Laura and Greg's Wedding

Laura and Greg held a small wedding ceremony in September at a small house in Riverside here in Jacksonville. Here are some of my favorites from the day...

I Can't Believe it Actually Happened

When I was 12 years old I heard the greatest band of all time. They were called The Presidents of the United States of America. They introduced me to rock music. 15 years later, no one really listens to them anymore..except nerds, and still they continue to rock. I always wanted to see them live, and never did for one reason or another and began to think I never would because they had no reason to tour.

Until now. The Presidents recently released a new album (which of course rocks your socks off) and are on tour. Last night I went to see them. I had been waiting 15 years for that to happen. Not only did I go to the show, I was given a photo pass, and was the only audience member who was allowed to have a camera. At all.

It was almost too much. My favorite band, and I'm the only one allowed to take photos. It was insane, and so was I. According to my friend Ashley and brother Sam who went with me, I was like a 12 year old girl at an N'Sync concert. And I'm fine with that.

So here you go....photos from the first three songs of the show (the standard professional rock concert limit). Photos of my favorite band ever. Photos of a dream I lived. (Interestingly enough, this also marks my 100th post in this blog.)

Before the show...






The show...

my first haunted corn maze...

...and my first regular corn maze for that matter.

earlier this month, stefanie, sam, some work friends and i went out towards gainesville for a haunted corn maze. it was stef's idea and it was a good one. turns out haunted corn mazes are a real good time.



before we even mazed it up, we enjoyed a good ol' fashion corn box.


what's a corn box? a box full of corn.








then it was time for the maze. here's the entrance. spooky spooky!


and into the darkness we went, but i wasn't scared...no matter what anyone else might say.


at first it was relaxing and everyone enjoyed a beverage.


...and that's exactly when a little kid in a skeleton masked popped out.


then came this chainsaw guy. and despite what the group may tell you, i only ran away screaming from him in order to build the atmosphere and sense of fun for everyone else.


then it was back to finding our way through the maze.


for the next thirty minutes, life consisted of walking calmly through the dark, stopping often to decide which path to follow.


towards the end, we encountered another chainsaw guy. sam was most definitely scared and crying for his mama. but me...i wasn't scared. at all. really.


finally we made it out, unchainsawed and and spirits unhaunted and intact.










then it was time for the haunted hay ride. which also i wasn't scared of.


it was basically the seven of us and a bunch of high school kids trying to cop a feel and make out when no one was looking.


then some scary stuff happened.




and then this guy jumped on board. i started screaming that he was using a real sword, and it sounded like i was scared...but again, i was just trying to build the atmosphere for everyone else. (and i have no idea what sam is doing back there.)


after that it was time to jump into the hay pile.


definitely a great night.