Greg & Keri's Wedding

We just got back from a fun-filled weekend in CA celebrating the wedding of my brother-in-law and new sister-in-law, Greg and Keri. It was a gorgeous wedding and the bride was absolutely beautiful. I count myself lucky for marrying into such a great family and now with Keri it gets even better. Congratulations to the new Mr. and Mrs. Pines. We could not be any happier for you both. Now for some pictures from the celebrations...

My SIL and MIL

Jesus spit-shining his shoes... because why wouldn't he?

Repping the south... ATL and Nashvegas

David making good use of his groomsmen gift

Me, never able to turn down copious amounts of beer

The happy couple

My in-laws

The stunning bride

Beautiful day for a wedding




He said he got up there because he was nervous and it helped calm him... uh yeah. Regardless, it was a great speech.

Silly boys

I asked him to do something silly for the entrance and... well... this is what I got.

Rebecca and the faux-bouqet toss that never was.

Look at that former baseball player concentration.

Once in a blue moon I get a real smile and real picture out of him. This shall get framed!

The Pines girls... this was Keri's "don't close your eyes picture."

Heartbreaking...

Happy Father's Day

Don't feed the animal...

Seattle

I am a little late on this post but hey... better late than never. A few weeks ago, David and I were part of a master Doug Perry plan to surprise his wife and one of my closest friends, Andrea, for her 30th Birthday. Along with a few other of her close girlfriends, we all showed up in Seattle on Friday and declared their gorgeous new house Camp Perry for the weekend. So glad she was happy to see us despite having a sick child and having to run a hostel the weekend of her birthday :). It was a wonderful and much needed weekend of being with the girls and despite the Seattle climate... we did manage to try and get a little "Crazy in Abu Dhabi." hehe.

This is a shot of the infamous birthday cake. Lesson learned: Don't let wine-soaked girls bake a cake and then ice it hot. Best quote of the night: "Why is there a hole in the cake? And what's wrong with the icing?" -Ben Maslan.

Doug went all out when he surprised Andrea with a surprise birthday party Saturday with local friends and her parents. The party was catered by a local pizza company and it was absolutely delicious... Seriously, I still crave it.

CA friends in WA

This picture of Andrea's nephew makes me laugh. Why not eat pizza without your shirt on I say :).

Melanie boxing out Olivia... poor girl's motor functions are sub par and couldn't defend herself.

The new Perry fire pit David and I loved and repeatedly threatened to steal.

Love-love these girls.

Amy and the infamous cake. Probably should have taken a picture of the many empty wine bottles the next day to really prove a point.

Pike Place and the ginormous cookies (there are two more in the bag) that we immediately consumed.

Aero bed fun by the lil' miss

Fun halted by Asian stalking!

BUNNIES!!!

Look what David found in our front yard? Not even nestled against a fence or the house but smack in the middle of the yard. We don't know quite what to do. Of course we can't move them since it's a mom and her three little ones. But I don't want them to get hurt... guess it's out of my hands. Seriously, how cute are they?!?!

Work...

This is my view at work every day. He is about 4 minutes away from laying his head in my lap and really turning on the charm.

Arrington

The hubulator and I spent this weekend with some great friends, some great food and (most importantly) all the wine we want at our disposal! For my CA friends, I am not trading in my CA wineries and wine tours by any means... but I have to say Arrington provides an experience unlike any other in CA. It's like a giant tailgate minus the face paint and beer funnels and add in some cheese, wine and live jazz. A perfect way to spend Saturday... if it wasn't a million degrees out. Yeesh. But nonetheless we persevered in the name of fun.

For my non-TN friends and country fans, Arrington is co-owned by Kix Brooks.

Ahhh, my fellow wine-o friend... must say this experience was far more tame than our last.

This reminds me of the line in Sweet Home Alabama, "You have a baby... in a bar." Yes, we had a baby at a winery and we were not the only ones. I kid you not, there were board games and what not in the main house.

You can't be a Nashville baby without representing Loveless Cafe. For all you who know and for all those who've seen it on Bobby Flay's throwdown... you know where to go for a mean biscuit around these parts.

NYC

So a few months back we were watching something on TV and David had mentioned that he had never been to NYC before... I don't know why I never knew this. And as you would expect, I found it entirely unacceptable. So I started to do a little research and realized that the weekend before his birthday, the Yankees were playing our hometown Angels, it was one of the last weekends of the Tim Burton exhibit at the Moma and I was able to get show tickets to "In the Heights." The perfect David weekend there all packaged into one. So the wheels were set and I got to planning. I even got in cahoots with his parents and got him the DSLR he had been eyeing so he could have it on the trip. Needless to say he was shocked and excited. Below are some snapshots from the trip. As a disclaimer, David was in charge of the camera so please excuse the pictures of me by myself (I have not fallen into a pool of narcissism). No pictures from the Moma, the show or nights out as the paparazzi camera didn't really go well with the nice attire. But for anyone interested and will be in the area Veritas and Gotham Bar & Grill were simply amazing. Yum!

PS: Sorry for the abnormal amount of pictures on this post. It's more for family asking for pictures :).

A fun surprise at our hotel from the ever sweet and creative Jim Wagner

David's first Seinfeld moment with the B&W cookies from Jim

Fifth Ave... little did David know the kind of damage to be done here later.

Taxi... and no this was not the infamous ride with the obscene body odor. The driver's... not ours.

Bryant Park

Note to sales reps. If you call my cell phone and I tell you I am on vacation and you can hear me getting out of a cab, struggling to pay the driver and then almost eating it on the sidewalk... please do not proceed with your sales pitch. Save it for Monday when I am back in the office.

Botchy ball in BP anyone?

Bryant Park

He doesn't look amused

St. Patrick's Cathedral

David the stalker-azzi

St. Patrick's. I know, I know, it seems sacrilegious to take pictures inside a church but everyone else was doing it. And yes, apparently if everyone was jumping off a building...

St. Patrick's

Grand Central

I was trying to find the whispering corner inside GC but instead was forced into a rather awkward conversation with this Hal Halbrook lookalike. Notice my awkward smile. The conversation ended with him saying, "I wish I had a business card on me so you could get a hold of me." Ummmm, for what?!?!? Creepy.

Yankees vs. Angels

A-Rod's HR

And no, I did not buy Yankee attire. I know how upsetting that would be to many I know.

Lil' boy at the ballpark. This was before he dropped his ice cream cone on the floor and threw a fit. Kidding. Maybe.

Brooklyn Bridge. Direct quote from David as he was going across, "Hey, that's where Godzilla got stuck." Ummm yes honey, Aaron would be so proud.

Subway

Wall St.

Building the 9/11 memorial

China town... not as fun on the weekdays when creepy strangers aren't whispering "Gucci, Prada, Chanel" in your ears. Ha!

Midday snack at....

Magnolia Bakery. And yes, I ate one on the spot and David let me walk all the up to Chelsea with frosting on my face. Classy.

Meatpacking District

The Plaza

Central Park... in David's words, "The Home Alone tunnel."

Obligatory self-portrait

We were amused by the lone white guy practicing Tai Chi as the storms were coming in.

Radio City Music Hall... the Dalai Llama is supposed to be there in May. Hopefully sans Rockettes. That'd be weird.

Flatiron Building

Wish I had pictures from the many other things but alas, the person who is willing to schlep the heavy camera around is the person who gets to take the pictures :).