Beachin It....Kid Style!!!

We just love when we get to spend such an amazing weekend with such fabulous people.  Mark, Dianna, and Connor invited us to join them on their beach trip and it was just wonderful.  

Getting ready to hit the road...

Not just the two of us anymore....

Potty Break and Diaper Change...

Lovin' the Beach with our little guy...

Twinsies!!!  So cute right?!?!

Ryan got in on story time :)

Loved meeting gma spiro!!

Look at that face ahhhh!!!!

Uncle Steve!

Beach Bum in the making...PERF!!

Chillin with Daddy

It was not easy to get little man back from Gpa Spiro

The boys and their Daddys

Sooo cool!!!

Naps on the beach are the best!

our very first family beach trip!!!

It's really true when you hear kids make everything even better.  Ryan was an angel and we had an absolute blast having him with us at the beach!!

ooooo the anticipation

For those of you that know me, know that I am OB-sessssssed with the beach!!  Something about water and sand and fruity drinks just gets me all giddy inside.  I have loved the beach since I was a kid, lived there for a summer in college, the summer after college, and long for the day when I can retire in a beautiful purple beach house and sip my cup of coffee (french vanilla creamer included) while watching the waves crash in my "yard."  We're not there yet so a weekend to the beach with some great friends will be just the ticket!!  This will also be the first trip to the beach for little Ry Guy!!  I am soooo stoked.  As soon as we got the invitation I was on amazon and ordering all of the baby essentials needed and not needed for our 1st trip to the ocean!

We are headed to Bethany with Mark, Dianna, and Connor.  Connor just turned 1 and is cute as a button.  Him and Ryan most inevitably will be best friends one day so we might as well start their vacationing together now!  This is going to just be a blast and the anticipation is making me soooo excited!!!  The last time we all went to the beach together it was drinks on the beach by day, drinks on fire by night, lots of gin-a-tonics, and a trip to seacrets haha.  Things will be a bit different this time, can't wait!!!!

A trip down memory lane to the Bethany Beach Trip 2007, stay tuned for the beach trip of 2012!!!

 

Dewey Beach Week 2011

The usual suspects all gathered last week for the annual Parker Dewey Beach Trip!!  This year was a bit different with the preggo factor but fun and relaxing nonetheless.  I didn't take any pics except for family picture time so you'll just have to take my word for it ha!  The was a lot of hand-n-foot, spades made the line up a few times as well, there was tons of beach time, great sun, a lot of flavor ice on the beach, excellent meals, and some fantastic shopping!!!  Here are some pics of group pic night!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wintergreen Weekend!!

This summer is flying bye!  Granted we have 2 big beach trips coming up, we haven't been anywhere this summer, where usually we try and do a beach weekend here and there.  A few weeks ago we asked around and decided Wintergreen it was, it would be so much cooler (since it's so hot here) up there.  We had an amazing weekend!  When you are around my mom and gma you rarely have to lift a finger, so relaxing is an understatement (I would offer to help, but they really do just love waiting on people).  Cell phones don't really work and it's just something about the fresh air and being away in the mountains that always allow me to get so much awesome sleep!!  This weekend we slept with the windows open, 60's at night, it was perfect!!!  Of course we had Rocco sleep next to the window to be on alert for any roaming bears!

We chose Wintergreen mainly because we were looking for a great place to go and play around a golf!  And that is exactly what we did, our group of 7 played 18 on Saturday afternoon.  Gma won the day, helps to play everyday of the week.  We played girls at one tee time and boys at the other!  We had a blast!  I actually did really well (keep in mind this is my 3rd time) on the front 9, PARing two holes and ending with 55.  The back nine isn't really worth talking about. 

Just a fabulous weekend to spend outdoors and with family.  Coming back completely relaxed and rejuvinated!  Debs and I shared a cart, I LOVE driving golf carts!

Eric and Mike getting ready to start the round.

Our Golf Gang!!

The guys at the top of 17.  Wintergreen was sooo hilly, made it super fun to drive the cart up there and made the course very neat. 

All done!

Kings to the West Coast!!!

VIVA LAS VEGAS!!!!!!

Thursday Night Arrival for my very first and much anticipated trip to Las Vegas to celebrate Wiggin's 30th birthday.  We checked into our hotel, Treasure Island for the night, quickly changed into a Vegas but not one of our favorite outfits and hit the strip.  First stop Bellagio fountains, sorry I am a sucker for tourism and they certainly were a site to see!!

After a nice and relaxing 5 seconds enjoying the view, we got the call.  The Wiggins' were done with dinner, Julia was passed out, but Kathleen and Martin were across the street and Planet Hollywood club called Gallery, table and bottle service- gotta like that.  Never again was there a dull moment of this trip....

