GAMEDAY! GO PACK!!

August has flown by so fast..... We have been out of town visiting family and staying busy every weekend! But, we are so excited for today because it is GAMEDAY!! We have long awaited football season, and it is finally here!  What a great way to kickoff Labor Day weekend. We are also excited about spending Labor Day weekend in one of Ryan's favorite places with his family!!  It's going to be a great long weekend!!  More updates soon, but in the meantime GO PACK!!!  We will be watching with friends tonight and cheering on our Wolfpack!!  Looking for a WIN!!!

Happy Friday Y'all! :)

Happy Birthday and Happy Wedding!

Wow, this has been such a fun August so far!!  It started off with a wonderful surprise from Ryan for my 27th birthday.  He took me away for the weekend to the Ritz Carlton in Palm Beach!  I had no idea where we were going, even as he was driving there, and I was so surprised when we pulled up to the Ritz.  It is just gorgeous inside and out, and it has beautiful views of the Atlantic Ocean! We spent the day Saturday and Sunday at the pool just relaxing.  Saturday night Ryan took me to dinner at one of their restaurants, and it was amazing.  What was also really neat was that we were able to have a sushi chef make us hand rolled sushi on the spot in the lobby before dinner.  It was so yummy.  What a wonderful experience!  Needless to say I had one of the best birthdays, and it was so nice to get way just the two of us together.  We vowed that we will do much more of that!! So far 27 has been a great year.  Last weekend I was able to be in North Carolina to celebrate the marriage of my cousin Chris and his now wife Amanda.  I enjoyed being apart of all of the events and festivities and it was so wonderful to be able to spend that time with my extended family and also to see some friends I had not seen in a while. Ryan was with his best friend Andrew in SC for his bachelor weekend, and he enjoyed fishing, and hanging out with the guys.  I know he wishes he could have been in two places at one time, but I am so glad he was able to make the trip up to celebrate with Andrew. Here are some pictures from both of the trips in August!  I will post more soon!  Have a great week everyone!

What a WONDERFUL trip home to NC!!

We are back!!  Our trip was so nice, but WAY too short for our liking. We would have loved to have had longer so we could have seen more people like Ryan's parents, and our other family and friends! We do feel so fortunate to have been able to see so many of y'all though!  We arrived Thursday and immediately we were served "real Bojangles sweet tea". We were able to go to Pastabilites, my favorite childhood restaurant and one of Ryan's favorites too for dinner that night and celebrate family with my parents, my cousin Chris, his fiance Amanda, and Scott's better half and fiance Jenn! YAY for a yummy family dinner.  Ryan and I then met Amanda and Grant at Green Valley Grill for drinks.  It was wonderful to catch up with the Marshalls and to hear about their furry new addition (puppy Hoss).  Friday was a fun day in Raleigh for Ryan and me and we enjoyed eating at one of our favorite places in Cameron Village with our friend Andrew and shopping at Baileys, and some other Raleigh favorites ( Ryan had "fun", but not quite as much as I did haha).  That night in Greensboro two of my closest friends Heather and Morgan and their husbands Jimmy and Andrew met us for dinner at Green Valley Grill to celebrate my upcoming birthday and just reunite! In one word.... WOW!  We had such a blast!  Whenever these boys get together it is a crazy time, and we all enjoyed catching up and planning our next vacation together. I was so thankful that I got to see every member of the "Steel Magnolias" and their wonderful hubbies on our visit home.  Saturday we attended a Greek wedding for my childhood friend Katie.  It was so nice to be in the audience this time and we had a great time visiting with all of the Greeks, and cutting a rug on the dance floor. My parents really enjoyed having us with them too, and we even got Momma Gwen up and working out two mornings in a row, and she held her own with us!! All in all the trip was wonderful.  Now, we are back and it's my birthday week!! Ryan has some surprises he's planning, so I am excited to see what he has in store for us this weekend!  We have really enjoyed watching the Olympics this week!!  Go Team USA!!  Hope everyone else is having a good week, and I will make sure to update you all again soon! :)