This has been an incredible weekend so far. Last night, I got to hang out with my mom, mom-in-law, my husband and a dear friend, Cindy Lamar. We went shopping-minus Jordan- I found some jeans I love, and ended up for dinner at Basil. mmm, mmm, mmm! Always a smash!

Today has been pretty near perfect so far! This morning we woke up and went to downtown Franklin for breakfast at the Mercantile. I had an egg-white omelette with spinach, feta, red onions and turkey. It was delish!! After bfast, Hope & Cindy headed back to E'ville and Jordan and I set off to walk and talk. We chatted and strolled up and down the quaint streets of Franklin for several hours, in the gorgeous, soft Fall-ish weather. We ended up in 5-pts Starbucks with our books and a wonderful iced coffee before heading home. It was such a relaxing fun day and there's no one I'd rather have spent it with than my dear husband!

We are now back at the house. I just did some worship prep for tomorrow (I'll be at New Song Woodbine) and vaccuumed and cleaned the car. Jordan is doing a quick workout before all the kiddos, or teenagers rather, get over here for Merge. We're heading up to E'ville tomorrow after church! We actually get to go to Fall Festival this year and we're excited.

Mom & Dad- you'll have to come next year!

Blessed Saturday!

Fantasy football: big matchup with the Dyl-buddy this weekend: Watchout!

What a great morning! I woke up to it raining hard outside this morning- I don't know why I love it so much when it rains. Maybe simply because I know I won't have to water my plants, but for whatever reason- it always makes me smile.

I chose my ginger-peach apricot tea this morning. Actually finished it off b/c I needed that tin to put my new Masala Chai into. MMmmm, it was good though! We had Life Group here at the house last night and it was amazing! SUCH a great time and we were so thankful, ARE so thankful for what God's doing in people's lives. There are good things happening...changes, which are hard in some ways but at the same time, change is an opportunity for God to show Himself to us in a new way, and that excites me!

I'm out of time for the morning. Gotta get people set up with insurance! Have a blessed day!

I keep meaning to post...sorry for the forgetfulness! We've had a good couple of weeks, been to Florida and back, all sorts of fun stuff!

We were in Naples working last week! It was a fun week, got to see Erin & Dan, everyone in the office, Grandpa Chalker and of course Hope & Steve. The week flew by and now we find ourselves back in Tennessee.

I can hardly believe it's almost October! Where did September go??? My goodness...I am really looking forward to October though. I'm believin' for wonderful fall weather! I know it can get there. We're actually going to get to go to Fall Festival in Evansville this year. We're heading up there on Sunday for one or two nights- we're pretty excited about it. We'll also be heading to the Lakehouse in a few weeks and then back to Florida the last week of October. Traveling definitely keeps us on our toes...having to stay up to speed on different things which takes a little more work, but it's totally worth it.

Got to see Merari & Ian a little bit last night which was wonderful. I was at a few meetings at the Buchanan's and needed a ride home b/c Jordan had dropped me off, so Merari was kind enough to bring me home. Ian was here with Jordan, so the 4 of us chatted a while, made some cookies, and watched a little of the game before they left and we went to bed too late- oh well.

I actually woke up very refreshed this morning despite having less sleep than normal, so I got my shoes on and went for a morning run. So glad I did- it was beautiful and well worth it!

Alright- gotta go- have a great Tuesday!

Fantasy Football rank: 3 of 10 (lost by 1 stinkin' point this week)

Ahhhh!

Eli's out for a month.

Dang.

Alright!!

Fantasy season is off to a booming start. (For those who don't know, I am lovingly referring to Fantasy Football, which I'm in my second season of playing) Don't worry, I had my doubts as well before beginning. My previous arguments of, "it takes away team allegience," and "no one cares about the teams anymore," still stand to a certain degree. But I do have to say- it was great watching Eli Manning hit up Plaxico not once, or twice but three times in the end zone last night in a game I usually wouldn't care anything about. A glorious 34 points for my dear Manning's little bro!

Another big surprise that many thought was a huge risk on my part was Randy Moss and his connection with Brady for a surprising 27 points. Brady and Peyton both took a respectful 29 points with Tony Romo and Roethlisburger's CRAZY unexpected starts! I thought they were crazy for picking those guys.

Some disappointments of the weekend (though not on my team) were Drew Brees and a measly 2 points (ouch!) Steven Jackson (BIG surprise) getting a big fat goose egg (0) and Rex Grossman with 3 (although I'm not sure anyone REALLY expected much more from him)

Tonight should be good- we'll see how Frank Gore does for me, but the football madness continues with not just one, but 2 Monday night games.

Football is back in full swing and I LOVE IT!

How 'bout them Colts?!


Last night we had the Clingers and Robby & Ferris over for dinner, which was so much fun! It's so great to spend time with friends like that. After everyone left, Jordan and I turned on the Colts & Saints NFL season opener. When we turned it on it was half time and they were tied 10 to 10.

From that point forward- the Colts ran away with it- literally. With weapons such as Reggie Wayne, Joseph Addai and near-perfection from Peyton Manning, the Colts proved that they weren't some onetime winning team. They are a force to be reckoned with.

Oh the joyous days of football have returned, and I am LOVING it!

Yesterday was a really fun day. The weather has finally mellowed out a bit, highs of 90 insead of 105 make for some nice days! We took it easy (very easy) in the morning and just chilled around they house- I accomplished some random tasks that I never have time for during the regular week (such as touching up paint in spots in the house) We took off to go play frisbee about 3:00 and had about 14 people out to play. It was so much fun and I was glad for the exercise. We spent the rest of the evening grilling out at Mom & Dad's and then playin' a little Trivial Pursuit, which Robby & Ferris dominated, despite coming in late and finishing early.

It was all in all, a GREAT (non) labor day :-)

Football is back!! So exciting! College ball started on Saturday with a few crazy upsets (excuse me, who is Appalachian State again?) and my dear Vols and their sad excuse for a defense losing out to Cal. NFL isn't quite here yet, but coming and last Sunday night we drafted our Fantasy Football teams. My league consists of Robby, Jordan, myself, Tres Winn, Chris Maple, Dylan, Jim & Brendan Fraser, Nate Sallie and Patsy Bass. Draft was stressful and it started off on a bad note as I didn't get any of my prized Colt's players in the first round. Last year I was lucky enough to get Peyton and Marvin, and really, it just doesn't do it for me if I don't have ANY of my faves....but, we'll see.

My top pick went to Frank Gore, which I'm a little nervous about, so we'll just have to see. My first victim is Tres' team, "Royal Flush" so everyone better wish him luck- he's going to need it.

Ferris is playing this year (Yeah Reese) and Robby and Dad coached her along pretty well on who to take. She ended up with a stellar team. Her league consists of Kelsey Shockey, Mark Mumford, Dad, Ernie, Christin Moore, Brian Elliot, Becky Crowell, Jason Gill, Dustin Whitney, and her. It'll be interesting. Dad won the whole league last year, but there's no way we'll let him get a repeat.

Alright, we're off to play some frisbee!