Favorite Pictures from 2007!

Riley, Bryan's Newphew. (Photography by Amy :) (September)
Bryan, myself, my mom, Joe, and Liz at my Mom's 50th Birthday Party! (August)
Dad, Joe, and I on the LAKE! (August)
Mariellen and I...on a park bench in Manhattan! Perfect!!! (May)
My Aunt and I in New York from my hotel room! (May)

Kati said my last blog entry was "depressing...." So, I wanted to compile some of my favorite pictures from 2007! There are many more, but these are a handful of them. I love my friends, my family, my job, and my life! Way too many blessings to count!

Ice Skating

Joe and Liz on the ice!
Liz aka Nancy Kerrigan
Holding on to the rail to complete my performance! :)
Group picture!

Bryan and I went ice skating with Joe and Elizabeth the day after Christmas (My brother and his girlfriend). We had a lot of fun. Joe was convinced it would be stupid, but we all ended up having so much fun! I loved to skate when I was younger, so after a few VERY slow times around think rink, I started to feel a little more comfortable...and a little less like I was about to bust it on the ice. Only Elizabeth fell after trying to do a Nancy Kerrigan pose on the ice...dangerous! :)

Happy New Year's!!!

Kati and I walking to the Rio!
The whole crew at Musashi's
Bryan and I at Moon
There are no words......
The girls at Cesear's

We went to Las Vegas for New Years, with our friends Kati, Johnny, Lindsey, and Bryan W. It was definitely our "most exciting" New Year's Eve. Last year we spent it together, in our pajamas playing DVD trivial pursuit. Las Vegas was a whole new world. While we were there we ate at Spago (Wolfgang Puck's restaurant), saw Cirque du Soleil "Mystere," and spent time looking for a $5 dollar black jack table...which is nearly impossible. I think the boys ended up finding one at "Bill's Gambling Hall" aka "Wild Bills" (what Lindsey and I renamed it).

We went out every evening...somewhere.

We did have a few celebrity sightings, which I was pumped about. I know, I know....it's silly, but I LOVE People, US weekly, etc... So, I was on the prowl. Lindsey got us the hook up at club LAX in the luxor. Which is a huge celebrity hotspot. With some patience and southern charm, a very sweet bouncer let the gang from Arkansas in. His words exactly were "It's been a pleasure Arkansas." While in line we saw Paris and Nicki Hilton.....love 'em or hate 'em....I thought it was cool. And the girls from "The Hills" were there hosting that evening. I was up in the middle screaming and waving....I was SO excited. I LOVE that show. Also, while we were there, so was Avril Lavigne, Dave Navarro, and Sum 41. Apparently later that evening (sometimes after 1:30am when we hung up our hats) so was Brody Jenner (love him) and Paris/Nicki.

We spent New Year's Eve at IBar at the Rio. We had to walk because they shut down the strip, and no cabs were available. We had to walk (in 3 inch heels) about 2.2 miles...but who's counting...right? Our feet were KILLING us by the time we got to the Rio. Kati and I hung onto each other during the walk over for support, because the boys walked in front of us, telling us to hurry (did I mention it was 40 degrees?). Men would have never made it. It was ridiculous.

We definitely have some funny stories to tell after this trip. We had such a great time, and laughed alot. We are all 6 still catching up on rest.

Happy New Year's to all!

Christmas 2007

My aunt wanted to recreate her favorite picture of our family, I think it is from 1988. We tried....the older picture isn't too clear since it is a picture of a picture. But we gave it our best shot. I will add more Christmas pictures later! I think Joe out grew everybody in the picture...

In the back of the old picture, my Granny, Debbie, Papa Love, and my Dad and that is my brother and I in the front. We tried to stand like that in the new picture, but Joe and I covered Granny and Debbie up! :)

Team Christmas Party

We had a great time on Saturday night at my work Christmas Party. Here are a few pictures I wanted to share, hopefully more to come....we took quite a few of the entire "Team" jumping into the air....they should be funny!

Christmas Party

Bryan and I hosted our Christmas party this past Friday evening. Last year was so fun, we couldn't wait do to it again. We had a theme this year, "Ugly Christmas Sweater Party." Everybody was suppose to wear their ugliest Christmas sweater. It was hilarious. My brother's girlfriend Elizabeth won for the gals, and Bryan Williams won for the guys (he was wearing a fitted sequined vest). We also did a dirty santa exchange, with a 10 dollar limit....so everyone had to be creative. I was excited, I ended up with a bottle of Robert Mondavi, and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on DVD....I think Tyler spent over 10 dollars on that...but I was still excited! It was a fun evening with lots of our friends!

Birthdays and Babies....

First, I am so excited about Baby Annalyse Wilson! She is beautiful, and was born Thursday November 29th. Which is one day before Bryan's birthday. We drove to Batesville to meet her on Friday, and I love her already. Brandi and Zeke are doing well. I wish we lived closer, so I could see her more often! Saturday we celebrated Bryan's 30th birthday, and hung out in Little Rock. We went to the Clinton Presidential Library, and checked that out....something we both had been wanting to do. And then we ate at Benihana on Saturday night. Lots of his family and several of our friends were able to make it. We had a good time...our friends from South Carolina even flew in for the evening. This next week, we are getting ready for our Christmas party on friday night. Last year, it was SO fun, and I can't wait for Friday to get here!