Sine Die

Session is over......what a relief!!!

This year I suprised Drew with an end of session present (which he claims other husbands and wives do):

For as much as this boy is outside, he has never had a nice pair of sunglasses.  So I bought him a pair of Maui Jim's and he was thrilled.  I'm so happy that he is enjoying them.

Glad you made it through another year baby!  I love you!!

Spring Birthday's

The past two weeks have been filled with birthday's galore and I have been very lazy with taking pictures so please forgive me.

Last week we started off our list of birthday's with our dear friend Teresa Dennis. Her birthday was April 25 and we were unable to celebrate at dinner with she and Steven due to a baseball game.  Next up is my cousin Christian.  His birthday is April 26 and he lives in Washington DC so we left the celebrating up to his wife Carla!  Third on the list is another cousin of mine, Kevin.  Drew and I took Kevin out to Barnaby's and had the best time!  What is better than great pizza and good company!  The next birthday boy is Uncle Doug.  His birthday is April 28 and he was off celebrating his birthday in France with the Sister's (Aunt Karen, Aunt Kathy and My Mom)! 

During the week of birthday I spent one evening at Sara Britton and Matty J's house.  I had the best time with Allie Boone.  She is so sweet!

The final birthday of the week was Jason Mork, who is a good friend of Drew's and now mine!  His lovely wife Shelia threw a surprise (or not so much) party at their house.  We had such a great time!  Tons of friends, food and bocce ball.  Saturday before the party Drew, Jason and Jason Hart play golf at Summer Brooke. 

Now this leads me into this week, Monday, May 2, 2011 was my best friend Fran's birthday!  We celebrated with all of her friends at Mockingbird Cafe.  It was a fabulous evening!

The rest of the week was pretty laid back.  Drew has been working late nights so I decided to have dinner ready for him when he got home and we ate dinner outside on the deck.  The weather was perfect!  We also use one of our wedding gifts for the first time.....Thank you Betts's Family!!! 

Copper helping set the table!

The next night we had my mom over for a Mexican Fiesta to celebrate Cinco de Mayo! 

We are so fortunate to have such great friends and family!  Happy Birthday to everyone!

Have a great Mother's Day Weekend!

Bunny's, Slip N Slides and Church

This past weekend was full of fun for all ages.  Friday afternoon Drew and I headed down to St. Teresa Beach for Easter Weekend.  Drew's family was coming and staying at our house so we had a lot planned!

Saturday Morning we headed down to Jay and Bri's Easter Egg Hunt Party.  It was so much fun and the Easter Bunny even showed up.

The kid all lined up to hunt

The parents watching

Mac egg hunting

Cooper with the Aunter Bunny

The Musselwhite's with their favorite Bunny!

The Bunny's Favorite person

 After the Egg Hunt it was time for the munchin....

The Musselwhite's Enjoy the Good Food

After our bellies were full we headed back to our house where Drew had built the longest slip n slide ever!

The kids had such a good time.....and Drew!

Ty

Avery

Kate

Mary Carlton

Claire

Mac

Fuller

And Drew

After our full day of activities we headed back to Jay and Bri's for a wonderful Wharf dinner with music by Jay Kelly.  It was the perfect ending to a fabulous day! 

Sunday we got up early for a pancake breakfast that John Andrew cook for us and then we headed to church.  We went down the beach to the St. Teresa Community Church which was a really neat experience.

Thanks everyone for a wonderful Easter Weekend!  We enjoyed having the Smith/Musselwhite family with us and we missed Mom, Aunt Karen, Uncle Doug, Aunt Kathy, Sarah, Chin, Carla, Uncle Johnny, Aunt Tina, Worth and Mike.  And most of all, my grandmother, Nanny!!  I know we were all thinking about her even though we were spread out all over the world. 

April at the Beach

This weekend Drew and I headed down to St. Teresa Beach to relax and get things ready for Easter Weekend.  We didn't get down till late Friday night because we had a baseball game.

