Girls Weekend

I had a fabulous girls weekend! A group of us hit the party capital of the world: LAS VEGAS!
We had a great time! Check it out:


































Ok- Did you really think I'd post pictures???? What happens in Vegas, STAYS in Vegas!

What a month!

We have so many friends and family members with important days in the month of April! This post is dedicated to all those people:
Alex
Elaine
Aaron
P
Markie
Michele
Nick and Elaine
Duncan and Cathleen
Nicole
Nicole
Abbey

and (most important to me) is my anniversary with my awesome and loving husband. I love you honey and I can't believe this is number 11. It seems like yesterday that we said 'I do' and I still 'I do'. Love you!

And hugs and kisses to everyone else celebrating in April! Cheers!

I need to add an addendum to my Easter post. On Easter Sunday, after I had done my first post, we headed out to see my parents. My brother was visiting with my niece and nephew. They had lots of fun in my parent's pool:

Aren't they cute?

My Mom made a lovely feast and I took care of dessert. I made these awesome cupcakes which turned out a little larger then I had planned:

That's right- Peeps on flower shaped cupcakes! Nothin says Easter like Peeps!

Yum! It was a great Easter Sunday. Anyway- We had beautiful weather again for this weekend. On Saturday we did one of those things we'd been meaning to do for a long time: We had a Yard Sale! Cousin P was nice enough to host it at her place, which is a great location for a yard sale! Check it:

We sold a bunch of stuff and had lots of fun hanging out with cousin P and Aunt Mary Lou. It was a lot of work, but overall a very good sale! I'm good for another ten years in the yard sale department.

This week my husband surprised me with a present. Its sort of an early anniversary present. He got me this awesome road bike!

Isn't she purty? Today I went on my very first road ride with Rob and our friends Sara and Eric. What was supposed to be an "easy first ride" (I'm quoting my husband), turned into a 3 hour ride! It was a great ride, but a bit much for me. We rode 35miles. THIRTY FIVE MILES!! Whew! I am beat. But I did enjoy the company and it was another great Spring day! I've decided I need to get a bell and a more comfortable seat for the new bike. My toosh hurts!

Happy Easter! and Happy Birthday Elaine!

Happy Easter everyone! I woke up to a beautiful sunny day. Easter is such a hopeful holiday!

Today is Easter Sunday but it is also Elaine's birthday. Yesterday, Elaine got a very special birthday present:

WOW! A new VW Jetta!! Its very cool! Elaine drove us to dinner in her new car. It has a sunroof, leather interior, Bluetooth- the works! Here's Rob in the front seat:

And here's Nick and Elaine all dressed up for dinner and ready to take the new car out on the town. Aren't they a cute couple??Happy Bday Lainey!

Fun Weekend: A B-day and The Belgium Party!

We had such a fun and social weekend! On Friday we met some friends at the new location of "The Vig" for our friend Rob's birthday. The restaurant was really cool and we had a great time! Happy Birthday Rob!

Rob, me,and Rob! I obviously came straight from work.

Check out the awesome caramel brownie birthday dessert! It was delish!

That's Rob's sister Kristen and friend Max

There were some trivia cards on the table and we all tried to answer the questions. There were some interesting answers- which were a direct result of the celebratory beverages. :)

this is Brian reading a question- I kinda caught him by surprise!

Now onto Saturday night... First we met up with some cousins for a cocktail. We went to a really cool place called Hula's. Check out cousin Brain with the tiki glass.

Cousin Tammi bites! (But only when you make her mad) That's her drink!

Tammi's friend was nice enough to take this picture. For some reason, cousin Brian's head looks quite large and I look like I have square hair because of the building in the background!, and Rob looks like he was "photo-shopped" in later!

I love my cousins!

And Congratulations to P on the purchase of her new car!! Whoo-hoo!! Its really pretty!

So after Hula's, we hopped on over to Sarah and Eric's for "The 2nd Annual Belgium Party". This party is a tribute to all things Belgian! Check out the chocolate covered waffles:

Mmmm. AND there were delicious Frites served Belgian style with mayonnaise for dipping. (There was ketchup available for the less adventurous.) Check out Shawn and her plate of frites:

And, of course, we had to have something to drink! Here's Eric with a tasty Belgian Beer:

There was also some great music and great company. We ran into our old friends Janice and Charlie:

A little music:

That's Sarah and Rob towards the end of the evening! Sarah is enjoying some Belgian beer. (The hat is not Belgian. It got a little chilly at the end of the evening.)

Thanks to Sarah and Eric for having us! We look forward to the 3rd annual Belgium party!!!

Bahamas: Rose Island

We were able to take a little trip to an "out island", as they call it in the Bahamas, to Rose Island. An out island is one of the smaller, undeveloped islands. There are hundreds of them in the Bahamas. It was a short boat ride from Paradise Island. Our boat captain, Duran, gave us a fast and fun ride to the island:

We arrived at a small wooden dock that lead to some stone stairs. The stairs led us up and over the island to the beautiful beach on the other side:

It was so pretty and peaceful. No resorts, no people except our small group. Rob and I brought our snorkeling gear. The water was a tad chilly, but not bad for February. We saw some awesome fish and coral. The water was pretty shallow- maybe 12ft deep- and it remained shallow for quite a distance from the beach. You can see another small island in the distance:



After snorkeling we had some lunch. The crew brought coolers full of snacks and drinks and we ate on benches underneath this "patio".

I guess its a work in progress. We headed back to Atlantis shortly after lunch. On our way out I noticed this little house on the island. I asked Duran if anyone lived there and he said that the owner comes every weekend. What a life. You can't see it, but there's a satellite dish on the side of the house.

The ride back was fun! Duran really likes to go fast! We passed this cute colorful lighthouse. I don't know if you can see it in this picture- but its accent colors are pink, yellow and blue:

We made it back to the island and then....... Rob had to leave. That's right. He had to fly to Atlanta for some important business. (sniffle) I was a very sad. We were having such a great time! But this trip was technically work for him, so if he was needed elsewhere, he had to go. Did I go with him? Heck no! I chose 2 more nights in paradise! It was lonely without him, but I managed. :) Atlantis has a spa, shopping, and a beach. What more did I need?

Chihuly at Atlantis

In the casino at Atlantis there were some beautiful glass creations by the artist Chihuly. The first two are the Sun and the Moon:

This chandelier looked like luminescent sea shells:



And this sculpture looked like icicles:

Aren't they lovely? I wonder what it would cost to have him make me a sculpture for my house?