The Butlers

It's a BOY!

2010-06-14T14:38:00.003-07:00

Baby Butler is Baby Boy Butler. We are planning on naming him William Bowlin Butler, III and calling him Bowlin. We are very thrilled! November 18th can not get here fast enough!

So, I have really fallen behind......

2010-04-13T14:38:00.000-07:00

I know that I have NOT been doing to good on the blogging (ok awful on the blogging). BUT, I have big news that I think I should defiantly blog about! Coco, Lucy, and Lola are going to be big sisters in Nov! We are so very excited. I went for my 8 weight check up and sonogram yesterday and Baby Butler looks good!

The Tshirts are how they told their daddy the BIG news!

Lately...........

2009-08-25T13:11:00.000-07:00

This has been one busy summer. Since the last time I posted we have done a lot.

We spent 4th of July at Pickwick w/ our friends Gere, Mollie Walker, Parker, Libbie, and their daughter Hadley. We also got to visit w/ JH and Ellis Fisher for the day on Saturday. It is always so good to see them.

Bo and Hadley the 4th of July

We also got one of the below bad boys. Oh it is so fun. Any gaps in the time from last time I posted until now that is not included in this blog we have spent 'floating'. They had one of these at Pickwick the 4th at the McLemores so we had to get one for Wildwood.

Bo enjoying the float

We went to Oxford for a Stock the Bar Shower for Jay and Lindsay. That was so fun. I really enjoy Oxford these days. (never thought I would say that)

The Corinth girls at the party

I guess I was feeling bad for spending time in Oxford, so the next weekend I went to stay w/ my MOH in Starkville. We had a great time. I got to hit all my fav eating spots. Bo was in NOLA on Jay's bachelor party. My guess is we are glad there are no pictures to share from that event.

Rockbottm w/ my sisters. Do we look alike?

Two weeks before school started back me and MKB had some of our favorite girls out for a slumber party. (Well Spencer and Bailey came too, but they had to go home before the slumber party started) We had so much fun. 5 girls spent the night.

Aren't the precious? Kelsey and Katie Beth Fulgum; Lizzie Lee, and Mimi Williams

On the float during the day

I feel like I don't mention my precious children on here enough. I snapped this pict in my friend Mary Elizabeth's car. You know they don't know they are D-O-G-S. So Lucy thought the car seat was for her. Who else would it be for?

Isn't she adorable?

Hank had a birthday. Kayla and I made him a HOMEMADE birthday cake. But, he said "Everyone else gets cake lady cakes". I thought I might hurt him.

Happy Bday Hank!

We went to the Kidney Classic. Bo played w/ Carson Butler. They made the championship flight. Dr. Zarr and the Funk Monsters played Saturday night. They are always so much fun.

Bo and I taking a break from dancing

LouAnne, me, MKB and Kayla

One of the major highlites of the last two months has been Jay and Lyndsay Shipp's wedding. We had SO much fun. The rehersal dinner and party was at the University Club downtown Jackons. The wedding was at FBC Jackson and the reception was at Jackson Country Club. Lyndsay looked beautiful. But, I didn't get any picts of the bride and groom.

Lauren and I at the rehearsal party

Bo and I at the wedding

Andy and I at the wedding

This past weekend was a golf tournament for Mike Guare. It was so much fun. Marcia, Mikey and Mandi did an awsome job of putting it together. Bo played w/ Mikey, John and Bob. They didn't score well, but they had fun (that is all that matters).

Bo and John getting ready to play

The whole team

Party at the Cafe after the tourney

Oh yes and we got a new niece. Her name is Olive. She is from the Corinth Alcorn Co Humane Society. If you are thinking you want a new dog PLEASE go there first. They are some great dogs out there that need good homes.

She is some kind of cute

Morgan is hitched!

2009-07-13T14:03:00.000-07:00

Morgan and David are now Morgan and David Myrick. Isn't that an adorable name Morgan Myrick! They were hitched 6/27/09 in Hot Springs, AR. This worked to my advantage bc my Aunt JJ is from Hot Springs so I got to spend time with her as well as friends from college. Me, Bo, and Mom went on Thursday night. Me, Mom, Bo, and JJ went to dinner at a delecious hole in the wall restaurant called Jason's. It was YUM! Then Bo and I headed downtown to meet everyone else to go out. We went to a couple of different bars. But, my first and most fav was Capones. It was pretty cool, and we were some of the only people there. It was so good to be out with my college roomies and friends!

Me, Morgan, Christi, Mary Frances, and Katy @ Capones

Friday at Lunch Brenda (Morgan's mom) took us to lunch. We ate a place called the Brickhouse Grill and it was delecious too! Brenda always took care of us in college. When she would come in town she would take us all to eat, cook for us, and stock our fridge full of groceries. We loved it when Brenda and Big Dave would make a visit to Starkville. The below picture is all the bridesmaids (minus Meg), Morgan's sister-in-law Sarah, and Brenda.

Bridesmaid Luncheon

The rehearsal dinner was at Cajun Boilers, it was also YUM. (If you can't tell I pretty much ate ALL weekend). It was a really cool place and we had the whole back patio to us. My Mom, JJ, and some of JJ's friends were also eating there, and ended up sitting right by us but inside. Note my cute dress JJ bought for me.

