Sneak Peek!!

Today pug and I headed to my Mom's studio to take a new Christmas photo for the cards that will be inserted inside everyone's handmade cards!!! I think it turned out just wonderful!!!

They are going to the chapel…

Chad finally popped the question to his long time girlfriend Nicole!!! On Sunday they traveled to Atlanta to tour the Coca-Cola factory. After the tour they walked through Centennial Park and he proposed!!!

The AMAZING ring!!!

The girls grabbed some food, cake, and balloons and threw an impromptu engagement party while they were on their way back from Atlanta!!

Nicole & her friend Emily sharing a little excitement!!!

Congratulations you two!!! I am so happy for you guys and the new journey you are beginning!!! :)

Dave Matthews Concert

Last Tuesday we all headed up to Buckhead to see my brother and attend the DMB concert!!! It was so much fun and such a great concert! The concert was at Phillips Arena in downtown Atlanta.

Dave Matthews got things started with a surprising choice of opener in “Spaceman.” It was the first time the song had been played as an opener and it set the tone for a really random night.

Trombone Shorty, the opening act, came out to guest on “What Would You Say” and it was amazing!!

The encore was amazing!!! Dave did a solo performance of Neil Young’s “The Needle and the Damage Done,” which he dedicated to Leroi Moore. Leroi was the saxophonist for the band since their beginning until his death in August of 2008. He finished with Last Stop which quite frankly rocked!!

The Aultman kids and the most awesome Aimee!!

Chase was doing his “fake” smile, haha, I still think it is adorable!! He hates taking pictures!!!

Set list for the Atlanta show:
Spaceman
Pig
Grey Street
Seven
Say Goodbye
Shake Me Like a Monkey
Stay or Leave
Rhyme & Reason
Funny the Way It Is
Everyday
Blackjack
What Would You Say
Pantala Naga Pampa
Rapunzel
What You Are
Time Bomb
Christmas Song
You & Me
Jimi Thing
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Encore!!!!
The Needle and the Damage Done
The Last Stop

Too funny not to post!!!

Why Parents Drink

A father passing by his son's bedroom was astonished to see that his bed was nicely made and everything was picked up. Then he saw an Envelope, propped up prominently on the pillow that was
addressed to 'Dad.' With the worst premonition he opened the envelope with trembling hands and read the letter.

Dear Dad:

It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm writing you. I
had to elope with my new girlfriend because I wanted to avoid
a scene with Mom and you.
I have been finding real passion with Stacy and she is so
nice.
But I knew you would not approve of her because of all her
piercing, tattoos, tight motorcycle clothes and the fact that
she is much older than I am. But it' s not only the
passion...Dad she's pregnant.
Stacy said that we will be very happy.
She owns a trailer in the woods and has a stack of firewood
for the whole winter. We share a dream of having many more
children..
Stacy has opened my eyes to the fact that marijuana doesn't
really hurt anyone.
We'll be growing it for ourselves and trading it with the
other people that live nearby for cocaine and ecstasy.
In the meantime we will pray that science will find a cure
for AIDS so Stacy can get better. She deserves it.
Don't worry Dad. I'm 15 and I know how to take care of myself.
Someday I'm sure that we will be back to visit so that you can
get to know your grandchildren.

Love,

Your Son John



PS. Dad, none of the above is true. I'm over
at Tommy 's house.

I Just wanted to remind you that there are
worse things in life than a Report card That's in my center
desk drawer.

I love you.

Call me when it's safe to come home...

Shenanigans

After Nicole’s birthday celebration we headed downtown for a little early celebrating of Nolte’s birthday at Nana Funks!!

On Saturday we headed over to Chase’s brother’s house to watch the Alabama game and then we played wii!!! It was my very first time playing and turns out, I am not that great at bowling! I still had a ball hanging out with everyone and testing out my competitive bowling skills! Chase and Chad took the wii for a spin playing bowling, baseball and boxing.

 

Wii Baseball

Wii Boxing

 

Chris, Anna and Tanner

Mr. Biggs got to meet Tanner, who is Nicole’s pup and I am not so sure he was very happy with me after a full evening of playtime!  

Nicole’s Birthday!!

Nicole’s birthday is tomorrow November 15th but we did a little early celebrating!! Nicole is the girlfriend of Chad, one of Chase’s brothers. She is such a sweetheart and a joy to be around!! So to celebrate her birthday we all got together for dinner and birthday cake to celebrate this little ray of sunshine!!

  Craig & Sara and Chad & Nicole

 

The birthday girl opening all her presents! She got this auburn blanket from Chase’s Mom and we got her these earrings and wallet!

 

The birthday girl and me! :)

 

Sara playing with Baby Girl

 

Chase and his sweet mother

Chase and me

Christmas Village!!

Nicole had the wonderful idea to get the girls together for an afternoon of shopping and girl talk!! We all met at my apartment and headed downtown to the BJCC for the Christmas Village.     

The Christmas Village is a huge shopping mart set up inside two rooms at the BJCC. Everything is handmade or custom made. They had some really interesting and unique gifts. I only ended up buying two things!! A Christmas collar and an ornament for the biggler!!

       

After a full three hours of shopping we decided we had worked up an appetite and needed a little Superior Grill!! It was so much fun just having all the girls together talking about all the boys over some yummy Mexican food!! :)This was also the first time Chase’s mom and my mom got to meet!! I knew they would get along like two peas in a pod and sure enough they hit it off right from the beginning!!

Yay for Nicole and her idea to head to the Christmas Village! It was an awesome afternoon with some amazing women!! :)

Halloween 2010!!

 

Halloween was so much fun this year! It started with Chase and I meeting my cousin at my parent’s house.

After a few photos, we grabbed  Dad and headed next door for the neighborhood block party! They had food and drinks along with an awesome band; but most importantly, the haunted house they build each year. To say the least, I was impressed!!

   Mom was a gypsy and the final stop in the haunted house’s trail!!

If you haven’t noticed by now, I was a cheerleader and Chase was a nerd. (I think he makes quite the adorable nerd if you ask me!!!)

After finishing up the block party we headed downtown to Nana Funk’s with my cousin Mary and her friend Jenny!!

After Nana Funks we met up with some of Chase’s friends and family! We had a great time dancing and getting to see all the great costumes!

  

All in all Halloween was a total blast and I very much enjoyed getting to see all our friends and everyone in their costumes!!

Atrox

Well I suppose I didn’t get my fill at Sloss Furnace so to make my Halloween spirit grow, I went with my roommate and our friend Will to Atrox. It was super scary! I think it was way worse than Sloss but they did have an entire room devoted to clowns so you can understand my thinking!!Catherine didn’t believe he was a real cop!!! How you sleep a factory of sheer terror is beyond me, but we found someone who was!!!   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With our FREE tokens to get in!! Will got us free VIP passes so we skipped straight to the front of the line!!!

After Atrox! We all made it out alive!! :)