How long are you going to stretch this out? Finishing up our Florida trip.

Ok, so I know that all two of you who read my blog are thinking... how long is she going to stretch out post about her Florida trip? Well, I assure you this will be last post about our Florida trip... but remember.. my husband told me that if I blog everyday for a month.. he will let me hire someone to give my blog a makeover.... so I needed to stretch it out as long as possible.

Two reasons why I convinced Justin to let me stay in Florida for over three weeks (two and a half weeks without him).. was for two big events... my cousin's 30th birthday and my friend Jessica's wedding. We had such a great time! The weather was perfect. I took Kate to the beach I grew up on and to the park we always went to when I was little. She loved them both. We stayed with my Pap-Pap (grandpa) and aunt... and loved every second of being with them.

Kate smiled every time she saw Pap-Pap and she loved to play with him. My aunt spoiled her greatly. My dad and I took Kate to get her ears pierced. I hung out with my friends from High School and all my family {both of whom I miss so much}.

To the make trip even better, I was able to see my friends from college. I got to meet Ashley's new baby and Laine's husband. It was the best trip home that I have ever had. I stayed so long... my family threw us a going away party. Here are some pictures from our trip.

Brad (my cousin) and his wife Stacy

Kate, my aunt Sharon, Brad's friend & family in the background

Kate at the beach.


Jackson and Jessica

Laine, Meghan, Jessica, Nicole (me) and Ashley (friends from college - Florida State)

Me and Kate one of our last nights in Florida, we went to dinner with my family... a place on the beach where we watched the sun set. The sunset is in the background, but it didn't come out in this picture.
I am already planning my next trip home... hopefully in June or July.

Do you accept this challenge?... and Orlando part 2

My blog is in desperate need of a makeover (aesthetically). I know that you don't really care, but I waste so much time when I upload pictures - trying to get them formatted correctly within in the post. It is so frustrating. I have been looking and I found a web designer I love and I asked Justin if I could get her to redesign my blog. It is not very expensive like $30-$50 and they are so cute! Of course, in Justin's normal fashion, he asked how many people read my blog. I went right to my google analytics account and told him that I have 48 unique readers. He laughed... I don't know if he laughed at the fact that people read my blog or that I have google track that information. Anyway, he told me that if I blog everyday for a month I can hire her to redesign my blog. So yes, Justin... I accept your challenge.

I want to apologize to my readers in advance.. some days may be a struggle to find something to write, but to help with that... I am going to to do two features each week - Recipe Wednesday and Freebie Friday. I will post a new recipe each Wednesday.. and I will be doing a giveaway each Friday. So at least you can have something to look forward to... in addition to my very exciting life as a wife and mother. (Of course I am just kidding about that exciting life thing).

Orlando, part 2:

Yes, I am still a month behind on updating you about life with our baby girl.. so I am going to finish up our Orlando trip now.

My aunt gave us tickets to an Orlando Magic game. We had a lot of fun! Justin had never been to a professional game before so that was a great treat for him and a fun date night. (THANK YOU DEB!)

I met some of my best friends from High School for lunch with their kids. (It still blows my mind that we all have kids!) Kate loved meeting Jack and Miley. Here are some pictures of them.

Kate, Miley, Jack



My aunt, uncle and cousins came over to stay Saturday night with us. My aunt Deb loves Disney so much and I think she is the one who got our family to go so much when we were growing up. Here she is with Kate and the Mickey and Minnie stuffed animals my dad got Kate for her first Disney trip.


Kate seriously loves the little Mickey her daddy bought her. She grabs it, hugs it and grunts... ugh. It is so cute. We tried to get a little video of it when we were in Orlando.. it made us laugh... Here it is:

Why do old people move to Florida?

We are in Florida visiting my family for the holidays. I found this picture of Indian Rocks Beach online. It does not do it justice. It is about 72 degrees, sunny and beautiful here.

I have so many memories here on this beach. I think I spent most of my afternoons after school and on weekends laying out, playing volleyball, and hanging out with friends at this beach. I completely took it for granted when I was growing up, but oh how I miss it now.

After leaving 19 degree weather in North Carolina. I now know why old people move here and retire here.