Bo and I at the rehearsal dinner

Bridesmaids + Sarah at the rehearsal dinner

Ok, so as soon as I found out Bo and I would be traveling to Hot Springs I started telling him about 'The Duck'. Like I said my JJ lives there, so I have always been amazed my 'The Duck'. 'The Duck' is an amphibian vehicle. It rides you around on a tour on land and then just cruises off into the water and becomes a boat. I mean it is so cool. They were made for a war, and now are used for this. When I was little and Mom and I would go stay w/ JJ I would beg and beg for them to take me to ride 'The Duck', but they never would. Finally the first time Kenny went to Hot Springs w/ us he was kind enough to take me on a duck ride. But, I was really small and have wanted to go again since, and again no one would accompany me on 'The Duck'. So I found the wedding weekend the perfect opportunity for me again to ride 'The Duck' with Bo in tact. So then we get there and I realize that I can pawn the excitment of 'The Duck' off on Camden (my best friend Christi's 4 year old son) so I don't seem so ummmm pathetic or whatever. So that became the plan "Camden just HAD to ride 'The Duck'" and it worked. Saturday Bo, me, Camden, Christi, and Jeremey went for a 'Duck' ride. So so fun. I don't think Camden cared much about it, but I had a great time (HA).

Camden and I aboard 'The Duck'

Oh, yeah we were in Hot Springs for a wedding and not a 'Duck' ride. Sorry for the side track. I so wish I had gotten pictures of the chapel. It was so beautiful. All wood and glass, and it was in the woods. So Morgan and David! Then they rode a boat over to the reception from the wedding site which was Garvin Gardens. The Hamiltion House was the reception site, which you rode by and they told you about on 'The Duck'. It was such a cool place for a reception. We had a really fun weekend! Congrats to Morgan and David!!!!

The Bridesmaids and the Bride

Bo and Camden had a big time dancing at the recepiton

St. Louis

2009-07-13T13:17:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I know I promised the posts last week, but I am just now getting to it. So Bo and I went June 18-21 to St. Louis for a mini vacation. Due to all the weddings and wedding festivites that we have had this spring and summer we opted for a smaller vacation this summer. We just went to St. Louis for the weekend. So glad we did! It is a really cool city.

We left Thursday morning. Our first stop was in Sikeston, MO at Lamberts. So you have to understand Bo has been building me up for this. (I think this is really the only reason he was even wanting to go to St. Louis). He was so excited, he had me skipping meals to prepare for this stop. I have to say it was a total let down (although he still thinks it is the greatest in the world). First of all Bo and I were the youngest people in the place by at least 40 years with the exception of this man sitting next to us. But, he was so nice to assist the others. He would catch the rolls for them (and after squeezing them in his dirty hands where the roll was mashing b/t his fingers he would pass them on). Ok he only caught one person's roll, but he did squeeze it to death and his hands were filthy (he must have been a mechanic) and he did try to pass it to the ladies behind us. Thank goodness they refused, bc if they had eaten it I would have had to leave then and there. It would have been the last straw. I couldn't really write a whole blog entry on this place and why I found it repulsive, but I will not bc one day your husband might be really wanting to eat there and I wouldn't want to give you a bad impression (ummph). The below pictures did make up for the let down though.

Bo's before shot

Bo's after shot

We stayed at the Millenium hotel. It was the perfect spot for us. We were literally looking at Busch Stadium out our room window. And below is the view of the arch from the hotel lobby. We didn't get there until that afternoon, so we just went up and got ready and headed for drinks and dinner before the game that night.

the Arch

Although baseball is my least favorite sport, I really enjoyed the game. We were a little disappointed at first bc Pujols didn't start, but he ended up playing about mid game. The Cardinals did loose (sad), but the game was a LOT of fun anyway.

Bo and I at the game

Friday morning we were off to be tourists. We headed down to the river to the arch for our first stop. I defiantly chickened out on going up in the arch. It was a really windy day and that sucker was swaying way to far back and forth. Then there was mention of you riding a 'capsule' up and that was that I was not going up. I could just see me glued to the floor at the top of the arch making a scene (bc I would never make a scene). So we toured the museum and walked around down by the river, under the arch (safely on the ground). We then had lunch at an Irish Pub and I had fish and chips and they were YUM! (Although I think Bo was still wishing for Lamberts).

Bo and I under the arch. Although you can't see the arch.

Our next stop for the day was Anheuser Busch. It really was so cool. Even if you aren't a beer drinker just the numbers they produce and the manufacturing process is unbelievable. I am going to spare you all the pictures of machinery (oh and the horses rear end; I didn't do so good getting a picture of the Clydesdale). But, if ever in the area it is a must do. I will give you this tid bit of info. With just the cans they produce in one day (not bottle just cans) they could line them up side by side from New York to Miami. That is in ONE DAY. It is over a six pack a second. Also they said there warehouse would hold over 500,00 cases of beer which would last them about 18 hours. Unreal. And I was suprised to find out that the midwest is the highest in beer consumption a year. Really would of thought the south would have taken that trophy.