 

Friday Eric and I were up and at 'em early!!  We even put on our work out clothes which we had high hopes of running through town (especially in San Diego), yeah not so much this was the one and only time the Asics came close to my feet.  Anywho, we went for a long walk, checked into the Palazzo where we would be staying the rest of the trip, packed up our stuff which we had managed to have spread all over the room in just the few hours we were there, and breakfast it was!  The Wiggins crew came down, met up with them, Jessica and "AE" arrived, met up with them- one big happy family!  To the pool!!!!  

 

 

 

Friday night we did dinner at Mix which is on the 43rd floor of The Hotel, overlooking the entire strip, pretty awesome view, for some of us that is, (to exclude anyone who discovered their fear of heights right off the elevator) enjoyed awesome company and excellent food!  Plans were up in the air for Friday night, Martin's friend had a table at Chateau, we went there for a drink, it sucked so we left.  Continued to the Venetian, hung out at the bar there, played some craps, lost some money, all in all a fabulous evening.

 

 

  

Saturday HAPPY BIRTHDAY WIGGINS!!!!!  After a super cute breakfast at the downstairs cafe, it was pool time again, this time the Venetian pool, which is right by Tao, so we had fun music to go with our pool time.  Today it was buckets of corona's all day.  The sun felt awesome, the Corona's felt even better!!!

 

Saturady night was dinner at Sushi Samba which was awesome and such a cool experience.  We did some chef special thing which was like a family style 5 course dinner, last one being alllll of this yummy sushi!!  Then it was off to Encore where I actually won some money on this fun card game thing, winning!!!  And table on the dance floor with bottle service again (yes my liver and Grey Goose were sure getting to know each other by this point) at Tryst.  Which was a pretty cool spot, amazing waterfall at the front of the dance floor.

 

 

  

OFF TO SAN DIEGO!!!!!!

Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday Happy Travels!!  Kathleen and Martin were so nice and volunteered to drive us home with them to save money on our trip to San Diego, which was awesome but totally not necessary (the trip on the whole).  After about 2 hours of being extremely nautious and getting through a really stupid and pointless Agriculture check point we were smooth sailing all the way to Irvine California.  I am so glad we drove actually, I had NO idea California was sooooo hilly!!!  Next stop, train station in Irvine CA.  We got there literally 15 minutes before the next train rolled through.  Such a beautiful and relaxing ride, we bought some wine, sat back and viewed the lovely coastline of southern California on our venture down to San Diego.


Arriving in San Diego, to our really really awesome Hard Rock Hotel right in the Gaslamp disctrict!  We had dinner at Vicenzo in Little Italy (so cute) and went to bed very shortly after, by like 10 o'clock.  Our energy levels were not exactly high the remainder of our vacation. 

 Monday was relaxing!!  Or as relaxing as Eric and I can possibly be for a period of time.  The weather was kinda crappy and well I just love Pandas, soooo San Diego Zoo it was.  We really actually had a blast at the zoo...this place is ginormous and filled with soooo many animals, lions and tigers and bears OH MY!

 

And nap time at the hotel, followed by the best couples massages we have ever had!!!  Eric's cousin then scooped us from the hotel, took us to their house in Point Loma, awesome view overlooking the ocean, and a magnifico home cooked meal- to die for!!!  Again bed early for this group!!

Tuesday was our last day in our favorite place, although neither of us were sad, we were exhaustedddd and ready to go home by this point.  We had a great day though.  Dropped off at Mission Beach, walked to PB, has hopes of making it to La Jolla but were unsuccessful.  We had a beer at Bubs (the Tech bar in PB), bought two really cheap towels at CVS, and went straight to the beach for a nap.  The sun finally decided to come out yay!!!  Got burnt and called it a day.  Nap time.  More Nap Time, wish I could schedule these into my normal daily routine.  Then we decided to do our own little appetizer bar crawl around our hotel.  Started out across the street and Fin something for fish tacos, then on to Donovans, and lastly to Nobu for some sushi, and to bed this time it's not even 7:00.  Ring ring, Eric's big brother in his fraternity called, so we got dressed again and went to some bar down the street on the rooftop of a hotel which was awesome, fire pits and all.  You have to remember 65 degrees is cold to those San Diegoans.  My cousin ended up meeting us up there as well and I we were able to meet him new wife Abby since unfortunately we had to miss their wedding last June.

 

 

 

 Wednesday was spent in the friendly skies!  Luckily we had first class, wine, and a good movie!!

What a great trip it was.  If it wasn't for our families all being here I have no doubt that we would reside in Sunny San Diego.