twinsies.

last night our house hosted the first dance party of the school year. it was a huge success and we've already had requests for another one. we cleared out our basement and opened up part of the laundry room, which turned into the VIP dance room, and set the DJ set up shop down there. surprisingly, the basement held quite a few people, especially since everyone stuck to paige's "one tile per person rule". to spice things up a bit, we made it a themed party - twins. our house made tees that said "she's my twin <--->" (an obvious last minute decision), the other girl's house dressed up as cheerleaders, and the default for most of the guys were matching jerseys. being wheaton and all, we were a little concerned that we would get noise complaints from the neighbors, even though our landlord who lives in our backyard hosts parties all the time. when the tiki torches are lit, we know its party time. but we made the night free of any calls or visits from cranky neighbors. an overall success.

hecklers.

yesterday a few friends and myself road tripped to platteville, wisconsin to watch the football team play uw-plateville. a town literally in the middle of corn fields. there aren't even highways to get you to this place, all back roads. which definitely makes for the best kind of road trip. a three hour drive quickly turned into a 4 hour drive because as women we have to stop every half hour for a restroom/coffee break or a photo opp in some quaint town along the way. jess, obsessed with her new-found love of instagram, took pictures of every possible person/place/thing on the trip. my personal fave was the picture morgan took of the rest of us at the wisconsin border sign from literally 100 yards away. good thing the zoom quality is so clear.it was definitely worth the trip. it turned out to be a great game and as predicted a huge thunder storm hit platteville as wheaton defeated the pioneers 23-14 (for all of you non-wheatoners, that was my attempt at a really lame joke to use our mascot as figuratively as possible). i felt like a proud parent watching one of my sons out there playin. i found myself cheerin and jumpin out of my seat like it was second nature.

home is where the heart is...

...and mine will always be in the south.

 "The South.... The place where... 1. Tea is sweet and accents are sweeter. 2. Summer starts in April. 3. Macaroni & Cheese is a vegetable. 4. Front porches are wide and words are long. 5. Pecan pie is a staple. 6. Y'all is the only proper noun. 7. Chicken is friend and biscuits come with gravy. 8. Everything is Darlin' 9. Someone's heart is always being blessed."


can i get an amen?!

Wheaton Happenings

so much has already happened in the 3 weeks that i have been here. first, i absolutely love my classes (i had to get the nerdy comment out of the way). i only have 3 classes so i am cruising through so far. all of my profs are amazing and the classes are so interesting. i guess that means i was meant to be an education major..? volleyball has been awesome like always. i like being the oldest on the team..even though i still dont feel old enough. i pull the "seniority" card a lot - van rides, beds in hotel rooms, etc. i love all of the new players (as well as the returners). we just got back from hotlanta where we owned. we accomplished one of our goals of beating a national ranked team! it was awesome. i got to see my parents and nicole and maw maw and paw paw (we missed you breezy!)...teresa made tons of food like always - her famous banana nut bread and this new trail mix from southern living. like every volleyball team i have been on, we can eat just about anything and we have appetites larger than a football team. good thing we wear spandex, huh? needless to say we ate good all weekend long. i love both of our new assistant coaches...coach hindeman and coach smith...commonly referred to as hiney and ash but only when we are celebrating. i bought myself the new southern living magazine for the airplane...definitely worth the $5. i only have one more year to bring the south to wheaton.