Bo and I at Anheuser Busch

After walking all over downtown, the river, and Anheuser Busch we were worn out. So we took a nap then headed out to The Hill for dinner. The Hill is a neighborhood of Italian immigrants, and it has fabulous restaurants. We had dinner at Zia's it was so so so good. And yes, Bo pointed out in the below picture that my plate is almost cleaned and his is full. But, don't be fooled I had a lot less food then he did. After dinner we went to the bar in our hotel for a few drinks. I had the most amazing Martini I have ever had. I wish I knew how to make it.

at Zia's

Me, Bo, and my fabulous Martini

My picture taking skills lacked on Saturday. It was 100 degrees and we didn't know what to do. I mentioned the Zoo, but Bo said no way. Also we wanted to go out to Grant's farm (it is the Busch platation) they have cool animals. But, it is large and you have to walk and we were hot and tired from the day before. So we just took it really easy. We rode out to the mall (air condtioned). We had lunch at Cheesecake Factory (which is always so good!) and then shopped around a little. This was possibly the best mall I have ever been too. And Bo was so patient I was so proud (he knew if we left we would be back out in the heat). When we finished, we rode around downtown St. Louis and found the Rams stadium and the riverboats. We went in a casino for a little while and had dinner and gambled a little. Then we called it an early night. We headed home on Sunday for father's day. We had a really fun trip, and it is not too far from here. I hope we go back soon!

Happy 4th!

2009-07-03T10:08:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone has a fun and SAFE 4th! Pictures from the St. Louis trip and Hot Springs trip coming soon!

Mr. and Mrs. Kalin Burcham

2009-06-15T08:06:00.001-07:00

Jacy emailed me this picture this morning. Just thought I would share it. It is just a snapshot from her camera, she has not gotten her photos from her photographer yet. Kalin and Jacy got married last Monday and Savannah, GA. CONGRATS!

So what have we been doing?

2009-06-08T09:18:00.000-07:00

The answer is WEDDINGS and wedding festivities (at least mostly)!!! We have been BUSY BUSY! But, it has been so much fun. Let's back up to the weekend of April 18. That was Super Bulldog Weekend. We went to Starkville and stayed with our friends Kristen Breter and Kyle Skinnner. We had a lot of FUN!

Walk, Rachel, Little, Breter, PKB, and Kross at Barristers SBW

The following weekend Bo's first cousin Baxter got married. What a FUN weekend and wedding. Friday night the rehearsal dinner was at Pizza Grocery, the food was delicious. Then the after rehearsal dinner party was at Gilmore's. We had a lot of fun!

Bo, PKB, Mary Katherine and John at the rehearsal dinner

The wedding was at Firt Baptist and was so pretty. The reception was at Hillendale. They had the most fun band I have ever heard! (the word is the same band is booked for Bo's HS 10 year reunion this year!) They had the coolest drink specialties. The Wilder (which was a Jack and Coke) and a Gingerita (which was a Margarita). I thought that was such a cute idea! (I don't know if you will be able to tell from the pictures, but I went to Pickwick with Mere that day and got quit a bit of sun). The went on their honeymoon in Mexico, luckily they came back Swine Flu free!

So fun!

me and Mere

Bo and Hank

At the reception

The first cousins minus Baxter plus me

The bride and groom leaving

The next weekend was an engagment party for one of Bo's HS best friends Jay Shipp and his fiance Lyndsay. It was a crawfish and shrimp boil at Jay's cabin at Pickwick. All Bo's HS best friends were there including Lamar (and his precious pregnant wife Wesley) all the way from Key West!!

Bo, John, Jay, Lamar, and Joshua (I love this pict)

The next weekend was Mother's day weekend. My Aunt JJ came in town for it, and for my birthday. Friday night me, Bo, Mom, and JJ just grilled steaks out at our house. Then Saturday night we went to eat at the Catfish Hotel for my birthday. Sunday was mother's day. That morning mom and JJ went to church with us. Then we spent the day at MKB's house for a mother's day picnic. We had such a fun day, and I think the mother's (and aunt) had a good day too!

The next weekend we had a crawfish boil for Jacy and Kalin out at Wildwood. I think they really enjoyed it, although the crawfish wasn't exactly ready on time. But, oh well! Today is actually their actual wedding day. They went to Savannah, GA to get married! CONGRATS to them.

Jacy and Emma Reese

The girls at the party

Also that weekend, was a sad/happy day. Campy, the baby, Campy is graduating high school. Friday night was his graduation, however I could not attend as it was in Starkville, and I had to prepare for the party we were giving the next day. However, Sunday was Bachalartte Sunday in at 1st Pres. So I attended. I can't believe Camp is all grown up (tear).

Camp and I after church

Then came Memorial Day weekend. That was a busy weekend. We went up to Mere's cabin on Friday, with intentions of leaving on Saturday to go to the Moore's cabin. We ended up staying at Mere's until Sunday morning. We left then and came back to Corinth. We spent the day at Wildwood fishing for our supper. William then fried all the fish we caught. YUM YUM Monday we played in the Memorial Day scramble out at the Country Club. It was a six man mixed scramble. Our team was Bo, me, MKB, Kate, John and another man they put with us. We had a good time, although we were by far not a very good team.

Me and Mere on the waverunner

Bo and I at the cabin

Mere and Bo (prob ganging up on me about something)

Golf Tourney (excuse the hair)

Then the last weekend in May we went to stay at the Moore's cabin. A fun Pickwick weekend. We just hung out and played catch phrase. Very laid back, just the way I like Pickwick!

