Friday, September 14, 2012

Monday, September 10, 2012

Line dancing & Plant obsessions...

Haalloo Errbody!

Just photo logging my uber-fun weekend :)

Saturday night we ventured over to the Waterin' Trough for some line dancing! I think I like it better than the Dallas Bull. Here's a quick recap of another up til 1:30am Southern Adventure...

.photo courtesy of Ashley aka @itsashtin (instagram).

.Sarah & I. 

 .Ash & I. 

After dancing, Sarah & I found the local Sonics to eat at. While there - we talked about the 1980s & how no one can beat how absurd & hilarious it was. Top That.



Ahhh.... 1st Sunday Football Game of the season.......

.thematic oreos...... 

.Mom's homemade Chili. it was scrumptious! glad to take home leftovers :D


My dear "friend that I love, but never met" Jacqui has such a gardening talent with Succulents & Fairy Gardens. See her phenom plants... she is mailing MAILING me the coveted String of Pearls plant from the Mid West where she's from & I can't wait for them to arrive! Since she is sending them all the way to me, now I have this #obsession with succulents! Holy crapola!! In her honor I paid it forward & shared my propulgated Mexican Hat succulents with the girls at work. 



 Lastly, fall is now on the horizon. As it approaches, I had to make one last hurrah for summer. Hence: the Blackberry Collins, courtesy of my Husband - my bartender hobbyist.


Good night! xo,


Thursday, September 6, 2012

Labor Day Extravaganza! *photo heavy*

I'm still recovering from the 3 day weekend. Since moving to Florida, Chris & I have joined the rest of the fambam spending the weekend at The Disney Beach Club Villas Resort.

.painted my nails in honor of the weekend ahead.


After a 2.5 hour car ride to drop off our fur-baby Charlie, we arrived at last!
.perfectly centered shot :) instagram @knmarkford

Our first night we went to dinner at Buca - a yearly tradition. Always on the menu:
  • Apple Gorgonzola Salad
  • Caprese
  • Spicy Chicken Rigatoni
  • Chicken Marsala
  • Pasta Alfredo
  • Pesto & Prosciuttio Stuffed Chicken
  • Gnocchi
  • Green Beans
  • Garlic Smashed Potatoes
  • 3 Bottles of *smuggled in* Wine


.buca!!.

.imitating the happy italian lady holding flowers, dressed in her native attire: christmas lights. Ashley & I are never afraid to take funny shots & do stupid things - but apparently I'm the only one doing that here LOL. for some reason no one wanted to take a photo with the statue. I still haven't figured that out. :)

.lambrusco.

.the gluten free, dairy free, trying-to-be-good-because-all-this-food-will-make-us-sick girls. aka salad feins. don't be fooled, we ate from everything ordered, but we cleared the salad bowl :) LOL 

.buca lova.

.all to celebrate Ronnie's 18th bday!!. 
.la familia!.


After dinner, we headed home, got in jammies & proceeded on to game night. This year: Apples to Apples. Dad won with 8 cards; I had 2... "worldly" & if I remember correctly "energetic".
.oh - it was on. 
.this game got fierce. 


Every year we attend Mass at Out Lady of the Universe. And every year I see my friend Santi (from my home parish in Tampa). He makes a yearly "pilgrimage" to this Church every Labor Day Weekend. No photo of us. I'll be sure to get one next year.
.sunday funday mass :).


Group shots from around the Villas Resort:
.the ladies. 

.Husband <3.

.the youngins.


My SIL (sister in law) Lindsey recently got a waterproof case for her iPhone. Needless to say - we had a LOT of fun in the sand bottom pools. Here are 2 of 30,000,000 photos...

.pirate slide.

.underwater camera fun.

Miscellaneous photo. I love her. :D She's the best sister God could have given me.
.seester :D xoxo. 


Sunday night: dinner in. HOMEMADE PIZZA!! yum-o!
.homemade pizza. 
I made my pizza with organic sauce & no-wheat, gluten free dough. delish! 


Next Memorial Day, we'll be coming back to the Disney Resorts to stay at the Animal Kingdom!! I'm so excited! We wanted to scope out the place - you know, because we snotty Disney resort-going people. Jk. We walked around for about 2 hours enjoying the animals, decor, drums, & seeing the sights. So excited for May 2013!
.the wall of the animal kingdom. word.

.the bathroom of the animal kingdom. hakuna matata. 

.my lovie.

After much calculation, we figured out that with the Disney vaca package my cousin Julie has - we'll get to spend every Labor Day at Disney for the next 42 years! Bring it on! :)

xo,