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to my blogging friends, please please turn off word verification so i can comment on your posts without going through fort knox! i have turned mine off so return the favor. it's as easy as this.

thank you!

-e

california here we come!

i am headed off to cali tonight! i am so excited to see alli and all the sites in LA (and hopefully a few celebs).  many updates to come!

one for the thumb

that's right. make that 5 wins in a row for the Wolfpack against that other nc school. after all the trash talking from the unc interim head coach (in case you forgot, he is the interim head coach because their head coach was fired for issues regarding academic integrity), it was settled on the field and the PACK shutout the heels. GO PACK!

life the past month

it's been a bit of a busy month for me.  between traveling for the new job i started a few months ago and all of the fall activities, i haven't been keeping the blog up-to-date... i'm sure all 12 of my followers are highly disappointed. {sarcasm}.  i'm really looking forward to the next month because i'll be traveling to california!!  here is a collage of pictures from the past month:

and baby makes 3!

no, not for me!  but for my surrogate big sis, emily (aka em1... i'm em2, naturally).  em1 and her hubby, sean, are expecting their first baby, a little boy, at the end of october.  i was excited to celebrate the mama-to-be at her baby shower.  i can't wait to meet lil' pumpkin!

 the mama-to-be

 a little love from auntie em

 i love how fall-like this picture is

wolfpack in the house!

my heart was so happy on saturday for the first nc state football game of the season! i might have had a tear in my eye when the team ran out.

i do love my wolfpack!

 philip rivers? nope, it's jessica!

 GO PACK!

weekend wrap-up

i was so lucky to get to spend this past weekend at windy gap! i was originally headed to the beach to help with young life leader's weekend but hurricane irene sent us to windy gap. the weather was perfect! cool in the morning and at night, 80 degrees during the day, and mostly sunny the whole weekend. 

seriously, what a gorgeous place!

it was an awesome weekend and i can't wait to go back in two weeks.

so long, farewell

i know i've been blogging about this girl but she decided to turn 25 and move across the country all within a few weeks!  i hung out with alli the night before she left and did what we do best: sat around eating dessert and laughing about anything and everything!  it still doesn't feel like she's really going to be gone for a year.  I'm so used to hanging out with her almost every day but I've been busy lately that it hasn't hit me quite yet.  I can't wait to head out west for a visit!

 super sad that alli is leaving!

a little late

but here are the pictures from the going away party we had for allison a few weeks back.  it was a great time and there was so much delicious food that i could barely move i was so full!  

 dark chocolate cupcakes with cinnamon icing from the cupcake bar. mmmmm!

lots of hugging!

 and my favorite picture of the night:

putting allison in a headlock.

just like old times!

L.A. or bust

3 of my friends are currently on a road trip from raleigh to L.A. (via new orleans which still doesn't make sense to me).  check out their adventures here.  I'm still pretty upset that I'm not on this trip but I am enjoying the blog updates.  I'm also pretty upset that they are leaving Allison in L.A. for a whole year! 

miss you already, allicat!

I'M BACK!

i took a little unintentional hiatus from the blog world but, wait for it.... I'M BACK!

a couple of weeks ago, kyle and megan made the trip from asheville to visit.  it was so fun to get to hang out with them and it reminded me how much i want them to move back to raleigh {seriously, when are y'all going to make that happen?}.  miss you megs & kyle!

this picture is hilarious!