Me and Sal on a boat ride

Sweet Haley napping

Then finally this past weekend, Ben (Bo's OTHER first cousin) got married. It was out at Wildwood. It was really pretty. I hate I didn't get a good picture of the bride and groom to share. But, it was fun and Whitney looked so pretty (and Ben looked very handsome).

Bo and I at the reception

Well that brings us to date. Like I said we have been BUSY! This weekend we have an 'off weekend'. But, then get started back up until mid July. I will try to keep a better hold on my blogging so I don't have to do so much at one time. Next weekend Bo and I are going on a mini vacation to St. Louis for a few days. We are just going to go to a Cardinals game and who knows what else. Our next wedding is Morgan and David's June 27th in Hot Springs! Can't wait to celebrate with all our college friends!

I know, I know

2009-06-05T08:07:00.001-07:00

I know I am super slacking on the blogging! We have been BUSY, and I have lots to say and lots of pictures. I promise to work on it next week. Until then.........

Praying for Stellan

2009-04-21T09:57:00.000-07:00

Stellan is a sweet baby boy who since before birth has had heart problems. I am not familiar with all the medical terms and I am not going to attempt to explain it all. But, this sweet baby boy is in Boston having surgery on his baby heart today. PLEASE PRAY for him! If you have not read his mom's blog, you should do so. Please read Mckmama's blog and lift up your prayers for Stellan, his family, and the medical team that are working with him. The above picture is a healthy Stellan (his mom calls all her children by a nickname. He is MckMuffin. There is also a Big Mac, MckNugget, and Small Fry). Below is a picture of Stellan just before he went into surgery this morning (pictures courtsey of MckMama's blog).

Donuts, Slugburgers, Fishing and Snakes.....What a weekend!

2009-04-07T12:45:00.001-07:00

We had such a wonderful weekend! Christi, Jermey, and Camden got here Friday night around seven. We grilled out it was yummy. There were several people that came by to hang out including the Stanley's so Camden and John got to play. I think they had a big time.

Camden had said the whole Lord's Prayer to Christi the night before when she was putting him to sleep and they were saying their prayers. He calls it "Our Father". We had him say it several times thoughout the weekend, and he does an awsome job. He never misses a beat. It is amazing that a three year old can say something that long with unfamiliar words by heart. But, he did and he was great at it.

Saturday was the most fun though. Saturday morning my mom and I took Camden to Harlow's for donuts. While we were there we saw Bo's uncle and cousin John and Bailey Butler. Bailey is 10 or 11 and he had killed a turkey. They were next door at Handyman showing the turkey to Bailey's dad Johnny. Camden was amazed with the dead turkey. He was most impressed that it had blood on it's mouth. There was blood on the ground, so I had told Camden "not to step in the blood". So all day long he would tell people about the turkey and say "I am going to kill me a turkey, but you don't want to step in the blood".

Then for lunch we took Camden to Borrum's and he tried his first slugburger ever. While we were downtown we ran to Kate's and Company for a few minutes. Camden had a good time with the display stamps. Then we went and bought crickets, and headed to Wildwood. By the time we got to Wildwood he was exhausted and snoozed the first hour or so that we were there. But, then he woke up and was ready to "catch sharks". We caught a few fish, but he wasn't into the whole having to "wait" on a bite to reel it in. He did help us reel some of our fish in, and he held a few of them as well. William (Bo's dad) went snake hunting on Saturday and got back before we left. He brought two cottonmouth's back for Camden to see. Camden has no fear. I was holding him and he wanted to hold the dead snakes, I made him get down to hold the snake. I could just see him getting scared and throwing the snake and it landing on me and then having to revive me from the heartattack I would have had. By the time we got home and Camden got a bath and some supper he was out like a light. He had a very busy day. Christi, Jeremy, Bo and I played Catch Phrase (which is my new fav game) all night. It is so fun. If you have not played it I highly recommend it.

I spent Sunday recovering. We had so much fun, but I am defiantly not ready for a three year old I was WORN out! HAHA

Camden eating his first Slugburger

In our driveway waiting to leave for Wildwood

(Don't worry we didn't let him ride in the back of the truck)

Note the stamp on his face from our trip to Kate's

Uncle Bo helping him put on his lifejacket

Getting ready to hold the snake. He didn't hold it long enough for me to get a good pict

Ready for the weekend!!!!

2009-04-02T09:38:00.000-07:00

So this weekend, one of my best friends and college roomie is coming for a fun visit! She is bringing with her, her WONDERFUL little boy Camden, and her new BF Jeremey. Bo and I are so excited to have them! This is our first time meeting Jeremey and we are really excited. We have heard nothing but wonderful things about him. I haven't seen Christi since Christmas (which is WAY to long for us), but I haven't seen Camden since his birthday in September. I hope her recognizes me. (haha he knows I always have presents, he knows exactly who I am). Everytime I talk to him on the phone he says "Aunt Prentiss when are you going to bring me presents?" This weekend he is going to get a fishing pole, because we are taking him fishing at Wildwood. I am hoping for a superman one, but I haven't gone to look yet. (His last request was for Superman presents). We can not wait for ya'll to get here!! YAY I hope to have lots of fun pictures to post next week of the weekend!

Christi and I right before my wedding

Christi and I on my bachelorette party at the beach

Sweet little Camden Payne

Spring is finally here....Hopefully to stay!

