A Tennessee Wedding

My mom and I had a great reunion over the weekend. We went down to Tennessee to celebrate the wedding of our former neighbors from Murray.

We moved into our house on South 17th Street in Murray, next door to the Allens, when I was in the second grade (I think). We lived there up until the time when my parents moved to Henderson during my junior year of college, which meant there were a lot of years to cultivate great friendships with our next door neighbors.

It was lucky for me that we moved next door to a family with two girls around my age: Elizabeth, 1 year older than me, and Emily, 2 years younger than me. We grew up together -- played together almost every day when we were little, celebrated all our birthdays and holidays together, and experienced some pretty big ups and downs that life through our way. The Allens became as much a part of our family as we did theirs. And although Elizabeth, Emily, and I haven't kept in close touch, we will always have those years when we ruled South 17th Street.

Elizabeth, Carol, and Emily Allen


Emily and Wesley -- married!


Mom and me!

A Long Overdue Update

No, we haven't been sitting at home idle for the last few months. I just haven't kept up on my duties as bloggess extraordinaire. So here’s what we’ve been up to since March:

G&B Celebrate 65 Years of Marriage
David, Kirk, and I flew to Florida to surprise Gigi and Boppa for their 65th wedding anniversary in early March. Dave and Connie went down for the trip as well. When we showed up on their doorstep, boy, they were in shock! We all got a good laugh about it all weekend. They had a small party at their house with some of their neighbor friends. The weather was great all weekend, and it was good to get away from Indy for a while to spend time with family.

An inspiration of love and marriage


Uh oh. Looks like trouble. This is how they party in The Villages.


Yep, trouble indeed.

Butler Heads to NCAA Championship
March Madness was quite exciting for us this year with Butler making it to the championship game. I can’t even begin to tell you how crazy it was around here. David went to the Final Four game with a fraternity brother. Then we went together to the final game. Downtown was complete mayhem. What a whirlwind for us to see our small alma mater that no one had heard of suddenly become the talk of sports fans around the country. Never been more proud to be a bulldog.

Dana Becomes a Master

I finally graduated with my MBA! Woo hoo! It’s been a long three years, and I’m relieved to be done with it. More than anything, though, I’m proud of myself for completing it. It was, at times, a hard road. I couldn’t have done it without the support (and financial intellect) of David, and the support from all my family and friends. Thank you!

Connie had a little party for me when they were here for Kirk and Laura's wedding.


The paper makes it official!

David Goes to Canada
David went to Canada for the first week in May to attend classes in preparation for the next CFA exam. He takes his level 2 exam on June 5. He’s feeling much more confident in his abilities after returning from his trip. He’s killing the practice exams, so I have complete faith that he will pass this test. Keep him in your prayers on June 5!

A Dog’s World
Nothing new to report on Chase. He has been very good about getting his allergy shots, and he’s slowly getting better. Chase and I went to Kentucky for a long weekend while David was in Canada. He loved the attention from Nanna and Granddaddy, but he was quite exhausted when we returned home.

Chase played nurse when I was sick one weekend.

Lazy dog

I don't know how that frisbee got around his waist. He's magic! Maybe he's trying out for a role as Saturn in the next "Universe" series on The History Channel.