September 2018 Happening

September is a busy month for the Lawson/Harp birthdays.

This year Chris turned 38 so this year we went downtown with Emily and met up with some friends for Wine on the Water on Neyland drive.  It is a great concept but lord o' mercy - talk about having too much to drink.  After going to Barley's for some late night pizza we uber'd back to Emily's and I hate to admit that we ended up spending the night - poor doggies but we were in NO shape to drive.

On the 23rd Mom turned 70!  It just so happened that it fell on our last auto-x at Bristol so she was able to come up for the day and even got to do a ride-along with Chris.  We shared it on FB and everyone got a kick out of it.  I love her free spirit and hope I am still that way when I'm her age

The weekend of the 28th was of course my big 40!  We started Thursday night with late night dinner and drinks at Wild Wing with our good friend Kim.  I swear I was counting down to midnight like it was NYE.  The next day on the 28th we headed to Virginia for Maria and Andrew's wedding.  At the rehearsal dinner Maria surprised me with a dessert and a Happy Birthday song but spilled the beans about a birthday party - but I still have no details..  God love her.  The wedding was beautiful and the reception was probably one of the funnest I have been too.  From the food, open bar to the dancing and photo booth.  We had a blast.   So glad to call them friends.

Life Recap

So how do I try and recap what has happened since my last post?  I think I'm more stuck on the fact that it has been since January 2016!  Where in the heck did time go.

So let me try at a high level to recap the last couple of years

• We spent a lot of time seeing concerts some to include Foo Fighters, Turnpike Troubadors, Fleetwood Mac, Blackberry Smoke, Jamey Johnson, Flaming Lips, Perfect Circle, a whirlwind trip to AZ to see Tool and Primus and most recently Rod Stewart.  I should also add that most of these bands we traveled to see and saw them more than once.  We are some dedicated fans!
• One of the highlights of seeing TT so many times is that a couple of the band guys recognize us when we go to the shows.  At one show in Asheville they invited us to a bar afterwards where we shot pool, had drinks and then shared an Uber back to the venue to drop them off.  
• Chris picked up Hockey again at the local rink so we spend a good chunk of time at the rink.  We also were able to get to Nashville and watch the Predator play multiple times.  Those were some awesome games 
• Took some trips to Las Vegas.  
• This year we splurged and stayed at Aria which was
  ah-mazing.  Went with some good friends Trey and Shannon and had some fantastic meals. 
• Steve and Amanda got married 
• Jen and I took a girls trip to New Orleans.  Went to a cooking class, did some shopping and enjoyed not being on a schedule. 
• We got a new dog - Curtis Emmett. 
• Lots of traveling with Auto-x.  From Ft. Myers, FL to Oscoda, MI - we had some pretty cool experiences and met some great people.  
• August 2017 we celebrated our 10 year anniversary and Chris surprised the heck out of me!  All he told me was to pack my bags and didn't give too much more details.  We headed towards downtown and stopped at Chesapeake's for dinner.  This was some place we talked about going but never made it.  We then went to Clancy's for a drink and then started walking down Gay Street.  He then pulled me into an ally and showed me a hotel key.  He had rented the gorgeous Tailor Lofts - https://www.vrbo.com/780429 and I couldn't have been more surprised.  He had also made a photo album of our last 15 years - of course I cried.  Then before I knew it people started pouring in and we had the best weekend.  I love surprises and he absolutely killed it! 
• Most recently he surprised me for my upcoming 40th with a BMW M3!  I have ALWAYS wanted a BMW and he found an exceptional one from a fellow auto-xer in NC.  It is absolutely gorgeous and I find myself still shocked that it's mine.  I tell ya, I'm one lucky gal to be a Harp. 
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