2009-03-25T12:53:00.000-07:00

I haven't blogged in a while. We have been busy. We have many friends getting married over the next few months, and the wedding festivites have been ample. The last weekend in Feb. we had an 'Around the house' shower for Ginger and Baxter on Friday night, then on Saturday night was their Engagment party at Wildwood. The following weekend we went down to Jackson for Wesley and Laurie's 'Stock the Bar' party. Both weekends were a lot of fun, and two of the wedding fesivities highlites.

John, MKB, Me and Bo at Bax and Ginger's shower

Libbie, Me, and Fleming enjoying the shower

Mollie Walker, Sally, and me enjoying the Crawfish Hole in Jackson

This past weekend we had an 'off' weekend so we laid low. Friday night we went to see Kalin and Jacy's progress on their new house, and hung out for a little while. Saturday night we went to dinner at Pizza Grocery with Mary E and Garett. We had a LOT of fun with them. We haven't gotten to hang out with them in a while. Saturday during the day, however was not as much fun. With our wonderful house that we love, came this HUGE yard that we have absolutely no idea what to do with. Mrs. Barlett that lived her before us was a master gardner, so there is lots there it just needs to be managed. It has grown up a lot and needs some attention. The good thing is no gass which = NO MOWING which Bo was thrilled about. But, now we have about decided mowing would be much easier than this. So Saturday we decided to give it a go. We decided we would start by mulching. Well we got four 'scoops' (to those who are like me and have no idea how much a scoop is, I can tell you IT'S A LOT!!!) of mulch. And we didn't get done. We are going to need at least another 'scoop' maybe more. However, we did get a lot down. I took a few pictures today. Some of the plants/flowers are starting to bloom. Some of our buttercups are really lookng good, although some of them bloomed a little prematurly and we lost them to cold snap a few weeks back. We noticed yesterday our dogwood trees are begining to bloom. I love dogwoods!! We have several azalea bushes and I can not WAIT for those to bloom!! If anyone has a greenthumb and wants to share any helpful hints with us, PLEASE FEEL FREE!

A few of the buttercups blooming (notice the fresh mulch)

The flower bed around our patio

More signs of spring

One of the dogwood trees begining to bloom

Morgan is tying the knot!!

2009-02-11T13:03:00.001-08:00

One of my best friends and college roommate Morgan Stotelmyer got engaged to her LLLOOONNGG time boyfriend David Myrick this weekend!! I am so excited. The will be getting married on June 27, 2009 in Hot Springs, AR! I am honored to be a bridesmaid in the wedding and I can not WAIT!! CONGRATS Morgan and David!

House of Blessings

2009-01-21T15:02:00.001-08:00

JA of Corinth along with the Corinth-Alcorn Area Builders Association is raffling off a new home!! The tickets to win the house are $100.00. The house winner will be drawn on Febuary 21st. The $100.00 is tax deductible and the proceeds of the raffle go to the Junior Auxiliary of Corinth. JA does many wonderful things for the children of Alcorn County.

Each $100.00 donation to Junior Auxiliary of Corinth can accomplish the following for the children of Alcorn County:

Teach approximately 1300 kindergarten and third grade children how to protect themselves from predators.
Supply an underprivileged school aged child with one week's worth of new clothes and a coat.
Educate approximately 500 high school children about sound money management principles in preparation for life in the real world
Send a special needs child to camp for a week.
Provide weekly assistande in teaching special needs children how to acclimate into all aspects of society.
Make available college scholarships to Alcorn County graduates.
Promote excitement and aptitude about reading to thrid graders at Biggerville Elementary.

Please contact me or any other JA member if you are interested in winning a house for $100.00!!!!

Tax Season

2009-01-12T15:21:00.000-08:00

My best friend is an accountant, and this is the begining of tax season. I am a sad soul. She lives four hours away and will be working every Saturday. She came in this weekend for one last FUN weekend! We spent the night at her cabin and made a fun trip to Freddy T's with big group of friends. Can't wait for April 15th!

Congrats Breter and Kyle!!

2009-01-12T15:15:00.000-08:00

So for New Year's Eve we went to Starkville. The reason was not only to celebrate NYE with my friends, but to celebrate the engagement of one of my friends KRISTEN BRETER. She is marrying an amazing guy, KYLE SKINNER! I love them both! They are perfect for each other. Kyle surprised Kristen by having all of us come down for NYE. She didn't know why we were all coming. On that afternoon they were going to "take family pictures" at the Chapel of Memories on campus, and Kyle proposed. So Sweet! She then thought she was coming to dinner at Old Venice to surprise us with the news of there engagement, but she was surprised that we already knew and had ballons and banners waiting on her. We had a great time that night. I am so excited for them!

Breter showing off her "bling"

Corinth girls group pict with the Bride to be

Merry Christmas!

2009-01-12T15:02:00.000-08:00

Well the last few weeks have been busy busy! We had a great Christmas! On December 23 I went and ate with the girls I graduated high school with. We get together every year. There are 8 of us, but this year the number was cut in 1/2. We have found as more and more of us get married and work it is harder for us to get together. We had a lot of fun though. We went to have lunch at Pizza Grocery.

