lately.

not having a home game every weekend has been surprisingly nice. it's been good to spend time in charlotte & spend time at home. the weekend of the 22nd we started the weekend off by going to my sister's house for a bonfire. my friends came with me too.

way too much leopard.

the girls of scott ave.

halloweekend started off with a 18 hour work day. we had a party at the mansion and it turned out to be a fun (but terribly long) night. 

saturday night we celebrated halloween.

sun drop girl, ramona from real houswives, heidi from tool time, wilme & betty, a cat and kim kardashian

wilma & betty.

my island.

there is a small little piece of land a few miles off the carolina coast. this island's land area is about 5 square miles and to most people it wouldn't seem like much to brag about. there are no cars allowed on this island - it is only accessible by a ferry boat and once on the island, your mode of transportation is a golf cart. there is a grocery store,  two restaurants, two country clubs, a few retail stores, a church, a post office & a beautiful light house.

my family started coming to this island when i was 3. we had just moved from charleston to charlotte and somehow my parents stumbled upon this island. at the time, there wasn't much there. no grocery store, no retail stores, no post office, only one country club.

until last weekend, i hadn't been to this island in over 5 years. i could try & explain to you how great it was to be back but i'd never be able to. this island has been through so much with me & i have been through so much with it. i've watched the island change & grow over the past 20 years but i've never stopped loving it. no matter how many people now know about my little piece of heaven. no matter how many new houses there are and no matter how populated it gets. i will forever cherish this island.

i could go on for days - go on explaining the memories. like how my parents and i took my sister & i  to the top of the light house one weekend and told us they were giving their marriage another shot. like the heartbreak that followed when it didn't work out. or  how i still miss the memories of kissing harrison on east beach that week after graduation. there has been so much - so many families- my parents together, my parents apart, my new step dad & his family, my new step mom & her family, my best friends. my life.

this island is called bald head island. and it is forever mine.

kentucky.

noon games call for "early" friday nights, mimosas and shrimp and grits.

hunter told us to strike a model pose. this is what we came up with.

baby cocky!

gamecocks dominate, 54-3. the connor shaw era begins. 

rainbow above the stadium. i think it was the big man blessing little connor.

san jose's for dalton's birthday.

got up early on sunday and came home for the panther's game with my fam. they lost, but it was still a great game and a great day for football. 

it's been a busy month! i'm traveling again this weekend to the beach with my parents. i'm really looking forward to going to BHI - it just may be my favorite place on this beautiful earth. i haven't been in about 6 years and am anxious to see how much it has changed. 

auburn.

a great weekend... minus the loss. it started out in the middle of nowhere, sc at a little gathering called "campmeeting" but don't you dare pronounce the p... they'll know you're not from around here. 

there were out houses. and hay floors and a lot of fried food. and i'm not kidding.

we headed back to cola and ran into our sweet mar at jake's.

ammie's airplane ride on saturday morning.

 i never knew i could love a cement building so much.

or a patch of grass.

pals before the game.

how i felt about the 16-13 loss.

there's 4 of them in there.

gourmet shop on sunday morning.

my new pillow pet. worth every penny & i named him melvin.

i couldn't let him go!

vandy weekend.

during the fall, i remember weekends based on what team we play on saturday. i've been slacking on updating so hold on tight for the last month in 3 posts.

friday night i stayed in charlotte because my great friend brett from atlanta was in town. we went out with all of the coaches that work with my sister. we went to enso for dinner and then to our fave place howl at the moon for drinks. as always when i'm with brett and my sister, we drank too much and had way too much fun.

saturday morning katt and i left for cola. it was a fun weekend with a few speed bumps but overall a good time. gamecocks win 24-21.

pals.

sexy.

the soon-to-be mrs. rose

one of my favorite places on earth.