Thankful for Wofford

With Thanksgiving here, I've been thinking about all I am thankful for.

Wofford College and my Wofford friends are high on the list. After spending a weekend with 15 or so of my closest college friends for our 10 year class reunion, I am feeling really grateful for my Wofford years. It's been 10 years since graduation – while it doesn’t feel like nearly that long, I feel like I’ve been friends with these girls for ages.


It was an awesome weekend, and it reminded me of how much I miss this place...

 and all of these people...

It was nostalgic passing by our old dorm rooms, Old Main and "the Row."  The campus has changed for the better, and so have we. In 10 years, we've become doctors, dentists, lawyers, teachers, counselors, and mothers, to name a few. 


Some things never change, though:

The human GPS device/Macgyver of our group is still at work. (above) 


Van was beaming all weekend. I'm pretty sure if she didn't plant one on you, then you weren't in her 1 mile radius.

I was just-a-snapping away. I couldn't resist capturing the weekend, and I was not alone. Seems like more and more of us are doing the same. Some favorites...

Thank you, Wess, for your Rosemary Cashews which I DID NOT GET ANY OF. Next time...

Thank you Lindsay and Brad and Noel and Howard for hosting us Friday and Saturday nights. Your homes were perfect for the reunion, as was the food.

Susan, I looooove your poncho. Its pom poms were my inspiration for this. (wink, wink)

I wonder how much will change from now to our 50 year reunion. Check out these here ladies at theirs. Thinking there may be some resemblances? 

Van, that lady with her oversized sunglasses has your name written all over her. And I can see myself wearing the necklace of the lady on left. Maybe that will be me, if I let myself go gray? Anna, I'm thinking that's you on the right. Guess we'll find out in 2051. 


Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I'm thankful for Wofford. 

Look Who's 1

Look who's 1!

I can't get enough of this girl and her wide smile and big laugh. I've loved looking back at pictures of her first few days of life...

Louise's fan club, waiting to meet her and hear "it's a GIRL"!

How did this next pic make it's way into Louise's birth pictures? Ah, yes, I remember. Josh came across this beauty on his way to the hospital and stopped to check it out. 

He came into the hospital room with this picture in hand. We had almost this exact car growing up, and I love it, too...not enough to put Louise in it, but still love it.


In an email today, Meme (Josh's mom) described Louise as refreshing, and that's exactly what she is to us, that and practically edible:

Her Buddha phase. I loved her plumpness.

April 2011

A few days ago

And then there was that roller coaster she talked me into riding:

and then the Jamaican getaway...my idea...

but totally her speed. 


The combination of both girls' birthdays in October now has that month trumping as my favorite month of the year.  Louise turned one on October 29th, one week after Margaret turned three. We celebrated her birthday a few days early, starting the day with Margaret serving up her famous "cupcakes" and serenading the birthday girl...

...followed by Louise getting involved with the real deal:

There's been so much to celebrate:)


(p.s. I know the pictures of the roller coaster and our getaway are convincing, but in reality we dork out with our Mac:)