Season, Megan, me and Katy

Christmas Eve we had both our families over to our house for dinner after Christmas Eve communion. We grilled duck and had finger foods. It was a lot of fun and yummy. Christmas morning Bo and I got up and did our presents at our house. Then in our PJ's we went to my parents to open presents with them. For Christmas lunch we went to Bo's parents. My parents joined us as well as the Wilders. It was nice to have all our families in one spot for both Christmas Eve and Day. We are very blessed to be in the same town with both families and not have to spend holidays on the road. The day after Christmas we celebrated Butler Christmas out at MKB's house. It is always a lot of fun and entertaining. I think there were 25 people there this year plus 2 babies. SO FUN!

Bo and I Chritmas morning at my parents

On the 27th my two best friends from College (also my college roomies) came to stay with us. Morgan and David came on there way back home from Christmas in Huntsville with David's family. Christi came from West Point. There was the annual Corinth Christmas party that night. So we enjoyed dinner at Pizza Grocery before the party. It was a lot of fun! I love it when they come visit. I miss them so much!

Christi, me and Morgan

Tacky Christmas

2008-12-23T13:35:00.000-08:00

MKB, Bo and I had a tacky Christmas party Saturday night at mine and Bo's house. It was SO much fun! There were some GREAT outfits! We had a contest for the tackiest. Everyone got o vote: 1st place went to Robert Williams and 2nd place went to Gere McLemore. There "tacky" prize was Vienna Sausages! Mollie Walker brought me a fruitcake for my takcy hostess gift! We had a great time!

Mollie, Mere, PK, and Sarah J

Mere and her belated siblings Dasher and Dancer

Mollie Walker was a Christmas Tree. Equipped with real lights

The Boys

Bo and I

Merry Christmas!!

2008-12-23T12:12:00.000-08:00

I thought I would put a few pictures up of our home at Christmas!! It is finally coming together. We are proud of it. I will put more house pictures up later! MERRY CHRISTMAS!

The new front door!! So much better than the middle door knob!
Our upside down Christmas Tree

The back den AKA "The Man Room"

The Living Room

Our "live" Christmas tree

The Foyer

The fireplace (Note the Chicago Bears Stocking)

The bookcases in the living room

Happy Birthday Sally!!

2008-12-16T09:26:00.000-08:00

This weekend we went to the Delta to stay with our friends Sally and Blake to celebrate for Sally's birthday. I love visiting the Delta. We had so much fun! Friday night we at dinner at the Lost Dog Pizza company. Blake's cousin and friend own it.

Great Pizza!!!

Then we went to one of Sally and Blake's friends house and hung out. Saturday morning the boy's got up EARLY and went duck hunting. I think they did really good. Lauren, Sally, Sam, and I went to Cleveland shopping. We also went to Peter's Pottery to do a little Christmas shopping!

WE LOVE this place!!

Saturday night we went to a two Christmas Parties and then to the Bourban Mall. The best bar EVER. The Wayne Mills band was playing and we didn't even know it! They are our favorite!!! We had so much fun! HAPPY BIRTHDAY SALLY!

Bo, Blake and Hank at one of the Christmas Parties

Me, Sal, and Little at the Bourban Mall

Wayne Mills Band

Dancing to the Band

Our first married Thanksgiving

2008-12-04T08:08:00.000-08:00

This was our first married Thanksgiving. We went to West Point to Bo's Aunt and Uncle's house for lunch. Then we were back to Corinth for dinner at my parents house. We defiantly got our fair share of turkey and dressing in for the day. Thanks to Margaret we have a few picts from the Wilder/Butler Thanksgiving lunch.

Ginger and I

Ginger, Margaret, MKB and me

The kids and Hoot

Kate and Ann

The Kid's table

Happy 30th MKB!!!!

2008-12-04T07:57:00.000-08:00

November 21st was Bo's sister's 30th birthday. This past Saturday night we, along with some of her friends, threw her a birthday party. It was downtown in an empty building that used to be a Cigar Shop. It was a lot of fun and I think Mary Katherine really enjoyed it too! Janie Vanderford made her cake and did a WONDERFUL job. The invitation from the party had a 3 layered watercolored cake on it. The cake she made looked just like it!!! Sallie Kate and Katy did a wonderful job putting it all together. The decorations looked so good. Julia and Kasey did a great job on the food too! My college roommate Morgan and her boyfriend David were in town staying with Bo and I. They came to the pary too, I think they had a great time.

MKB's birthday cake

The bar

Kross, David, Morgan and me

Andy, Joshua, John, and Bo

Jamaica MON!

2008-10-31T13:15:00.000-07:00

For our honeymoon we went to Jamaica. We had so much fun!!!! We flew into Montego Bay and then a bus took us to Negril. We stayed at a Couple's Resort called Swept Away. It was so nice. The whole expereince was amazing. After the wedding we took the Limo to Memphis to spend the night. We flew out at 9:25 and landed in Montego Bay at 12:15. The bus ride took about an hour and a half but it wasn't bad because you got to see a lot of the island.

View from the airplane

Us on the flight to Jamaica

As soon as we got checked in and our luggage was delievered we headed straight to the swim up bar. It was great. The bartender's name was Derman, and he made drinks called Green Dermans. That was Bo's drink of choice a lot of the week.

The first day we arrived at the swim up bar

Our daily schedule mostly consisted of waking up having breakfast, going to the beach and laying out or floating in the ocean, eating lunch, back to the beach, head to the pool/swim up bar about 4, then shower and head to dinner. It was perfect.

