Yummy Restaurants and Florida Breeze

October is just flying by so fast! I cannot believe November is fast approaching, and then the Holidays!  I love Fall, and I am really ready for some cooler weather here in Florida.  It is slowly cooling down here, and it is feeling so nice!  I am ready to pull out my boots and wear them for a few months! :)  Recently we have been trying some yummy new restaurants for our date nights, and we have discovered some new favorites.... TOne of our recent finds is Samba Room, which is a neat Tapas style restaurant in South Tampa.  We had a blast there and it was a neat environment too! Ciro's Speakeasy is another favorite.  It is a 1920's Prohibition style restaurant and bar.  You even have to give a pass code to get into the door. I had been there with Junior League for an event earlier this year, but this was Ryan's first time and he LOVED it just like I did!!  It is so nice to have so many great restaurants right out our back door!  This past weekend we enjoyed a day at the beach on Saturday and a boating day with friends on Sunday!  It's great weather right now for boat days, and that is one of our favorite Florida past times! I have been cooking up a storm for Mr. Ryan lately, and he seems to be liking all of his home cooked meals.  I really love to cook, and I am excited to learn some new recipes and to also get into baking more regularly too!! More updates soon! <3

NC Wedding Weekend and the start of FALL!

  We had the pleasure of being back in NC last weekend to help celebrate the marriage of one of Ryan's best friends Andrew and his now wife Becca! We were so glad to be a part of their special weekend and Ryan served as a Groomsman. It was also great to be back in Greensboro. Becca and I are both from Greensboro and actually knew each other before either of us knew our husbands, and it just worked out that we married friends. I think it is so neat how that worked out.  They are a great couple and we are excited to hopefully see them and the rest of the "Tailgating Gang" soon!  It was awesome seeing everyone! We also got to 

attend Church on Sunday with my parents in Winston at the church where we got married! We have not been there since we got married over a year ago, so that was so neat and Father Demetri was so happy to see us!  We arrived back in Tampa Monday, and the week has flown by for us both. I enjoyed reunited with some friends at Junior League and also got to attend a Book Signing for the mom of one of my Tampa friends last night.  Ryan has been busy with work and he's so glad to have a long weekend this weekend for the Columbus Day holiday! We are going to spend our weekend having a Date Night tonight at a fun place, watching NC STATE tomorrow      with some of our FSU friends ( we will see how Ryan does... this is a test! ), and then getting to visit with Ryan's family and see his Grandmother who is visiting from NC.  It's going to be a great weekend this weekend too!!  Hope everyone has a great one and GO PACK!! More updates to come!