2009 Favorites

The year in pictures....

January 2009-
Ice Storm, Farmington, AR

"The Villa" at Chateau Aux Arc- Altus, AR

February 2009-

Horse Races with Jami, Greg and Linda, Hot Springs, AR

Family picture after church, Bryant, AR

March 2009
Horse races again- the weekend of my stomach bug.bleck. Hot Springs, AR

April 2009-
Linda's Graduation, St. Louis, MO

Mariellen, Erin and I, Nashville, TN

May 2009-
Aunt's and I at Eddie Haskell's Rogers, AR

June 2009-
"Friday night Mexican" Fayetteville, AR

Kati's birthday weekend and new hats for Lindsey's wedding, Kansas City, MO

July 2009-

The Love Family- Oksaloosa Island, FL

Lindsey's Wedding, Cancun, MX

"crazy eyes" The night we sported fake eyelashes-
Elizabeth's Bachelorette Party, Fort Smith, AR

August 2009-
Casey and Monica's Wedding- Mt. Magazine St. Park, Paris, AR

September 2009-
My bachelorette party, I love these girls- Nashville, TN

Riley's 2nd Birthday Party, Bradford, AR

October 2009-
Hadleigh's 1st Birthday, Fort Smith, AR

Wedding Party, October 17th- St. Catherine's at Bell Gable, Fayetteville, AR

November 2009-
Hadleigh at Thanksgiving, Ma's House, Cane Hill, AR

Riley at Cracker Barrel, Branson, MO

December 2009-

Debbie's 50th Birthday Party, Benton, AR

Snow in Central Park, New York City

I included the location of each picture because I feel like I have been all over the place this past year. And I have, and loved almost every minute of it! I am really excited for 2010!

Christmas Party

\We had our Christmas party last night! It was so fun. We have such a fun group of friends. We did a theme this year, and everybody was suppose to wear a Christmas hat! We voted on the best girls/guy hats and the BULLINGTON'S WON! :) Kati's hat was insanely good, and so was Johnny's...they won by a long shot. The rest of us just thought we were going to stand a chance.

My sweet girl said her aunt's name for the first time at he party! :)
Bryan made my hat and I made his...:)
Lindsey and Bryan, A to Z special hats! I love it. It's like a glittery Christmas ornament and then a Charlie Brown tree on Bryan's head...:)

Liz and Hadleigh's matching hats! So cute! :)
Kortney and James, Kortney didn't have a hat...so she borrowed Lindsey's! :)
Kristy brought John Lleyton by before the party got started to visit, he's just getting so big and even more handsome!!!! I think he might have been in Christmas overload at my house. He and Hadleigh hadn't seen each other since Hadleigh was a month old...my how they have changed! :)

Casey and Monica came from Fort Smith!
Leslie and Brice, of course her hats were so cute!
Sarah and Jessie, mistletoe hat and a reindeer! :)
Matt and Tiphany, Matt really went wild with those ornaments...and Tiphany was Mickey Mouse Christmas! :)

And saving the WINNERS and best for last:

Santa and his Sleigh and Kati's full blown gingerbread house in which she glued every single thing onto it herself!

I like the action shot! :)

Now I am going to start thinking up the theme for next year! :)

The best day!

Our wedding day was pretty close to perfect. I try not to over use the word perfect, because hardly anything really is....but October 17th was exactly what Bryan and I wanted. A day filled with our family and friends, a small ceremony that was short and sweet followed by a fun reception with lots of music, family, friends and dancing!

I was surprisingly calm all day. The girls and I along with my mom and Bryan's mom got our hair and makeup done and spent the day together. I wasn't sure how my nerves would be running, but I was so ready to get the show on the road I was just excited all day long. During the months leading up to the wedding I could tear up just thinking about my wedding day or hearing a certain song. So the actual day of I did great. I managed to read a card from Bryan, a card from my future mother in law and see my groom and my dad all with out losing it. I was proud!

My little love!

I did get nervous on the ride to the ceremony.....but I am guessing nervousness was to be expected. On the way to the ceremony as we were turning onto the interestate I had the window down getting some air and I saw a HUGE piece of metal fall off the truck in front of us (it looked like an important part) and our limo ran right OVER it. I am pretty sure everyone was wondering what we just hit. I started cracking up because I just knew we would have a flat tire on the way to the ceremony...but suprisingly we made it to the ceremony with air in all four tires.

Limo ride

I waited for Bryan inside the chapel and we saw each other before the ceremony and did pictures. I really can NOT remember if our photographer was in there with us...or if we were alone...or if she took pictures. I just have no idea, I just mainly remember his face and how handsome he looked....and focusing on not crying.

Standing outside the chapel with my dad and watching everybody take their places was a great feeling. We really had so much help the day of our wedding. Everybody was wonderful...our friends videoing the ceremony, to my sweet friends going early to get the reception ready to go and helping with my guestbook, to my bridesmaids putting up all the candles at the ceremony...to Lindsey taking over for the wedding coordinator at the chapel because she wasn't really doing things the way I had asked her. It was wonderful! I can't even thank everyone who helped, all the little things everybody did.....I was just so overwhelmed and I know I don't even know who all did what....THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

My Loves!!

Our reception starting at 6:30 and I am pretty sure Bryan and I got there just a few minutes after it started...I know we even beat many of the guests. But I knew the evening would go by so fast...I wanted to get in there so I could make it last as long as possible.

my handsome handsome husband!

I love this picture. We took this the night before the wedding...sweet Hadleigh and Riley!

My girl is ONE!

My girl is one year old!
Us last year on her birthday! Sweet baby!

Hadleigh and Gammaw
Hadleigh and Grandad
Yummy caramel apples!
Joe, Had and Liz!
The excited face, she loved the cake!

She likes her present!: )

Hadleigh turned one last Friday and we had her pink and zebra striped themed birthday party on Saturday afternoon at my brother and sister-in-laws house on the back deck! It was so nice, the weather was perfect! She was really into the presents and would make a surprised faced and act excited over each one! She is also walking a few steps at a time before going back to crawling again. I got her some sweet cowboy boots and another pair of shoes that squeak. Elizabeth has reported she is now stomping around in them and walking all over the place. Amazing what some squeakers will do! :) I love my niece!

Last year while I was sitting at St. Edwards all day waiting on the sweetest baby in the world to arrive...I remember thinking exactly one year from then would be my wedding! The year FLEW by! We are exactly 10 days away and Bryan and I are both so excited. I can't wait to marry my love.