When we got there was had a little surprise waiting for us.....Easter came early!

My mom left Saturday morning to head to the French Riviera with Sarah, Aunt Karen and Uncle Doug.  Since she was gone over Easter she had left a basket for Drew and I.  We were thrilled to get new flip flops...especially Drew!  Thank you mom for a wonderful Easter basket!  (I know...I'm 31 and I'm still getting an Easter basket) :)

On to the rest of our weekend....

Copper and Drew Relaxing

Gorgeous Weekend

Walker our slightly slow King Charles Spainel has gotten to be quite adventurous these days.  He takes off down the beach plays in the water, eats sea squirts and runs which doesn't happen often.

Drew looking for Walker

Our Little Beach Dog

We Are Gaining Beach

We had such a wonderful weekend.  We are so lucky to have a beach house in this little place of paradise.

Brithday Drinks with Friends

Yesterday we met with friends at 2 Chez to celebrate my birthday!  It was such a perfect afternoon and I had a wonderful time.  Thank you everyone for coming out and celebrating with me!!

The group

The girls

Little David

Nan and CLC

Drew telling a story

Another year older

Also a few other people came for drinks but had left before the group picture.  Not pictured....Jessica and David Avant, Wyatt and Amy Brooks (soon to be), Blake Dowling and Allie VanLandingham.

Thank you again everyone!!

Take Me Out To The Ball Game

Last night we all went over to John Andrew and Kay's house for another birthday celebration!  It was a baseball theme party for the UF vs. FSU game.  It was so much fun!

We had boiled peanuts, pop corn, nachos, chips and for dinner we had Mutt and Jeff's slaw dogs!!!

Mary Carlton made my favorite cake which is red velvet with cream cheese icing!!  She decorated it in orange and blue on one side and garnet and gold on the other.

Fuller and Mary Carlton also made decorations for the game.  We had an heart that was cracked down the middle with orange and blue on one side and garnet and gold on the other.  They also made a house divided sign.  They did such a good job!

Here are pictures throughout the evening.

Mary Carlton lighting the candles

Cutting the cake

My Baby

My New Family

The Smith/Musselwhite family even wore gator shirts for my birthday!  Aren't they the best family to marry into!!
Thank you so much for a wonderful birthday!! You all are the best!

The Birthday Weekend

Well my birthday weekend started a little early with Drew and I going to Sine Die after work on Thursday.  Drew gave me a gun for my birthday so we went up there to shoot it.  It is a really neat pistol called Diamondback 380.  Here is a picture of it so you can see how small it is. This is the actual size.



Here are the dogs at the farm.

Here is Drew shooting.

Friday after work, Mary Carlton and I went to the Melting Pot for cheese and chocolate.  Mary Carlton had never been to the Melting Pot so we had the best time! We had the cheddar cheese fondue and the s‘mores chocolate. 

Saturday we had an all day baseball tournament.  Drew and his dad coach an 11 and 12 year old baseball team, Zaxby's which Fuller plays on.  Our team did great!  We came in third place. I will take some pictures of the Team and post in the next few weeks.

Sunday was my actual birthday so Drew let me choose what we were going to do for the day! We started out the morning by going to church at Faith Presbyterian then to Food Glorious Foods for brunch.  From there we headed downtown to the IMAX theatre to see Born to Be Wild.  This was Drew and I's first time to the IMAX and it was great!  It's amazing how great the sounds and movie were.  After the movie we ran to Target then headed home for a nap before we had dinner with the family.

Dinner with the Family is all my aunts, uncles, cousins on my mom's side of the family.  Last night we were celebrating three birthday's; Kate's who turned 7, Aunt Tina's birthday and my birthday.  Here are few pictures from the evening.  My camera was acting up so they are a little blurry.

Kate opening gifts

The birthday girl and her mom

Sister's

The kids helping me open

Happy Birthday Girls