olan's finest (and not so fine)

Ashley Doran~Brooke Whitney~Brooke Eckard Demoret~
Laura Wells Snow~Liz Nitz~Sarah Simmons Turner~

Stephanie Hicks Berryhill~Tiffany Farmer Durst

give or take a few 

Back when we were at Appalachian State, our photos didn't always depict the polished and refined ladies we would become...

 

Left:  "Ruff Ryders" 2002 dressed up for no reason other than Brooke Whitney and I
found these super-soakers on sale at Wal-Mart and thought we should have some fun.
front:  Mary Burr; back:  Sarah, Tiffany, Brooke Whitney, me, Laura


Right: dressed up for our annual 70s tailgate with Sigma Nu in 2004
front:  Sarah, me, Tiffany, Brooke Eckard; back:  Stephanie, Doran

and in most of our pictures together we were dressed up as anything from Rastafari to pearl-clad country club ladies; but one thing has remained the same...whenever we're together, there's no place I'd rather be (sorry Blaine...it's a different kind of love). 

During college we always said we'd have to keep in touch once we all graduated, no matter where we all lived...and so far, we've done that.  I'm not saying we all call each other up on a regular basis, but we've gotten together at least once a year to catch up and have many, many laughs.

Some of our group graduated in 2004 and some of us graduated in 2005, so ASU Homecoming 2005 was our first chance to get together post-graduation.  We took this photo and it was dubbed the "Olan Mills" photo.  We always try to get an Olan Mills shot whenever we're together now, but sometimes we've failed to find the right moment.  Here are some successful, and not so successful attempts at our Olan Mills shot over the past five years...

Appalachian State Homecoming 2005
front:  Brooke Whitney, Doran, me
back:  Stephanie, Laura, Sarah, Liz



Tiffany's Wedding 2006
Brooke, me, Sarah, Brooke Whitney, Stephanie, Liz



Sarah's wedding June 23, 2007
front:  me, Laura
back:  Brooke Whitney, Stephanie, Sarah, Tiffany

   

Appalachian State Homecoming 2007
front:  Liz, Brooke Whitney, Stephanie
back:  Shannon, Doran, me, Shea

Stephanie's wedding June 14, 2008
Brooke, me, Liz, Brooke Whitney

Brooke Eckard's Wedding June 13, 2009
front:  Brooke, Stephanie
back:  me, Tiffany

Brooke Eckard's WeddingII June 13, 2009
front:  Tiffany, Sarah
back:  Liz, Stephanie, Doran, me

2010 DYFOW (I don't have any photos from the previous DYFOWs)
front:  Tiffany, Brooke Whitney, Sarah, me
back:  Laura, Stephanie, Doran, Liz, Brooke, Shea

2010 DYFOW Official Olan Mills Shot
front:  Tiffany, Brooke Whitney, Sarah, me
back:  Laura, Stephanie, Doran, Liz, Brooke, Shea

After my wedding May 15, 2010
more chaotic than any Olan Mills photo
middle and around to the left:  Brooke, me, Sarah, Stephanie, Laura
front:  Neely, Liz, Brooke Whitney, Doran

And the whole reason for this post...

Some of us were able to get together for the third time in 2010!

Rather than going to Boone or seeing each other at one of our girls' weddings, we got together in Charlotte and shacked up at Brooke Whitney's new house (which is very nice and charming) and got to stop in for lunch at Tiffany's new house (which is beautiful).  For those of you in our group who missed this trip, I cannot wait to see you in February.  For those of you who were in Charlotte, I cannot wait to see you again in February!!!

 

At the Ritz-Carlton in Charlotte November 13, 2010
front:  Nelly, Liz, Stephanie, Doran
back:  me, Brooke Whitney



Lunch at Tiffany's November 13, 2010
front:  T's little one (incase she doesn't want me to put her name on the blog), Tiffany, T's bun in the oven,  Brooke Whitney
back:  Stephanie, Doran, me, Nelly

And since Thanksgiving is tomorrow, I just want to say that I am SO thankful for each and every one of you girls and the opportunities we have to get together! (and to my law school girls...just so you don't feel left out...I'm super thankful for you, too!!)

Until February...