Hot Date

We're always keeping it real here.  It was a Tuesday so my show was on the road, and Sweet Pete didnt disappoint! He took me to dinner, and since he knows how to show a girl a good time we went mini golfing AND he let me hit in the batting cages.  

What a guy!

It was really fun, and my batting average went through the roof!  Just call me Miggy!

DC: where Dreams Come True

Memorial Day weekend was a busy one for sure! We went out to DC to visit the family and had a lot of fun along the way!  Trampoline, zoo, Arlington, baseball, 5 Guys, and Segways were just some of the fun!

Zoooo and National Cathedral - Sam spent most of his time with Peter holding his hand :)

Rolling Thunder rolled through town on Sunday - we saluted!

 What's Memorial Day in DC without a trip to Arlington?

Eric was a guy Peter knew from his time in the Army. It was nice to be able to find this site while there.

No trip to DC is complete without Chick-Fil-A and 5 Guys!

A Nat's game was on Peter's to-do list, so now it's on the done list.

Super cool hot pretzels! Go Nats!

We had a few minutes to kill so we popped into the American History Museum - saw an exhibit on the history of food (music to my ears!) and Julia Child's kitchen!

And after a long time in the making and yearning I finally got to go on a Segway tour! It was excellent! I highly recommend doing it! My favorite part was rolling through the gravel on the mall; striking to be honoring history and engaging the future all at the same time.

We had just arrived in front of the White House when they said Obama would be landing on the lawn shortly.  And sure enough!  Now we've seen Air Force One and the presidential helicopters!

And here is where A LOT of time was spent! It sealed the deal with the kids! We're in!

We had a really fun time and already are forming a list of things to do on the next visit!

Birthday Houligan!

I stopped over to drop off a card on the way home, and got invited to dinner too, who's going to say no to that?!  I kept teasing that he was getting an iPad, gets the wheels of thought turning for everyone! :)

Hmm not and iPad but a sweet jersey

The peanut gallery anxiously awaiting an iPad

No iPad, but a baseball tee is pretty great!

Happy Birthday Wes!

Girls do Indy!

My girlfriends and I spent the other weekend in Indianapolis!  We had such a fun time keeping the secret from Al, planning and plotting, seeing her overjoyed face, hugging on her kids, whisking her off the the JW downtown, having breakfast, poking around town, reliving the 'glory days', paddleboating, biking in a surry style bike, getting all dressed up to shop, eating Chick-fil-a, instagramming, visiting floor 31, shopping and basically talking non-stop!

Here's the evidence to prove it all!

Where the Starburst chain began

Breakfast! yum!

Morning activities

Exploring and Enjoying!

The whole group

Every girl needs her girls :)

Come on Over!

Lately that's been the name of the game!  A lot of hanging out here and there.

This was a lovely summer Saturday night dinner shared with friends, and followed by GAMES! :)

Mother's Day was at my house this year - so fun to host!

The After Party was at my house and included the first bonfire of the season, as well as shopping through my closet!

Dana even stopped over too! A walk and ice cream followed!

Dont feel left out, let's get a date on the calendar! :)

The Spice of Life

I've been spending a lot of time with a lot of people lately. If you ask me, people are the spice of life. I heard recently a good reminder: celebrate the sameness as well as the differences we have because it creates a strong and beautifully woven tapestry.

My bogo :)

My Melis was back in the states and made a point to stop for a visit.  Worked out that she got to spend the night too!  Such a wonderful time to be able to catch up again - everyone needs a Melis.

Dinner at Jimmy B's 

 Allyson and Josh came back to GR for Mother's Day weekend so we all were able to spend time together.  What a sweet time to be back together, ironically in the same place we were all last together!

 The whole motley crew!

Again, so glad for friends, what a gift from the Lord!

Run Run Rudolph!

Run!  That's what I've been doing since February, faithfully.  I had totally fallen off the bandwagon until then, so my goal was the Riverbank Run. 

6.2 miles on May 11, 2013.  

No times, no keeping up, just running, finishing and feeling good.  

Goal Met!

This is the 7th time Kari and I have run this thing 'together', she's exceedingly faster than me, but is kind enough to wait at the end! :)

Breakfast of McDonald's champions after! Thanks Dougie!

AND this year, all of GR had the opportunity to watch me finish! ha!  Thanks Martins for videoing your TV for me!  The funny thing was, if you were watching it live, you would have seen my boss finish just a few steps behind me! He was given a hard time at work about it!

Another year in the books!  this time, maybe I wont fall so far off the bandwagon!