A Night at the Oscars 2011

Jodi held her annual Oscar party again this year.  Elbert did all the food.  I brought the ballots.  At the end of the night, The King's Speech was the big winner.  Unfortunatly, I was off my game and had to pas the staute to Stephanie.  The ironic part of it is she doesn't watch very many movies!

The prize!!

Enthralled audience

The passing of the statue.

Coffy's Birthday

Coffy's Birthday party was mellow this year.  We went out to Kenny's Woodfire Grill.  And it happened to be Restaurant Week in Addison, so we got a good special on the food.  I order a salad, the fillet mignon, chocolate cigar, and a pear-tini.  The food was really good.  The drinks were really strong.  Dorian was late, as usual.  And the place was packed, especially for a Thursday!  I recommend this restaurant, but make sure you have a reservation.  Happy Birthday Coffy!  Here's to another fun year!

Coffy's ribs.  Even I liked them.

Kenny's went all out and gave her a plate of nothing for her birthday!

Stephanie, Coffy, and Me.

We allowed Dorian to be in the picture.

CARP Reunion!

I missed all my Carpenter peeps, so we decided to have a reunion.  Many of us have scattered since I left Carpenter in March.  Dorian and Steve went to Oak Point and Tommie moved to Liberty.  We all met at the new Chuy's in West Plano.  At first they said it was an hour and a half wait!  But just as we were going to leave, they called our group.  It was really nice to have the gang back together.

Coffy, Jodi, & Sandy

Me and my girls!

Dorian with the meat plate, Stephanie won't stop eating for anyone, and Steve.

Tommie

Deuces!

Me and my boo, Bryan.

Group Pic with Sorority squat!

Good times!

We're so cute!

Dorian's 30th B-Day!

We celebrated Dorian's birthday at his favorite restaurant, Olive Garden in Addison.  Dorian actually got there early to get a table.  Maybe his old age is making him want to eat earlier in the day.  The food was great like usual.  I got the spaghetti and meat sauce.  But I really just ate the salad and breadsticks.  The spaghetti will be today's lunch!  David, Sandy, Gordon, and I got Dorian an iTunes gift card.  Steve got him some pink sweat bands.  And he got a plethora of cards.  Good times!

Dorian & Coffy.

Coffy & Bryan.

Bryan & tired Tess.

David & Me.

Mary & Dorian.

Table shot.

Dorian, Stephanie, & Sandi.

Breadsticks are yummy!

Pink looks good on Dorian.

Everyone loves Dora!

Tess checking out the Dora card.

Trey's Going Away

Last weekend, we had to say goodbye to Trey Goodman.  He has worked at Carpenter for at least the last 2 years, maybe 3.  He is a big teddy bear.  We all love him so much.  He got a new job as the Park Ranger for the Galveston Island State Park in Galveston.  So, we met at Gloria's in Frisco to bid him adieu.  John Finley and Dave Napoli had told the waiter that we wanted to sing "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow."  They thought he said "Happy Birthday."  So, Trey got a piece of cake out of the deal.  I had ordered the chicken tacos, but I received the fish tacos.  I didn't even realized until halfway through the second one.  If you are wondering, they were good.

We miss you already Trey!

Trey coming into Gloria's with big fanfare.

Jayme and Bryan

Coffy taking pictures.

I love me somes Trey!

Bryan and Candice

Bryan and Me.

Steve presenting the gifts.

Trey opening the gifts.

Sand Toys!

Hugs!

We all signed Wilson.

Coffy signed the card after the fact.

The Normans, Dorian, and I.

Steve and Trey.  Theyjust can't quit each other.

More hugs!

Bryan looks a little pervy here...

Trey's birthday cake?

Trey didn't know it was his birthday!

Can't let cake go to waste!

Me, Dorian, and Coffy.

Wedding Weekend: Saturday

I was too excited to sleep on our wedding day. I woke up at 4 AM. Our hair appointment at the Cutting Edge Hair Salon in Carrollton wasn't until 6:15 AM. My mom, bridesmaids, and I got our hair done and were out the door by 8:30 AM. It had started raining again.

I got to the Bingham House first. Everyone else was close behind me. The flowers from Rain Florist Designs were out on the tables. They looked great. After we changed, we took a few pictures. We were out on the balcony in the front of the house. People driving by were whistling at us. The groomsmen got their pictures taken too, but I heard it took a while to get their act together. One of them went out to get something to eat. Grumble, grumble...

The ceremony was very sweet. We had to walk through the rain to get there. But it was worth it to see David's smiling face. My mom cried. When we were done we kind of huddled in the corner. Then took off to the front of the house to take more pictures. I just wanted to get to the food and water part. I think I was getting a little snippy at the photographer. David and I took some pictures alone while people watched our slide show and had appetizers.

We made our grand entrance to the reception to "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns 'N Roses. I forgot we were supposed to go right into the first dance. So we went around and hugged like 3 tables of people until they got us out on the dance floor. Our song was "All I Want is You" by U2. Then it was food time! The meatballs were so good. All the other food was great too, but the meatballs were amazing! After the father/daughter dance and mother/son dance, we did the cake and toasts. Ebi's was a very sweet spin on one of my favorite camp songs, "Dreams". David's best man, John Carpenter, did one too.

Then it was time to get your boogie on! The Limbo Contest is always a big Anderson tradition. My cousin, Stacey Malaret, always wins. She has a 5 wedding record. But in a shocking twist, David's cousin's husband, Tim Wong, won. The DJ played the "Cupid Shuffle." My mom jumped in after watching Dorian for a few minutes.

Then is was time for our getaway. It was still raining! So the horse and carriage was out. We got to take a ride in the antique car, Pearl. It was a 1944 Plymouth. Our remaining guest lined up on either side of us and threw dried lavender. That stuff smells great, but is a pain to get off. Then it was off to the after party.

More pictures are on Facebook.