eat, drink, and be scary.

and that, my friends, is Halloween weekend 2010, start to finish. I got to hang out with a whooooole lot of people that have been with me since the very beginning. It was perfect.

Can we do this every weekend? Costumes included? I vote yes. Please and thank you. :)

Happy Halloween, ya'll!

go shawty, it's yo birfday.

 Monday funday.

 hugs from the birthday girl.

 classic.

 my two main squeezes. Justin Bieber and Nathan Scott. I only roll with the coolest fellas in town, you know.

 happy 22nd to Greg and Cait!

what's a birthday without a birthday shot?

obviously my mommy never told me not to play at the dinner table.

 when Eric eats, he does NOT mess around. take note, ladies and gentlemen.

 heeeeeey birthday girl, whatcha so excited about? if I were as pretty as you, I'd be excited too!

 Gregory, you da man. you just can't help but love this guy.

one of the best friends a girl could ask for. I don't know what I'd ever do without you, Cait Cait.

"When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.  The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares."  -Henri Nouwen

That's my Cait Cait. I'm so thankful for her and all of the wonderful, undeserved blessings my life has every single day just because she's in it. Today she turned 22 and got to celebrate with a bunch of people who mean the world to her. Lucky for me, I got to be a part of that group and hang out with the girl who means the world me.

I love you, Caitlin Sarah Davidson. There's no one in the whole world who could ever take your place in my heart or my life. I mean, who else gives me free reign to poke their boobalies whenever I want? Wait, did I just say that?

"I thank my God upon every remembrance of you." -Philippians 1:3

it feels gooooood to be a Panther on days like today.

the ladies were all in blue.

and our tough guys were all dressed in black. we're professional color coordinators.

 Teesh and the Bank of America Stadium. two of my favorites.

 sweet Anna. oh, how I have missed this precious girl!

cheeeeeeeeese for the camera.

 our first game together of the season. good luck charms? maaaaaybe so.

 my Bryce is nearly grown these days. remember that time I'm getting OLD?

 anytime we get to go to a game with the Phillips clan, it's ALWAYS a treat.

big timers.

ahhhhh YES!

 killin' some Bojangles before the game. that's my boy.

 "Anna and TJ are here. Let's make 'em proud."

 we want this at our wedding reception so we can run through it when we leave. can anyone help us make this happen? please and thank you!

a handsome fancy and a wonderful afternoon of football. love it.

 PANTHERS WIN! PANTHERS WIN!

the victory arms in this picture are perfect. so great!

 ladies and gentlemen, the Panthers PURcussion! I think this is the most clever idea in the whole world.

andddddddddd it's time to head back to Simpleville.

JP called Teesh on Friday afternoon and said they had two extra tickets to the game and asked if we wanted to come with them...umm, OF COURSE we did! Eight of us piled into the Suburban and made our way (in record timing, thanks to our professional driver, Jon) to Charlotte to cheer on the Panthers as they played the 49ers. It was SO much fun to get to hang out with old friends we hadn't seen in a while!

I love football. I love old friends who, after you may not see for a while, feels like nothing has changed at all. I love showing off my left ring finger to people who haven't seen it since September 4th. I love my new Deangelo Williams (also known as my baby daddy) jersey. I love screaming and yelling and hootin' and hollerin' at the top of my lungs with thousands of other Panthers fanatics. I love sitting next to a complete stranger and becoming best friends with them after just four hours. I love watching drunk people make complete fools of themselves. I love spotting people I know almost everywhere I go. I love enormous hot dogs topped with chili, onions, and ketchup. I love buying souvenir cups and forgetting to get them out of the cup holder before I leave. Okay, maybe I don't love that last one, but the rest of them are at the top of my list of my most favorite things.

Today was wonderfully refreshing. I love days like today. :)