aquarium birthday

Another year older, another year wiser. Yeah, we'll go with that.

For Christmas this year, we decided to spend a few  six days in Chattanooga with Justin's family. His parents rented us a cozy little cabin on a hill overlooking a larger hill / mountain, and it's just right. Justin and I drove up on Friday in order to spend my birthday together before the rest of the family got there. It's so cold up here. Too cold to walk around downtown (and too broke to buy stuff) so we went to the aquarium instead. Justin and I decided to buy a really nice camera for each other for Christmas (hence we're broke), so the aquarium was a perfect place to use it. Here are just a few of the pictures taken.

Mini Seahorses :)

Sleepy Baby Crocodile

Testing testing.

Wanna a cracker?

Nemo :)

Black Jellyfish, about as small as my thumb. 

These are just a few of the 300 pictures that were taken. Maybe I got a little carried away.  (Don't ask me how blogger managed to stagger these pictures, but it did.)

After we left the aquarium, we went over to Justin's sister, Melissa's, to spend some time with the babies before it got chaotic. They are getting to be soo big and soo personable. It's amazing that these little guys could fit in Justin's palms back in April. It's so crazy to see how much they've grown into their personalities. And to be honest, I can't wait to babysit them, meaning playing dress up with Cameron while Conner and Justin run around outside.
It was a lovely ending to a nice day spent with Justin.
Happy Birthday to me.

bachelorette weekend

So normally, most women don't like to talk about their bachelorette for fear of people learning about all the naughty things they did and all of the nonsense they got themselves into. Normally.
Well, that's not really my style so I can share the weekend with y'all.  
Because of the fact that I didn't join a sorority in college and worked a lot, I don't really have many girl friends. In fact, the ones I do have, save a few, are older and work. A lot. Needless to say, the bachelorette weekend ended up being only five of us, two of the five including my mother and another mother. And it was absolutely perfect. So instead of writing a monologue of our adventures, I'll just post pictures. Its funnier that way.

Brittany's christmas decorations

Her gorgeous tree

Birthday girl? Bachelorette? Same thing

Let the games begin!

Haha.

Hearts maybe?

That expression. Seriously?

Roomies Reunited :)

Wedding cake shots :) Almost as good as the real thing.

Bridal cookies courtesy of Taylor 

Lovely Tucker women 

(those men were not twins, btw)

Maid of Honor Mom (before the night began)

Sorry Sharon! It was too tempting.

Maid of Honor :)

Mother of the Bride (duh)

Taylor just had to be different :)

The Hostesses! 

After the loong long night.

Mom drove, therefore no funny picture from her..

(I held my sign upside down on purpose, just to be funny)

Let's just say there was a lot of wine flowing, games were played, junk food eaten, and laughs galore. It was such a blast, and I'll never forget it. I love all the ladies in these pictures, and am so blessed to have them as friends and family. There were tons of dancing, Waffle House, flat tire, and even a lost ID. It was a good time.

Love y'all to the moon and back.

christmas time is here

Oh my goodness, hey.  

I completely forgot this was here. Sorry for the lack of posting. Life is hectic. School is hard, work is long, and this wedding thing. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm ready for it to be that day. And no, I don't care if we're ready. We'll take it in stride. 

Quick update on life. Things are going well. Justin is amazing as always, got good praises at my year end review (that I'm technically not supposed to have, but wanted anyway), and school is over. Final grades have been posted: two A's and a C. And yes, I'm still upset over that. But there's no use in worrying over it. Next semester will be better.

I swear promise an update soon of my bachelorette party. and pictures taken with our new, super nice camera.