Tuesday 3! (even though technically it's Wednesday)

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This week is 3 experiences we've had in our life.

1. My first airplane ride. I was in 8th grade and I was going on a mission trip to Moldova. It was about 6 months after Sept. 11 so security was INSANE at the airport! It just so happened that on our flight was a group of about 60 Isrealies traveling back to Isreal. I think we went through about 2 extra hours of security just for that alone. The flight was pretty good, except right before we got off there was a BIG ordeal. 2 people of Middle Eastern descent were caught in the bathroom smoking. SERIOUSLY? Come on... you KNOW you aren't supposed to. Anyways, that is something I will NEVER forget... It was very memorable, especially since it was the first time I had EVER flown!

2. One of the scariest/most amazing moments I have ever had was holding Murray for the first time. Murray was born 5 weeks early and spent 10 days in NICU. I was extremely blessed that she didn't have many problems. I didn't get to see her until about 24 hours after I had her (that I can actually remember) because I was on medicine to control my BP and keep me from having a seizure... (maybe one day I'll post about all of that). So I finally got to go see my little girl and hold her. As I was holding her, her monitor went crazy and they had to take her from me and do all this stuff to her and it was so scary.

This was right after they handed her back to me.



3. How about a funny one? I think I was in like 8th grade when this happened. I went to a small school, so everyone knew each other. I cheered when I went there and this particular day we were cheering for a basketball game. It was halftime and I needed something across the gym, so I started running so I wouldn't get trampled by the guys. On my way back across the gym I tripped... which is not surprising, but nonetheless embarrassing. But, not only did I trip, I fell flat on my face in the middle of the gym floor. EVERYONE saw... I was so embarrassed, but it's so funny now that I think about it. Oh the stories I have about me tripping... Ask me about falling off the stage after a piano recital sometime :)

Shop Hop 2010 and the Dillard House

Saturday was a day of adventures for me, Murray, Mom, and Paige. I was supposed to be cleaning and getting some of Murray's old clothes ready for this giant children's consignment sale in August. Instead, we decided to go somewhere fun! My mom loves (I mean LOVES) to quilt and she found out about this things called Carolina Shop Hop where you visit these quilitng stores and you buy a little kit that has the stuff for each block. When you visit all the stores you have enough blocks for an entire quilt. It was actually pretty fun... you got free candy at the places too! Who doesn't love free candy? Haha.
Here is me, Murray, and Mom at our first stop.

Can't you tell how excited I am? :)

Now our second stop was in Franklin, NC. This quilt shop was called...

Yes... You are reading that right. Deb's Cats -N- Quilts. This was a weird store! There was a ton of car fabric and stickers and weird stuff... But nonetheless, we got our papers stamped and registered for the prizes!!

Even Murray was getting in on the BIG FUN we were having!

We went to one more store in Franklin and I LOVED it! It was a super cute store! Paige showed us a little bit of Franklin (and OTTO! O-T-T-O, spell it backwards O-T-T-O haha). She grew up there and her family has a bunch of land there..

This was her grandmother's street. It was pretty cool.

After that we decided to go to Dillard, GA to the Dillard House for lunch. Can we say YUMMO?!?!?! That place is so fantastic! It's family style, so they bring all this food to the table. I completely forgot to take a picture, but it was soo good!

Murray loved being outside! I just don't understand how MY child loves being outside when I hate it so much...

Isn't she a cutie?? :)

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Cherokee and Nicole's 21st!

Saturday night was a rough one for me, so on Sunday my mom thought a good way to cheer me up was to take day roadtrip! We went to Cherokee, NC. I was super excited! I really REALLY wanted to see some Indians! So we found this repilca Indian village.

This place was so cool! They had a village set up like it would have been inthe 1790s. We got to visit each little station and watch them do pottery, beadwork, make weapons, make canoes, where they had their tribal councils, and where they did their dancing. The rest of Cherokee was pretty touristy, but it was so
fun.

Monday night was my friend Nicole's 21st birthday! Sarah and Nicole met me at my house and then we headed to downtown Greenville.

This is Nicole with her gifts. Sarah decorated her a glass and I got her a bottle stopper with a "N" on it.

We didn't really want any pictures with Nicole, so we put Sarah's nametag in front of her...

Just kidding... :)

We went to dinner at this AMAZING (seriously, AMAZING) restaurant called Stellar. It was so yummy!!!! And the prices were really reasonable too!

The restaurant gave her free Creme Brulee for dessert. SO Yummy!!!

After dinner we went to Marble Slab. Yes, we went to Marble Slab after dinner AND dessert. It was Nicole's birthday and we did what she wanted!! :)

While we sat and ate our ice cream (and watched the GAMECOCKS dominate UCLA) a fellow USC fan came to our table and wanted to take a picture with us holding his hat... Yes he was weird. But we did it anyways... Hey we're the National Champions!!!!!

He did a terrible job taking the picture. We know.

We went home not too much later. We had an awesome time! Happy Birthday Nicole!!!!!!