjoying a nice, long, much needed weekend in Atlanta. We where going to take a Beach Trip to Destin with some friends but that all kind of fell through and we have one planned for later in the summer (which I will get into in a bit) so we where not too bummed and we need to save the money anyways. We are planning on going to Six Flags one day. It’s crazy that is it only 20 minutes away and I have only been once, with a 7 year old that I use to babysit so I didn't get to ride all the good rides since he wasn't tall enough, and Ryan has never been, but if you know what happened to him when I took him to Cedar Point in Ohio and then you probably know why he has not been. So we will see how this trip to an amusment park turns out! Just no rides that shoot you up into the sky and drop you back down and I think we will be fine!!! We are going with another couple, Heather and Kevin York (Kevin is a fraternity brother of Ryan's and we hang out with them a lot).

June:
June is going to be a pretty slow month for us, but I'm not complaining one bit!!! We have on VERY important event going on though. The Wedding of Miss Susan Towns and Mr. Matthew Hamlin. Susan was a bridesmaid in our wedding and I am lucky enough and more than honored to be a bridesmaid in their wedding. Susan is also my Big Sis in our sorority (ADPI) and the #1 Big Sis at that. We both ended up moving to Atlanta at the same time when I got my first job out of college with Macy's and the company she was working for promoted her and moved her to Atlanta. We roomed together for 2 years, up until the day I left for our Wedding. I love Susan to death, we have been through so much together, and I am so greatful to have her in my life and honored to call her one of my Best Friends. She is going to be one Gorgeous Bride and Matt is a very very lucky man to have her as his Wife!!!! We can not wait to share this very speical day with them!!!

Susan and I at our Rehersal Dinner!!!

July:
We are very much looking forward to July, because over the 4th of July weekend we will be traveling to West Virginia/ Ohio is visit Ryan's Grandmother and for the Davis Family Reunion, this is Ryan Mom's side of the family. I have not been up there in about 3 years or so and Ryan probably hasn't been up there in about 2 years, so we just can not wait for this trip. It's going to be one long drive, 6 states, 9 hours, with the puppies and all, but it will be totally worth it. We are not really sure what all is planned but we know that it will be a great trip no matter what. Another fun event happening is on the 17th, me and a few of my girlfriends are throwing a Baby Shower for Julia! Julia is the first out of our group of friends from college to get pregnant and we of course had to throw her a shower. We are in the process to doing everything for it right now and we can't wait for it to get here because it is going to be such an amazing day, full of love and joy. Also, during the last weekend in July we will be going home to Memphis to meet my sister’s husband, Brian, for the first time. As many of you know, Meghan and Brian where married last April and he was sent to Iraq in July for a year and will be back this July, so we will finally be able to meet him.

August:
August is probably the BEST month in the whole summer!!! I may be somewhat bias, but I have very good reasons for this.

First, it holds the birthday of ours truly on the 9th. Now most people know I love birthdays and I love making a big deal out of mine but I'm not too sure if I am actually looking forward to this birthday since I am turning 25 and I know that doesn't seem old to some but to me being a quarter of a century old, I'm just not too sure yet how I feel about it all yet.

Second, Ryan and I will be celebrating our 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY on the 15th!!!! Holy Crap, I can't believe in about 3 short months it will be one year. Where has the time gone? I can't wait to get the top of our cake out of the freezer and see how it taste after a year, I can't wait to try on my wedding dress again (I told myself I was going to try it on every year on our anniversary and see if it still fits, we will see how long this tradition lasts haha), I can't wait to think back of all the fun times he had together in our first year of marriage, and I can't wait to begin our journey into our second year of marriage. Now, what to get Ryan as a gift? 1st year is Paper, so if you have any suggestions send them my way!!!

One of my favs!!!

Third, Julia and Matt's Baby, Benjamin Luke Byron, is due sometime around the 11th. I just can not wait until this little bundle of joy comes into the world so that we can spoil him rotten!!!! I am really hoping that he is born just a little early on the 9th, one so that we have the same birthday and two so that his birthday is 8-9-10. I just think that would be sooooooo cute!!!!

OOO I almost forgot, the 5th is also my parent’s anniversary, I think it is 34 year, but I could be wrong. I know it's kinda bad that I don't know that, Sorry Mom and Dad!!!

We also have a wedding in August. On the 21st, Miss Christen Vavalides and Mr. Colby Flemming  will be getting married in Knoxville, TN. Christen was also a bridesmaid in our wedding and was a sorority sister of mine. We lived together our senior year, and I have so many wonderful memories with her that I would not trade for anything in the world. Christen is Greek and has a huge family, so we are looking forward to our first Big Fat Greek Wedding. We can not wait to share this very special day with them and we are so honored to have people like them in our lives. God has given Ryan and I such wonderful friends and Christen and Colby are true friends in all aspects of the word.

Ryan and I with Christen and Colby and the end of our Reception!!

Last Weekend of Summer: Labor Day
We will be Destin Bound!!!! Yahooooo!!!! Ryan and I, His Parents, My Parents, Meredith and Tom will all we going to Destin for a long weekend to end our Summer. We have rented a house and could not be more excited about this trip. My parents use to take me and my friends to Destin every year for Spring Break during High School and I have not been back since. I love Destin and can not wait to sit on the beach, soak up some sun, eat really good sea food (if the oil hasn't killed it all) and have a few cocktails. I was so excited when everyone was able to go on this trip. It is going to be the perfect way to round out the summer!!!

WOW!!! So that's it, throw in a few Braves Games here and there and I think we have a pretty good summer to look forward to!!! I hope you enjoyed this and if I left anything out I will of course update you once it happens in a later post!!!

Leaving you with my song of the Summer.... hope you Enjoy!! P.S. you will have to pause the music at the bottom of the page before you start this!!!

American Honey - Music Video