Last few days!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BRITTAN!

Last Saturday was the Southeast Region of the United States' Service Day and also the Nashville Marathon! It was a busy but awesome day. Sarah, Lori and I volunteered at Corral #9 (the corral our friends were starting their race in) at the marathon. We had to be there at 4:30a.m. The race didn't start until 7:00a.m. We were done volunteering around 8:30 so Lori and I rushed to the church to give blood (part of our service). It took longer than we were planning. As soon as we were done we went back to the marathon to see our friends cross the finish line. The best part of the day of course was that it was 87 degrees outside!!! Then, Sarah, Lori and I volunteered at the 2nd Harvest Food Bank where we prepared lunches for underprivileged kids. Then that night the YSA had an ice cream social.

Tonight some friends and I went to the Bluebird Cafe to see our friend perform. He is a singer/songwriter out here and pretty amazing! The Bluebird is also where Faith Hill was discovered! I took my camera just in case anyone famous walked in but I didn't see anyone. One of these days I will be standing next to someone famous.

Hey y'all,

It's been too long since my last post. I don't have much to report. Nothing really noteworthy has happened so I thought I would post a few pictures at least. Below are some candids. I have made a ton of fantastic friends out here! We have about 60 - 70 active young single adults with the potential of 100s more. We all have lots of fun together and everybody always seems to get along with each other. Two sisters out here are hosting Easter dinner for all of the singles on Sunday. I am really looking forward to it!!!

Tammy and I

Stephanie and I having a contest - she definitely won!

Stephen and I preparing for some volleyball.

Josh going up for the set.

FHE - we cleaned the White's home because Sis. White has arthritis.

Playing ball with the boys.

Sarah and I posing for the camera.

Lori and I at the Sounds baseball game - season opener!

Houston 2009

Lori and I spent the last few days in Houston, TX with our favorite Texan family. The week was so wonderful. The weather was in the low 80's. We went to the Houston rodeo and watched Clay Walker in concert. He is a great performer. We also got to meet Christie's boyfriend for the first time and got to know him better. He's a keeper. I got my first sunburn of the season just by sitting outside for a few hours when it was overcast. I love being sunburned! It was a fantastic weekend and it was hard to come back.

It's been a month!

I realized today that it has been a month since I've posted and I just wanted to let y'all know that I'm still alive. Things have gotten interesting at the office. When I first started working here there were two attorneys and two paralegals. As you may remember, about a month into working here one attorney was let go. Turns out the other paralegal had been deleting emails and communicating with this attorney when she shouldn't have been. When Mike, the main attorney, found this out the other paralegal was fired. Now it is just me and Mike. It has it's pros and cons but mostly cons. Now I have to answer every phone call and everytime I'm on the phone, without fail, at least two people call and leave a voicemail and while I'm calling them back more people call and it's a very long neverending cycle of returning people's calls. Then of course I get the complaint that no one ever answers when they call. We are in the process of merging with another firm though and will be moving the office to Goodlettsville in June. There are four paralegals there so it will be nice to interact with more people again.

When I'm not at work I'm doing YSA (young single adult) stuff. We have FHE and Institute every week and there are always other things going on. I organized my first group outing (normally the same people organize things for everyone to do). We went to a bar downtown to sing Karaoke. We hit the scene a little earlier than most to avoid the wild weekend rush. Lori and I sang "does he love you" by Reba Mcentire and Linda Davis and then I sang "Let 'er rip" by the Dixie Chicks. I also went to the Predators' hockey game last night. A friend gave me his tickets for free. Taylor Swift was at the game so it was fun to try to find her in the crowd. My date (that's right, I asked someone out on a date) knows her personally so we tried to find her so he could introduce me to her but we couldn't spot her in the crowd. They did show her on the jumbotron though. The Preds' won 5 to 3! I have been doing a lot of fun things lately and need to put pictures up but don't have any on me right now. This weekend is one of the YSA's birthday and she wants to go to the USWO Nashville Wrestling match. Should be fun! I'll post pictures of it later. This Sunday some of the Osmond's are putting on a special fireside. As you can tell, things are going well here. I am really enjoying my time and making a ton of new friends. Love you all!

What do you do on a Sunday afternoon?

I drive around town and find country singers' homes. My friend Myriam knows where a few live so she took us around town tonight. This lovely home is Alan Jackson's. We first drove up a normal looking road with normal looking houses but the road kept going and then there was massive amounts of land and then this huge gated home. We also got a look of Martina McBride's home but it was too dark to get a good picture. I'll have to go back another time.

My first pizza!

One of my new year resolutions is to become an amazing cook like my mom. I know it may be a little ambitious to try to have happen in one year, but I have got to start somewhere. Here is a picture of my first ever pizza! I don't have a pizza stone or even circular pan so I didn't worry too much about the shape of the crust. The important thing is, it tasted great! It sure takes all night though. One good thing about being single, I've got lunch all week! Thanks for all of the wonderful meals you've made day after day after day, mom. Love you.

Slumber Party

In efforts of maintaining my "favorite aunt" status, I decided to throw a slumber party for my nieces and nephew that live in Utah. Six of the seven were able to make it. We all missed Sabrina but she was home sick. We had a blast. First, we played in the snow where we made a snowman, made snow angels and had a snowball fight. Then, we came in and had hot chocolate and pizza. Then, we decorated cookies. Last, we popped in a few movies. Kate and Abbey were the winners who stayed up til midnight. Payton was close but fell asleep around 11:30. In the morning, Grandma taught them how to make slime. Overall it was a lot of fun. Below are a few pictures.