Welcome to the World Emma Grace

This past weekend was jammed packed with fun stuff...the GymDogs winning their 4th consecutive national championship and the Twilight Bike Race (photos to come soon!). However, the best part of the weekend (for me anyways) was going to visit Alan's new niece, Emma Grace. Congratulations Jennifer and Jeremy! She is absolutely beautiful. Here are a few pictures I got while she was sleeping.

My next dog...

I was browsing the BBC News website today and was checking out the "Day in Pictures" section, and this (click to the 3rd) picture made me crack up! I think the next dog I get needs to be this kind, because how could you have a bad day when you have a dog that looks like that?

It's Almost Summer

Well, it has been a while since I have posted. Life has been more than hectic lately with the end of the school year coming quickly. I am looking forward to the rest of the week, I only wish I didn't have to fit in studying with all the fun events going on. Athens is hosting the NCAA National Gymnastics Championships, which starts tomorrow! I am excited to cheer on our GymDogs to their 4th Consecutive National Championship! GO DAWGS! This weekend is also the Criterium bike race in downtown Athens, also known as Twilight. The races are at night which makes for a great atmosphere to watch the race and hang out downtown. The end of my semester is definitely going to be far from boring....hopefully finals will go well and summer will come quickly!

This past weekend was the Ballroom Dance Club formal. Alan doesn't like to take pictures, or should I say, he likes to do weird things in pictures.


Finally, after many tries, we get a decent picture!

Who doesn't love a man in a tuxedo?
Is that James Bond?..oh wait, it's Alan :)

Spring has Sprung (hopefully)

Well, it seems as though the weather has been less than predictable this year. One day it's beautiful, the next far from it. I captured this photo yesterday and realized that (hopefully) spring is here to stay, even if Mother Nature proves me wrong this picture made me happy for a few days! While the title of my blog is "the little joys in life," (and I don't always post on the "little joys"...well I guess anything can be a joy depending on how you look at it) I thought I would post this picture, because I think flowers can be one of those "little joys." Colorful, cheerful, beautiful nature ...well enough talking about the beautiful weather, since it's currently gorgeous outside I am going out to enjoy it, for it may be gone soon!

What could be better...

than Georgia Football and Braves baseball in one weekend?...the answer is, very little. The spring football game, aka "G-Day" was on Saturday. Even though the weather was far from beautiful or springlike, the game was still fun! It pretty much rained the entire day, but it was still great to see the boys back out on the field, and we have some really talented new guys that I'm looking forward to watching in the fall. GO DAWGS!! Then, Alan and I went to the Braves game for his birthday yesterday. It was John Smoltz's season debut and we beat the New York Mets 3-1! I love this time of year...baseball, beautiful weather, and the end of the school year, hopefully the beautiful weather will come along soon...I'm keeping my fingers crossed!!

GO DAWGS!!!

Alan got this shot of the helicopter over Turner Field...I really like it

Dance Athens on Tour

This past Saturday I spent the entire day...literally my ENTIRE day at Woodstock High School for Dance Athens on Tour. I woke up at 6:30 in the morning and did not get back to Athens until almost midnight. It was a long day..and that's an understatement!! Even though I only danced for one piece, it was still fun. Here are some pictures from the day....

Here, the DanceFX girls rehearse for one of their pieces.

Alan passed the time playing on his new computer.

Alan and I are about to go on for "Daisy in December."

Spring Break...okay, it was a couple of weeks ago

So, I created this blog a couple of months ago and have yet to be motivated to start "blogging." I don't know why I decided to start it now, with so much school work to do. I guess I figured it was a good way to procrastinate as well as post some pictures from my week at the beach....The most wonderful beach ever. Cape San Blas, Florida is where I spent my last Spring Break as a college student :( It was relaxing and wonderful, we pretty much had the beach to ourselves. Very different from any typical "college spring break" that's for sure!



We took some fireworks with us and the sparkler made for one of my favorite pictures from the week!


I could not forget our four legged friend that joined us at the beach. This is Alan's dog Mabel who was a big hit with everyone on the trip..wait..everyone on the entire beach loved her.