"Surprise" Trip to South Carolina

I went and surprised my mom in South Carolina this past week. Even though it wasn't technically a surprise, sure she was happy to see me. We ventured over to Wilmington, which is on the North Carolina coast for an overnight trip. I have always wanted to go visit this cute little town since high school days. It was the shooting locale for Dawson's Creek and now One Tree Hill is filmed there. Lots of movies have been shot there too. They had such cute shops and great food...seafood was a must and we found some yummy cupcake shops! We stayed at such a cute bed and breakfast right by the historic downtown and I would recommend to anyone. We traveled back to Rock Hill for the weekend. We celebrated my dad's birthday with the neighbors and had amazing Mexican food complete with Ron's special margaritas! All in all it was a great trip and had a great time with the family. Can't wait til June in Seattle!


Sunset in Wilmington

Appetizers and drinks on the river!

Horse drawn carriage ride we took through the town

On Cape Fear

Me and Mom

The b&b we stayed at!

me and Suzie

Mom and Suzie

The Brown girls

The Family..Happy Birthday Dad

Arick and Christy's Wedding!!!

This past weekend we ventured to North Phoenix to celebrate the wedding of Arick and Christy. Arick is Mike O'Hara's younger brother and he married such an awesome girl. We got to hang out with all of Mike and Arick 's family...which we knew would be a blast. We got to meet cool new people like Hayden and Jill who are getting married later in the year. All in all it was a fun night and a wedding we will never forget...Congrats Arick and Christy!


Mike and I


Me and Dana(she was a bridesmaid)


Mike and his new BFF Hayden


Everyone doing Firemen Shots..don't ask but it messed Mike up!


me and Arick


The Boys...pre shots


Friends...me, Mike, Hayden, Jill, Mike and Dana


Get down with the shots


Uncle Ray's toast


Got to love our boys


Chirsty with Mike and Hayden


me, Arick and Uncle Ray


Don't ask!


Mike and Christy


me and the beautiful bride


Mr and Mrs. O'Hara

A New Found Hobby....

O'Hara modeling my clutch...the first thing I sewed


The skirt I wore to Christy and Arick's wedding(post coming!) Second skirt I made...pockets and a zipper!


Skirt I made in class


I (heart) this wristlet....made with left over fabric from the purse I made below


Purse I made for a co-worker...


Purse I made in class...I have since made 3 and orders still keep coming in


Wristlets for my mom (ASU one) and sister for Valentine's Day

So before my good friend Heather left Phoenix for Denver, she taught me how to sew on a sewing machine. So for my birthday, I asked for a machine and I have been making some super cute stuff. I have taken a couple classes at the Scrapbook store on how to sew that super cute bag and the skirt I am wearing with Heather and Brig. I just started how to make clothes...I can't wait to make more (I have a couple of patterns for dresses and skirts!)

Easter Weekend

me and my boys...seanie and mikey

best buds!

The girls...(aka roomies)

girls again..(i'm wearing the skirt I made :)

all the girls..heather, me, brig and dana

Easter Weekend was a busy one for us. Friday night started off with a nice dinner at Olive Garden with Mike and Dana. We then made our way to Four Peaks Brewery in Tempe to meet up with Sean and Heather who were in town for Easter. It was so great to see them and spend some time with them. Four Peaks is a pretty awesome brewery too. Had only been there one other time and forgotten how good it was.

Dana getting sung happy birthday to.

me and the birthday girl

the ladies...me, dana and janet

Saturday night we celebrated Dana's 30th birthday with dinner at Outback and going out to Mill Ave to Suite 301 for some drinks and good people watching! Happy Birthday Dana!

Rachel, Robert, Me, Mike, Gina and Joe

Jaime and I

Gina and Joe

Rachel and Robert

Sunday was Easter and we had Mike's brothers and their families over. We also had our good friend Jaime come over which was so much fun. We barbecued tri-tip, made some delicious cowboy potatoes, fresh fruit salad and lots of yummy desserts. It was nice to have everyone together for the holiday. We even experienced some of the earthquake from California..who would have thought Arizona would feel an earthquake!