Us on the beach

There were 6 different restaurants on the resort. The two nicest were Feathers and Lemongrass. Feathers was gourmet. They had a dress code and you had to have reservations. We ate there on Monday night.

Us at Feathers

Lemongrass was a Thai restaurant. Much to my suprise I really liked it. It was also kind of dressy and required reservations. We got to sit outside on the deck. I really liked it.

Us at Lemongrass

The other two dinner restaraunts were more casual. One was called Patios' Patio and the other was The Palms. They were both open for lunch and breakfast too. We ate at Patios a lot. It was literally right out our back door. They had Pizzas, steaks, fish, salads, and chicken. They changed the menus daily. Patios is also the other language besides English that they speak in Jamaica. It is a mixture of broken English, Spanish, French, and African tribal. That is mostly what the Jamaican's used when speaking to each other.

Bo the last night at dinner at Patios

The Palms was good too. At breakfast and lunch they had a buffet. My favorite breakfast item was they would make your omelette's for you right in front of you. At dinner they had a full menu plus a pasta bar. I thought I had struck gold when I found this. They had spaghetti and it was so good. They cooked it there in front of you too.

This was our view from breakfast at the Palms

Us having dinner at the Palms

The also had two grills on the beach. One was a vegetarian grill so we didn't ever eat there. The other one had like hamburgers and stuff. We had lunch one day there.

Bo at the Grill

Margaritaville was just about 100 yards down the beach from our resort. We walked down there one afternoon. If was fun, but we got caught down there in a monsoon and had to stay longer than anticipated.

Us at Margaritaville

We were sad to leave, but anxious to get home and start a routine together. We had a blast and can not wait to go back!

Bo at breakfast before leaving for the airport

The Wedding and Reception

2008-10-30T13:34:00.001-07:00

The weather was perfect all day for the wedding. We started pictures at 2:00 pm. The wedding didn't start til six. A big thank you to the wedding party for all their patience. In my opinion everything turned out perfect and it was a perfect wedding. I only have a few snapshots taken by friends to put up now, but as I get more I will post more.

Meredith got a good picture of the chruch with the candles lit before anyone was in the sanctuary. It really was so pretty. Lisa and Kayo did a fabulous job!!!! It's hard to believe the chruch was full and people were standing down the walls.

MKB and Kate made these banners that hung outside the doors

At the entrance to Wildwood was a haybell with a B made of flowers. The torches that you can see lined the whole LONG driveway and around the reception sight as well.

The banners played double duty. They were brought out to the reception and were displayed with the brides cake. Joan Johnson made my cake. Didn't she do a wonderful job, SHE'S THE BEST. I am sad to say it was one of the last she will make in Corinth she has left us for Georgia. Lisa put the flowers on the cake to top if off to be perfect.

Joan also made the groom's cake as well. It was on a stump. Lisa also put the flowers on it. I loved it, it turned out perfect too. He also had duck decoys and shells on his grooms table.

The food table looked AMAZING as well. Lisa did it all as well. Below are some pictures of it. Didn't she do a great job???

They borrowed this from the after party the night before. Isn't it cute!!!!

There were two bars at the wedding. This was one of them, the one closest to the dance floor. The other one was under the tent with the cakes. Freddy again was there. It wouldn't have been right without him.

This is not our "official first dance". I don't think we have any picts of that back yet. But, it is the best one of us dancing I could find. Bo is a HUGE Chris LeDoux fan, and over the last 4 years I too have come to love him. We don't have an official serious "song", so we opted to dance to Chris LeDoux "Two in a Million". It really was a perfect song!!! When all of our family's starting dancing it was to "Tupelo Honey" another song I really love!!

The rest of the pictures below are just some fun one's of different things at the reception. As I get some more pictures I will post them. Thank everyone who was in the wedding, helped with the wedding, and attended the wedding all of you made it perfect and a blast!!!!!!!!

Part of my new Butler family (the groom didn't make the pict)

Me, Mom, and Kenny at the Reception

My mom and her crazy two best friends (there daughters were my maid's of honor)

Kross's jacket was defiantly one of the highlites of my reception

Me and my momma

The KD's after they sang to me and Bo

Breter caught the bouquet. This made me really happy because I love Kyle!!!

The garter toss. Bo's little cousin caught it.

Our first attempt at leaving

I think our limo driver was on drugs. Anyway he was extremly late so we tried to leave on the golf cart, and Bo's uncle almost threw us off.

Our limo FINALLY got there and we were off to Jamaica

Rehearsal Dinner and after party

2008-10-30T10:07:00.000-07:00

Our rehearsal dinner was out at Wildwood down at the dock and pavillion. Everything looked great!! MKB and Kate and all there helpers did a FABULOUS job on everything. There were really cute paper laterns hanging under the pavillion and the tables looked wonderful too. We had BBQ, ribs, and cornish hens with all the trimmings. It was delecious. Freddy came and bartended for us. Even the bar looked great.

After dinner the speeches began. We had been pretty nervous about these for sometime now. But, I must say our friends did pretty good. I think we had threatened them all really good, but I think my friends listened better than his did. But, they weren't too bad on him, they were hilarious. Bo and I laughing at the speeches

Mom, Kenny, and I at the reheasal dinner

After the dinner we went back in town to Dianne Boatman's house for the after rehearsal dinner party. It was so much fun. A group of ladies and couple's gave it for us and they did a fantastic job!!!!

