Calling all Chi-O's

Dear Chi Omega's,
Did you know we have a Xi Alpha alumni blog? We do, it all started out as a way to keep my pledge class in contact and from there bloomed into a blog for all Xi Alpha alumna. In the last several days I have gotten a couple of e-mails from older (than me) alumni who have found the blog, which inspired this post. I know of a lot of Chi O blogs that are not on our list of alumni blogs, but I feel uncomfortable adding people's blogs without their permission (which hasn't stopped me before but it always makes me feel uncomfortable).

So if you are a Xi Alpha alum and would like your blog added to our list of alumni blogs let me know. Also, if you have pictures from the old days or gatherings with your Chi O friends send them to me so we can put them up, I can only cycle my pictures so many times and taking pictures from other people's blogs makes me feel uncomfortable so I appreciate any pictures people add or send to me (we can add you as an author if you so wish!)

Any questions? Leave a comment or e-mail me chio.xialpha@gmail.com

Hoot hoot.

recent happenings

Does the word "happenings" bring to mind coupon books to anyone else?

A girl's night with friends to celebrate Pam's birthday.

Jacks took me to my last Michigan football game. They won.

Playing the wii with the Wright's. Jordan unlocked a new game called Meditation. The whole point of the game is to see how still you can sit for as long as you can. I think it must have been created by a mother somewhere to get her kids to sit still, it was really boring.

outer banks

After our weekend in New York we met my family in the Outer Banks for a week at the beach.

Chelsea was gifted a "grow a boyfriend" and she wanted pictures of the two of them.


We made a quick stop at Camille and Ryan's on the way home.



I have a feeling Chooch is going to love this picture. Which is why I made sure to put it on Facebook and my blog.

Camille is now 8 months pregnant

Katherine helped Camille do a little reorganizing in the kitchen

The boys raked the pile of dirt in the new part of their backyard and then seeded it.



Back to the Outer Banks

We went to the beach almost every day


Virginia was not afraid of the sand, water or strange uncles and aunts.

One of my favorite quotes was from Savvy, she listed off everything she found in her buried treasure followed by, "it is everything I have ever wanted!" Classic.

Jackson was a paddle ball pro, he and Ryan got up to 300 continuous hits. He got 22 hits with me, then I was done.

All Bennett really wanted was an orange cake because it is his favorite color. His birthday got even better when he got an orange shirt and an orange bike.

This is how excited he was about orange.



Jackson was a crowd favorite. I would say the most common phrases of the trip would be, "but where is Uncle Jackson", "Can Uncle Jackson sit next to me?", and "Can we play with Uncle Jackson?"

My parents watched all the kids one night so my siblings could all go out to dinner with each other. We had some great Southern BBQ.

P.S. I have noticed a lot of blogs have gone private lately. Can I get an invite if you went private? Please? I promise I am not a scary stalker...

NYC

This is right before I got hit by the bicyclist. He was not a happy camper.

Brooklyn Bridge

30 Rock? We weren't sure, but it looked right.

Central Park

Owen siblings

John Lennon memorial

Times Square or as I like to call it, the arm pit of New York

Jacks had never been to NYC before. He loved all the lights.

U.S. Open

We went to the U.S. Open to celebrate our fifth anniversary. I was so excited because we got to see the Bryan brothers play (and win).

We also got to catch a glimpse of The Donald and his buoyant hair.

On the subway ride to the Open a mariachi band went from car to car singing and playing, it was awesome.

We watched Melanie Oudin and the next best American hope, Ryan Harrison, play mixed doubles. They lost because they played Bob Bryan and the Bryan's are unstoppable.

The smash zone. We got to see how fast our serves were, Dave topped off at 100 mph.

Jacks worked hard to get 98 mph, he claims the net got in the way of his toss.

I hit a whopping 50 mph, luckily it didn't test aim.

Jackson and Dave were enamored with the giant ball and racket.

In front of the tennis globe

We were lucky that several of Jackson's siblings joined us, we had a fabulous time.

Mardy Fish after his win

J Dawg

We spent most of the time in Louis Armstrong stadium

We got to watch Caroline Wozniacki play, she was awesome.

Robin Soderling

Jackson could not have been happier to spend the weekend watching tennis.