There was a game in Boston? I thought I was there for the Cannoli!

Over Halloween weekend I traveled to Boston to host an event for Young Alumni the night before the Clemson vs. Boston College game. While the game didn't turn out like we had hoped, I had a great weekend. Below is a recap with pictures from my weekend away.

Thursday night we went to dinner with a big group and had amazing food. I got pumpkin ravioli (it was heaven).

The first full day we met with the fundraisers at Boston College. I loved getting the chance to meet people at other schools who are doing the same thing I do and to see how they run the show up there. They showed us around their athletic facilities and drove us over to Harvard. Over at Harvard we toured the beautiful campus. I think I felt smarter just being there (just kidding)! The picture below is on Boston College's campus.

Friday night we hosted our event at the Black Rose near Quincy Market. It was a great Irish bar and we had the entire upstairs. We were so nervous that no one was going to show up and we ended up having around 350-400 people come through the doors throughout the entire night. The event was a huge success and it was great to be surrounded by so many Tiger fans so far away from home!

Saturday we attended the Clemson game and came away with a lose. It was a rough game to watch in the stands especially when it was FREEZING and the wind was blowing hard!

Saturday night Elizabeth, Kimberly and I went around Boston to do a little shopping, dinner and then a late night stop at Modern Pastries to try a cannoli. We heard about them the entire weekend and they did not dissappoint! I suggest Modern Pastries if you are even in Boston!

Guest Bathroom Complete!

We finally completed the guest bathroom awhile ago and I am just now getting to posting pictures. The first thing we did was paint the bathroom but after we painted we weren't too sure if we liked the color or not but once we put the finishing touches on the bathroom, we decided to keep the color. Below are a few pictures of the finished product. At the bottom I will also list where we got everything for anyone who is wondering.

The first picture I had to include because Zoey wanted to have her picture taken and I think she is pretty cute!

Where we got everything:

Shower Curtain- Target

Shower Rod- Target

Towels- Target

Bath Mat- Target

Framed Shell Pictures- Home Goods

Glass Containers- Home Goods

Shell- Colin's Mom

The only think that we are missing that I want to find is a small lamp to put on the counter and to change the hard ware on the drawers to match the colors in the room.

Paris Mountain State Park Hike

Colin and I actually had a Sunday were we both were off and it was a beautiful day so we decided we wanted to do some sort of outdoor activity. We had heard about Paris Mountain State Park just outside of Greenville and decided to check it out. When we got there we decided to visit the welcome center so that we could decide which trail to hike. Neither of us had any idea which trail to pick so we decided to go for the longest trail (we also thought we could get a workout while enjoying the outdoors). We hiked the the Sulphur Springs trail which was 3.5 miles. It had a note that it was easy to difficult, which we thought it couldn't be that bad. Click here to see the trail map, it was the yellow trail. We were surprised that the trail did indeed get difficult. It was VERY narrow/steep in parts and was a great cardio workout. For awhile we thought we would bring Bella back to walk the trail with us but once we got to the harder parts, we decided against bringing Bella on that trail. We decided that we want to go back and try a few of the other trails sometime. It was a nice Sunday doing something with Colin that we don't normally do. Below are some pictures from our hike.

Shutterfly Christmas Cards

I've used Shutterfly a few times for various thing, but not photo cards. We just started to do a photo Christmas card last year and I was so last minute that I had to do 1 hour service somewhere just to get the cards sent out in time. This year I have been planning so that I can have plenty of time because I had already decided that I wanted to order my Christmas cards off Shutterfly.There are so many Christmas cards to choose from but below are a few of my favorites. I have no idea which one to choose so I guess I will just have to wait until we take a few pictures at Thanksgiving.

I love how the focus of this card it the picture and that it has the traditional Christmas colors of red and green.

I think the text of Peace, Love and Joy is super cute on this card!

We don't have children yet but I still think this card would be perfect to put pictures of our "furry" children. We have 3 cats and a dog so this card has the perfect amount of pictures to showcase our family!

This card is perfect for those who like to include a

Christmas letter with their card. They can

do it all on the card, I think it's a great idea!

Click here to see all the different options there are for Christmas cards this year!

http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery

I have used Shutterfly for creating photo books and they have always come out great. They are a perfect gift for the holidays! For information about photobooks, here click .

I can't wait to create our Christmas card from Shutterfly! I also can't wait to get everyone's Christmas cards in the mail...make sure I am on your Christmas card list!!

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A Celebration for Emma Claire and her Mommy!

Several weekends ago ( I know I am behind in posting again) I co-hosted a baby shower for Kari (my friend from my office). I co-hosted with another one of Kari's friends, Charli. Charli did a great job hosting and even made little chocolate bottle suckers, so cute! We had an ice cream sundae party. It was great and everyone seemed to love it. I have to admit I stole that idea from Kate's (Our Sweeten'd Life) baby shower. I just thought it was the cutest idea and Kari has been craving ice cream, so it was perfect! We had a great time and Kari looked amazing for only having about 2 months left in her pregnancy. Kari got some great presents for Emma Claire from family and friends. I am attending another shower for Kari next weekend and all I can say is little Emma is going to be one spoiled little girl. Below are some pictures from the shower!

Love you Kari and can't wait to meet baby Emma!