Craig's Graduation

My youngest brother Craig graduated from Ole Miss with a bachelor's degree in accounting.  We are all very proud of him.  Our entire family got together in Oxford for the occasion.  Graduation, lunch on the Square, and a baseball game.  It was a busy, but fun day of celebrating.  Congratulations, Craig!

Roller Derby

Wanna know a really fun sport to watch?  Ladies roller derby.  Seriously.. most entertaining sport ever.  I could totally see myself doing something like this if I wasn't scared of getting hurt.  Those ladies are hardcore.  It wasn't quiet as violent as I pictured, but there was definitely a lot of pushing, shoving, and falling.  The team in Athens is really good.  They put a whoopin' on the other team.  Fun times!

Double Decker 2013

If there is one weekend of the year that we will definitely make the long drive to Oxford, it is Double Decker weekend.  We LOVE Double Decker.  Art, music, food, and friends all in the best little city in MS- what could be better?  Julianne and Chris came up and we all stayed with Lindsey.  Nate boiled some shrimp and we celebrated Lindsey's birthday.  Saturday was so much fun.  Allan knows just about everybody in Oxford since he grew up there and has lived there his whole life.  It was great running into folks and catching up.  Allan had a painting or two and some new prints at Southside.  We got to see Allan's family and made a few purchases.  This year's loot included hand made letter-press cards that say, "Bless your heart!", two pieces of pottery, a really cute print, and a couple of t-shirts.  We had AJAX for dinner and Bottle Tree for breakfast making it a pretty solid weekend! 

Can't wait til next year!

I don't know about you, but I'm feelin' 22!!

For Christmas, Allan got me tickets to Taylor Swift's Red Tour in Atlanta.  Judge if you must, but I think she is fabulous!!  Obviously, I'm not the only person that thinks this!  Her music is just so fun and catchy!  She is so humble and appreciative of her fans.  She writes her own music and I love her style!  She is a wonderful role model for young people and puts on a really great show.  Her concerts draw a crowd of all ages.  Yes, there are a lot of screaming young girls, but we were completely surrounded by people our age, couples, older women, daughters my age with their mothers, etc.  The show was phenomenal.  The details were amazing.  The critics have given the tour rave reviews and for good reason.  I had the BEST time and if I could go again I totally would. 

Perfection!

Her stage was shaped like a human heart- very cool!

Reunited!

The first weekend in April, I took a trip to the coast of MS for a little reunion with some of my best friends from pharmacy school.  It had been way too long since I had seen them, so the weekend was much needed!  Mikki's wedding was the main event of the weekend.  It was absolutely beautiful and it was so great to see everyone from school and how they are doing now.  Shopping, walks on the beach, and long dinners of catching up solidified the weekend as being pretty great.  I miss everyone so much and it is really hard to believe that we graduated a year ago! 

A walk on the beach with Pooja and AK

All of the pharmacists with the beautiful bride!

Tunes and Balloons

Every year, as part of the annual Cherry Blossom Festival, Macon, GA has an event called Tunes and Balloons.  I haven't been to a hot air balloon festival since middle school.  My family went to one in Jackson and I remember it being so magical when all of the balloons were fired up and glowing at the same time.  So, of course I wanted to go to this event since Macon is not too far from Athens.  Unfortunately, it was an extremely windy day which made firing up all of the balloons around a large crowd of people slightly dangerous.  So, instead of getting to see 10-15 balloons all lit up, we only got to see three.  The day was still really fun and I'm glad we got to go! Aren't they beautiful?

Wedding Weekend

It's a rainy day here in Athens.  I have the day off and it feels like a good time to finally update the blog.  I  suppose I'll pick up where I left off!

The first weekend in March, Daniel and Megan got married!  I can't believe it has already been over 3 months.  The wedding was beautiful and our church at home was almost filled to capacity with people there to celebrate the joyous occasion.  Daniel and Megan have dated off and on since high school and both our family and hers have been rooting for their relationship from the beginning.  Megan is the kind of girl every sister wants for her brother.  She is so kind and sweet; responsible, yet fun; and will be a great wife and mother (and aunt to future little Innman children).  Needless to say we were all thrilled on their special day.  Welcome to the family, sweet Megan!

Megan and her sister, Erin

Daniel, Craig, Chance, Allan, and myself

One happy groom!