Monday, June 28, 2010

It's my Birthday!!

Last Wednesday I turned 28. Crazy. I cannot believe that 10 years ago this week I started college at UF. It seems like it was just yesterday.

On my birthday I had to work. I went into my offices and told everyone it was my birthday. :) Everyone was so nice and I got many many birthday wishes! After work I worked out and went to dinner at 95 Cordova with my family. 95 Cordova is one of my favorite restaurants in St. Augustine. It's located in the historic Casa Monica hotel.

The menus at 95 Cordova light up. My family definitely had fun playing around with the lighted menus. Everyone enjoyed their food and desserts.

My Ahi Tuna
My Mom's blue cheese filet
Tess and I shared the chocolate fondue. It was yummy!!
Tess wearing her shades at dinner
Zack wandered into the CSX convention room...too funny (left) Mike playing with his new iPhone (right)
Sunset on the way home from St. Augustine

Later in the week I celebrated my birthday with my friends. I think that all birthdays should last for at least a week!

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Fun times in St. Pete Beach


Last weekend Grant and I went to St. Pete Beach and stayed at The Don CeSar Resort. I had a work meeting at the resort Wednesday-Friday, so I flew in on Wednesday and Grant drove down Friday morning and met me when my meeting was over. We were able to get a great deal using the Lilly rate for the weekend.
View from my chair at the pool/beach

Our hotel - beautiful and PINK!
We spent quality time at the pool, beach and around St. Pete. On Friday I laid out by the pool for a bit waiting for Grant to arrive. When he arrived we went to the hotel gym together and worked out before going to dinner at the Middle Grounds Grill. I The food was good, but when we went to leave it started to pour. I was bummed because I wanted to see the sunset...oh well! We made it back to the hotel as the rain was clearing up and decided to go down to the pool/hot tub.

On Saturday we went to the Seahorse for breakfast. We had heard great things about this place, but we weren't impressed. It's hard when you compare all breakfast places to the Ivy in Gainesville or Eggstacy in Chicago. It was, however, in a cute area, Pass-A-Grille, that we enjoyed checking out after we ate.

Some pics from Pass-A-Grille
During the day we hung out by the pool and enjoyed the free "pool pampering" offered at the resort. This included free smoothies, frozen grapes and watermelon that was brought by periodically on silver trays! We decided to rent a wave runner and go out into the gulf. It was a lot of fun!

That night I worked out while Grant napped before dinner. We decided to go to Billy's for dinner. I had gone there with work earlier in the week and thought Grant would like it. Their house salad was really good! After dinner we went back to the hotel and were able to catch the sunset and a wedding on the beach.

After the sunset we went to the hotel restaurant for dessert. It was really yummy! We definitely should have tried dinner there one of the nights...next time!

We woke up on Sunday, checked out and headed to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. We each played some blackjack and three card poker for about an hour before heading back home. It was a lot nicer than I thought it would be...and super crowded for a Sunday morning!

On the way home we stopped in Gainesville for lunch at one of our favorite places, Leonardo's pizza. It was so nice to drive through campus and enjoy some great food and great memories! I cannot wait for football season to start again! I definitely want to go to more games this year.


Saturday, June 26, 2010

Happy First Birthday, Conner!

A couple of weekends ago we celebrated our friends' son's birthday. We became friends with Andrea and Jeff last February when we met them through Craigslist. They were selling a table and chairs. We bought the table and chairs and got two great friends as a bonus! At that time Andrea was pregnant with Conner. In June last year we were able to meet Conner the day after he was born in the hospital. Here are some photos from that day. He was SO little!

This June we were able to help him celebrate his first birthday. Andrea and Jeff hosted a great party at their house complete with a clown who painted faces and made balloon animals. We all had so much fun!

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Zack's Prom

I was out on our friend's boat on the day of Zack's prom, but my Mom took some photos, here they are. Enjoy!