just a little update

random assortment of pictures and update since engagement! sorry I'm so slack...

Bailey's in love with his new 4-wheeler and wanted a picture on it. (p.s. this is what we did while waiting for sweet MK's arrival :D)

and here she is! sweet Millicent Katherine Garner

what a sweet big brother!

already has Uncle bailey (along with every other family member) wrapped around her tiny little finger.

proud uncle and almost aunt! :D

Uncle, aunt, and almost aunt!

Every year some friend's of ours have a huge fall party at their tree farm in Hartwell. we always go up early to help set up and decorate..which includes painting hay bale pumpkins. :)

Our whole group of friends from college that go!

it's sort of a tradition :)

meet Cooper :)

such a cute ball of fur!

Cooper and his bff milo

back at the farm for a fun weekend of guns and four-wheelers.

yeah, i shot it. on the first try (along with all the other girls!) did any of the guys besides austin get it the first time? nope. :D

Happy (surprise) Birthday Pepa!

there was a good chance, that after planning this party, I'd be disowned from the family since Pepa hates surprises so much. But judging from this picture..it looks like I'm still getting my Christmas present ;)

Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean with some of my favorites!

Yeah, we met Luke Bryan's mom. Luke has a voicemail from all of us. We talked to his bus driver. We've seen pictures of his babies (which i'm still in denial about), and have pictures of Luke's baby pictures. basically, we're bffs.

the concert crew ;)

Day: I don't really know, but I'm engaged so I don't care.

bailey and i spent an unassuming weekend in nashville with addie a couple weeks ago (10.8-10.10). we had a great time hanging out with addie, and seeing my bff taylor swift and dolly parton in concert!

enjoying our old fashion sodas while waiting for 2 hours to eat at LOVELESS! but so worth the wait. :)

so artsy fartsy.

you guys realize we didn't get any of the 3 of us together? boo.

yeah...there was a lot of time to take pictures.

before seeing my bff.

dolllllllllly! i probably shouldn't say this on here - since grandparents are probably reading this. but i envy her big perky boobs. and wonderfully teased hair.

TAYLOR SWIFT!! who's cd, by the way, is awesome. :D

so excited to almost be engaged. except i had no clue i was spending my last few minutes as a girlfriend. :D

this is "the picture". for those who haven't heard the story (which i think all have), here we go. bailey and i took what i thought was one last picture before leaving nashville. he made me stand in front of him to take a picture (which we never do) - and leave it to me to get frustrated with him because my arms weren't long enough to get us both in the picture and he wouldn't help me. come to find out, he wouldn't do it because he had a RING in his hand. :) if you look closely you can see it in the bottom of my right lens (its the one on the left). i'm not sure how i held onto my camera - but i turned around and almost strangled the poor boy. haha. after a few "aren't you supposed to ask me somethings", a couple of "well give me your finger", and a ton of squeals and happy tears... :D

so happy to be engaged to my best friend.

our first "engaged picture"

we spent 3 out of 4 hours on the ride home on the phone with all our family and friends. :)

mushy? yes. but i'm engaged, in love, and quite frankly - don't care.

who knew we'd be legit future sisters-in-law by the end of the weekend? well..i guess you and bailey. :) and if you look at the card - it says "the future mrs. bailey garner"

i know i've found the one God has chosen for me. it's so crazy. i was one of those girls who had her wedding planned when she was 12. it's always been fun to dream and plan, but i'm not supposed to be old enough to be talking dresses, venues, and flowers. bailey had to ban me from wedding magazines and websites less than 24 hours after he proposed because i was so obsessed. so now we're taking it one day at a time and trying to finish school, which isn't nearly as fun. i'm so excited to close this chapter of my life, and begin the next chapter with my best friend and FIANCE! :D

Day 64: if jimmy cracked corn and no one cares...

..then why is there a song about it?

daddy, mama, bailey, and i shucked 300 - yes, THREE HUNDRED ears of corn. i would be ok if i never saw another ear of corn again. i probably wouldn't cry.

this was the bed of daddy's truck after about 75% of it had already been shucked.

bailey shucking away.

ugh.

the silting or silking or whatever table.

Day 63: Father's Day!

i love my daddy..

..and my mama.

i love this guy too..when he's not being a pain.

and i kinda like this one.

Day 62: I'm baaaaaa-aaaack!!

So i've been a huge let down. I know. and i won't say i'm sorry cause that doesn't really change anything. but i'm sorry? haha. but here's the deal. it would obviously take me a LONG time to update 2 months worth of pictures. that's like 60 something entries. so the next few will just be highlights of the past bit of my summer. note that in june, my life consisted of work, school, homework, project, (squeeze in a little sleep here), work, school, homework, project, and so on, so there aren't a whole lot of pictures.

well, lets begin.

The weekend of June 18, Bailey's brother and his family spent the night at his parent's house. we went out to red robin for supper, and then came back for a swim in the not-so-cool pool.

Tobie!

choo choo!

harrison loves his uncle bailey. and i'm pretty sure the feeling's mutual ;)

how can you not love this kid?

please don't hate me..

june has gotten the best of me because of school, but i promise i didn't just get lazy. i've barely had time to breathe, much less post a blog. but i have taken pictures most days, so if you'll bare with me, i'll get my to my regularly scheduled postings soon. :)

Day 61: nap time interrupted.

i've said it before, i'll say it again. sundays are for church and napping. well, today, my nap was interrupted. but i must say, it was a welcomed interruption. bailey had planned on coming to church with me sunday night, then we were going to watch toy story 2 in preparation for the third coming out soon. he surprised me and came out to the house earlier in the afternoon. i'm pretty sure he's getting tired of me asking him to take pictures with me, but oh well. :)

boo for a swollen eye

but yay for surprise visit! :)