Grandpa Reagan

My grandpa was in the Army Air Corp. That was the "Air Force" before it was actually called the Air Force. Which is kind of neat because I'm dating someone in the Air Force :)
I've never met my Grandpa. My dad's dad. And honestly don't know that much about him… He died when my dad was in his late teen years. My mom never even met him.
My dad is the second to youngest of 13 kids, and my grandparents divorced when he was young. Of course my dad could visit his dad when scheduled, but other than that, after the divorce, I don't think he saw that much of him. And he doesn't talk about him that much- not that there are any hard feelings- I just don't think he remember's a lot.

I've seen a few family pictures that my grandpa was included in, but other than that, the most familiar picture of him is this one, which is always displayed somewhere among the other pictures in our house, inside of a tiny gold frame.
(Please excuse the extra space on the picture- I scanned it and then cropped it, but this is the way it is choosing to upload. lovely.)

Hope you're having a wonderful Memorial Day!

The Rain Must STOP

WOW, we've had such a rainy spring around here! It has flooded twice this month (I think it's just been this month.) It's been pretty scary. Lot's of rain meant a leaky roof for our old farm house… the first flood, my dad rushed home with a huge tarp to throw over the roof where it was leaking into my sister's room. He needed mine and Kate's help, and Lucky for my beautiful cousin, Kristin, (she was stuck at our house because the bridge to her house was under water) she was here to help too!
We climbed on the roof, all three of us in our rain jackets and rubber boots, handing bricks to my dad so he could secure the tarp down. My mom came home and we asked her to grab the camera and take pictures. So as she stood under the carport, snapping pictures of us up on the balcony- she was also extremely scared for our safety and between snaps would yell "It's storming, get down!" :)

Spring Fest and Farmer's Market

One of my very favorite things is the farmer's market in Fayetteville. And surprisingly, I don't go that often. But when I do, it is usually with Dylan and we're strolling around the downtown square, hand in hand, and I'm begging him to buy me a bouquet of picked flowers :)
A couple of weekends ago, it was also Spring Fest down Dickson street, so after the stroll around the square, and the bouquet of beautiful flowers, we walked hand in hand down Dickson Street to look at all the different booths. Here are just a few pictures.

Back in April...

Dylan and I (ok, mostly me) had the bright idea to dye Easter eggs! He was really less than thrilled… but played along, as well as my little sister, Kate and her boyfriend, Cody!




And I can't believe I'm posting this one… but it was right before Dylan dropped an egg into a sac of glitter… and it went everywhere…

New Chapter

Well friends, after a particularly hard semester (or two) I'll be graduating college on Saturday, May 14th at 4pm.

I don't think it has sunk in with me just yet, because I'm not really excited about it. In fact, I'm more worried than I am excited. I don't have plans for grad school, I don't have a job, and I'm just scared. But things will come together soon... and I'm trying to think positive :)

Pictures to come soon!