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summer vacation

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While some may not consider a trip to Indiana a “summer vacation”, it was for us.
Who would have thought that when we booked our trip months ago
that it would be hotter in Indiana than it was in Florida.
No joke, it was over 100* the entire time we were there.
Another fun fact, it stays light so late up there. Like, the sun set at 9:15pm,
so there were nights that we went to bed and it was still light outside. Yeah, winners.

This trip to Indiana was the perfect mix of relaxing and seeing family & friends.
We got to see most of our family & friends on the first night we were there!

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Michael & Rachel were down from Chi-town for a few days, so it was great to see them.
For some reason, it took Kenley a little to warm up to Michael,
which was strange since she had just seen him over Mother’s Day weekend.

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All of the Lower great-grandkids were in one place at one time!
David & Jodi made the trip to Indiana for the week too, so it worked out nicely.
It was so good to see the majority of our cousins & their kids,
even though we did miss the ones who couldn’t make it.

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Megan also made the trip up from Btown to snuggle Miss Kenley.

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Over the course of the night, Kenley was passed from one person to the next
and didn’t make one peep about it. She was so good and stayed up way past her bedtime,
which her father and I paid for later,
but that was okay since it meant she got to see a lot of different people.

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We spent the following days swimming and playing outside as much as we could.
Greg and I also hit up our local favorites like Dortee’s, the Mexican restaurant, and the Curve.

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We celebrated the 4th of July with a trip out on the boat.
Due to the insane heat and lack of rain, the lake was being drained by the day,
so it was crazy low and was one of the last days the boat was actually in the water.
Pretty crazy, but luckily we were able to head out for a short bit.
Greg and I stayed under the umbrella with Kenley and jumped in when we could.
We didn’t see one firework while we were there also due to the heat and dryness.

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Cameron and Kenley got to play together afterwards!

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Greg and I celebrated our 4th anniversary while we were vacationing.
We played golf in the morning. Kenley came along for the ride and loved it!
After bedtime, we headed to dinner just the two of us.
It was great having grandma and grandpa there to babysit.
I had big plans to blog about our wedding day to commemorate our anniversary,
but that clearly didn’t get done, so look for that post in the future.

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Overall, Kenley did wonderful. We tried to stay on schedule as much as possible,
and she even ended up taking an extra nap every day we were there.
It was so fun for Greg and I to spend the week with her.
She’s changing every day and learning new things and we were able to watch her explore
her new surroundings which was great.
More on traveling with a tot later.

I think it’s safe to say Kenley enjoyed her time at Grandma & Grandpa’s house.

my weekend in photos :: first father’s day

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greg got his father’s day gift a couple days early so he could play with it

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the finished product.

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saturday was full of running errands. well, just a few errands but they were on the complete opposite sides of town.
napkin as a bib. world’s best parents right here folks. 

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whole foods is insanely packed on a saturday afternoon. don’t say i didn’t warn you.

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got all festive around here for dad’s day

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kyler came to play

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friends

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first night in two piece, big girl pajamas. when did she get so old?

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amy and i had a craving for cookies. unfortunately, we didn’t have enough butter.
olive oil is not an acceptable substitute. cookie fail. 

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kenley’s gift to dada. funny story to follow.

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trip to sam’s club. guess which frozen treat we chose. 

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free tijuana flats for father’s day…for the second year in a row!
greg scored a free entree last year since i was clearly expecting.

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how was your weekend?

my [memorial day] weekend in photos

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[sorry to those who receive email updates, i'm trying to find a different host for photos
and mistakenly published a post... whoops. technical difficulties. forgive me.]

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we loaded up the car to head down to grammy’s on friday after dinner.
kenley was well aware that this wasn’t our normal bedtime routine.

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we stopped off for a road trip treat.
half chocolate, half vanilla milkshake.

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we were up early and ready to swim on saturday.
many more pics to come.

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i took advantage of nap time to soak up some rays
and catch up on life, fitness, fashion, and decor.
i finally also finished the second hunger games book. holy moly.

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the new coozie of the rest of my life.

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hanging out with grammy!

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hanging out with mommy!

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not sure if we packed enough toys.

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jeremy and eric came down to hang out too!

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rocking her red, white, and blue for memorial day

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cousins from colorado!
we were able to stop by the beach on our way home to see them,
which was somewhat of a tease since we had to come back and go to work tomorrow,
but looking forward to spending this weekend with them.

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first time at the beach, can’t wait to go back.

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kenley loved seeing her cousins.

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what was supposed to be a quick trip home turned into a closed interstate
and long detour through the citrus groves.

oy.

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how was your long weekend? 

my weekend in photos :: mother’s day surprise

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“my weekend in photos” will be more words and less photos this week,
just to forewarn you.

Where to begin.
Friday I came home to two awesome surprises.
My amazing husband flew my mom down for the weekend
and I didn’t know it until I came home from work on Friday to see her holding Kenley.
My amazing father flew my brother down this weekend to surprise both my mom and myself,
and I didn’t know it until after I saw my mom and was already surprised.
All these men in our lives were in cahoots together.

Later on the Jenkinson’s came over to play!

Kenley just loves grabbing at Kyler.

Saturday morning we headed to the Winter Park Farmer’s Market, which was amazing!

Greg and I snuck away for a lunch-time date to our fave restaurant with an amazing view.

Saturday night, we played Sink the Biz.
Alicia was in town, so we were pumped when she came by to visit.

I don’t think I could have had a better first Mother’s Day.
After some chocolate chip pancakes, we headed to church, then to lunch.
My mom and I did some shopping this afternoon (shocking, I know),
then had an awesome dinner!

Hope all you mommies had a wonderful Mother’s Day, especially the first-time mommies out there!

my weekend in photos

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friday was a bittersweet day as i packed up my office and worked my final day as the coordinator of club sports

we started the weekend with a good, long, hot run.
it felt great to get back out there and do a little more than our normal walks.
i am definitely feeling it today though.

kenley’s newest face. half scared, half smile, fully creepy.

greg and i had a long overdue daytime date at the magic/pacers playoff game at amway

it was fun to watch my hometown team take on our home team

the pacers won in an exciting, overtime game

a huge thanks to sally, nathan and charlie for actually babysitting kenley while we went to the game!

nothing says happy cinco de mayo like a huge tray of chips and queso from tijuana flats
and the biggest bowl of guacamole you’ve ever seen.
we also had build your own tacos and some great amigos to celebrate with.

and of course corona light with a lime

to top it off, the super moon! it was so bright.

we had a semi-productive sunday and treated ourselves to frappachino happy hour

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how was your weekend? how did you celebrate cinco de mayo!?

 

my weekend in photos: happy new year

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One resolution for 2012 is to start (check!) and keep up with the series my weekend in photos.
My cousin Misha has been doing it and I really enjoy seeing what they do each weekend.
So, here it goes!

someone special got me roses

kenley’s first disney trip: dinner at fort wilderness lodge

amazing weather this weekend to ring in the new year

born this way: ready to party

been dying to make these since i spotted them on pinterest. delish!

sipping monster on the rocks to ring in the new year

another pinterest find: turn your hangers backwards on jan. 1st and if you haven’t worn it by june 1st, get rid of it!