Vicki and I

Everything looked amazing. There was a DJ and everyone danced and had a blast!!! Luckily no one went in the pool. HAHA Some people even sang karaoke. Mary Katherine did a wonderful re mix of Material girl.

Wedding Party having a blast

Me, SBS, and Sal having a blast

Bo, SBS, and Joshua

Bridesmaid Luncheon

2008-10-28T09:11:00.000-07:00

On Friday before the wedding some of my wonderful friends's moms threw us a bridesmaid luncheon. It was at the Broken Spoke in Pickwick. It was so nice and so much fun. We had bloody mary's and mimosas. It was a great start to the wedding weekend!

Me, my mom, and my Aunt JJ

Bachelorette Party!!

2008-10-28T08:37:00.000-07:00

I know I am way behind on my blogging. But, the first weekend in October Bo and I went on our Bachelor/Bachelorette parties. Bo and his buddies went to New Orleans. They spent the night on Thursday night in Jackson and then rode the train fromJackson to New Orleans on Friday. I am pretty sure they had a big time.

Me and my wonderful friends went to Orange Beach. Meredith and Caitlin got us an awsome house right across the street from the FLORABAMA!!! We had the best time ever. Thursday night we did not get there until late so we took it easy. Friday we spent the day on the beach and then went to dinner at Louisiana Lagniappe, it was delicious and then to the Florabama.
On Saturday we again spent the day on the beach and then went to eat dinner at Lulu's. They had me a lingerie shower on Saturday night, which was lots of fun. Then back to the Florabama. I have the best friends ever which made this the best bachelorette party EVER!!!

2008-09-15T08:42:00.000-07:00

On September 5, we had our engagment party. It was so much fun. Everything about it was great. It was at the home of Lenoir and John Stanley. There place is AMAZING! MKB painted pear banners to match the invitation they were so cool! I know everyone worked so hard on the party, and we really appreciated it. The band was a lot of fun! The weather turned out wonderful too! It had rained, and it cooled everything off and it was the perfect tempature.

I forgot to take my camera. I wish I had pictures of the place and the pears and everything. I had to get the picts that I have from Sara Beth and Jacy. Thanks to them for having there cameras. Above is us with some of our wedding party. Note: Bo's cast he is showing

This is my mom, me, and Jacy! Below is me with my Aunt JJ, who came from Hot Springs for the fun party. Sorry, it is kind of blurry.

Wedding Festivities begin....Stock the Bar

2008-08-25T10:16:00.001-07:00

This weekend all of our wonderful friends through us a Stock the Bar shower. We had so much fun!! It was a very "eventful" night to say the least. Everyone worked so hard on the shower and it was perfect. We had wonderful food from the Rib Cage. It was so much fun.

Bo thought it was Christmas, but he said with no boring clothes only the good stuff. HAHA! We really got some nice gifts, thank everyone so much!!

We can not wait until our next party!! The days are counting down until the wedding. We can't wait!

2008-07-29T13:01:00.000-07:00

We are SO looking forward to our wedding and wedding festivities. Mainly because this means we get to spend time with all our friends that are in our wedding party. We are both so blessed to have SO many friends, therfore we have a BIG wedding party. We wanted to post some picts of us and our wedding party. LOVE YA'LL!!

Our new home!!!

2008-07-03T08:59:00.000-07:00

Bo and I have bought a house. It had a lot of updating to be done. We closed last Friday, and have already gotten a lot of the work knocked out. We have painted all 4 bedrooms, and have the new floors laid in 2 of the bedrooms. It still lacks A LOT though. I really wish that I had thought to take before pictures, but I didn't. But I will get some picts of the construction up soon.

We're engaged!!!!!

2008-06-21T11:01:00.001-07:00

This is my first go as a "blogger", but I have great news. BO AND I are engaged!!! I am so excited and happy. We got engaged last night June 20, 2008. I was off work yesterday, and I had been with my stepdad riding on the motorcycle all day. We were at Pickwick when Bo got off work, so I called him and asked him if he wanted to come with my mom up to meet us for dinner. He was kind of weird and was like "No, I thought you were coming to my house with me" I said that I would if he wanted, and I could tell he was kind of ticked at me so I agreed and had Kenny drive me to Bo's house to meet him. When I got there he was in the kitchen and barely let me in the door before telling me Coco (one of our dogs) had been missing and that we needed to go look for her. We walked back out and started calling for CoCo. Lulu and Lola (our other dogs came running up) this really worried me because they always are together. He kept calling for her, and he she came rounding the bushes and she had some real pretty ribbon tied around her neck. I reached down to see what it was (because none of the dogs out there wear collars) and saw that a ring was tied to it. I tried to get it off, and couldn't get the knot undone. I told him to "get it off, get it off" and he did. He got it off and got down on one knee and proposed to me. It was perfect. It was so us. I love dogs so much (especially our dogs) so I wouldn't have had it any other way.

We are thinking a fall wedding. October actually. It will be a short engagement, but I want an outside reception and any later than that and I am afraid it will be cold. We have bought a house, so I don't want to wait until next spring. So October it is. October 18 seems to be a great date. There is no home State or Ole Miss game that weekend, so hopefully if all works out that will be the date. I have a lot to do before then. I will post more as I know more.