SWEET SUMMER

 

Happy first day of summer!

When I imagine summer, thoughts of long summer nights, barbeques with friends, and the pool flood my mind. Even the 4th of July is coming up so quickly (we don't have huge plans but still one of my favorite holidays!), which is absolutely crazy to me. I'm so excited to kick off this first summer weekend with temperatures in the 90's and at the pool! 

Here's a little list of things I hope to accomplish this summer (that I hope helps keep me on track): 

+go to a drive-in movie

+take a cooking class and learn new recipes (scheduled! So excited to share about this)

+eat at 2 new brunch spots and sit outside

+go to a country concert/listen to live music as much as possible!

+soak up the sunshine at the pool/lake

+cook out with friends

What do you hope to do the most of this summer?

Also, as I'm sure most of you noticed, the Insta is now doing the video thing....how we do we feel about it? I feel silly posting videos sometimes (@katiewkrysh-if you want to follow along!), but here's the first one I took last night.... of course Rocky running to me when I got home from work had to be my very first one!

Those little legs got some serious air... ;)

Enjoy your weekend! xo

 

Weekend...Come Again?

Happy Monday, loves!

First things first: One of my favorite bloggers, Ashley from Run with Me, featured me in her Summer Essentials series, and today I'm on her blog talking about my summer essentials and my favorite summer activity. Go check it out and say hello to Ashley while you're at it...you will love her! thanks Ash!

I'm not sure if it's me, or all the Vitamin D, I soaked up this weekend saying this, but this past weekend was one of the best ones so far this year. Well, minus the fact Billy was gone until Sunday afternoon. Billy spent the weekend with some guy friends and his brother at the cottage cleaning the boat, fishing, etc. so you better believe I was parked at my favorite pool allll day long and hanging out with girlfriends. The weather here was 85 and sunny all weekend long. The sun and I reunited and it never felt SO good. My lovely friend, Jessie's, pool opened up on Saturday and I had a text at 9am from her about being locked out of the pool because the gates hadn't opened yet, but that she was still setting up shop out front to be the first one to get in to save us spots. Serious pool rats we are.

Allow me to introduce to you where my butt is parked the majority of the summer.

the Goat.

this place gets packed and is so much fun. They have volleyball courts and cornhole to the left. I took this pic around 11am, so it wasn't too crowded yet.

and with this girl...

me and Jessie!

{left: beginning of the pool day. right: towards the end. I forgot how wonderful being tan is.}

It was fabulous.

....and after we couldn't bronze our bods any longer...me, Kasey, Jessie and her boyfriend Matt, and another couple, Karisa and Scott, went to the Clippers baseball game downtown and it could have not been a more gorgeous night for it.

My ideal day right there...sun & fun all day long. 

OOTN: Clippers game

(dress was featured on my blog last friday-Forever21, shoes: Old Navy)

Me and my girlfriend Kasey...

On Sunday after Billy got back in town, he took me out to dinner to one of my favorite restaurants, Tucci's, to have an early birthday celebration. We both indulged with pasta dishes and got some fro-yo for dessert after. The weather was perfect to sit outside on the patio and they had a small jazz band playing. It really was a perfect evening..

{dress: Forever 21 (old)}

Luckily, I have a super short week ahead of me. I'm sure that by now you are so sick of me saying this, but you have to hear it one more time...Steph and BBFT fly in on Weds. night!!!!!! This Weds night. like 2 days. STOKED. Can you tell? then on Friday it'll be my birthday and Jess and Erica arrive! Eeeeeeeek!!!
We are ready for the 2 texans, the Boston rapper, and the KY priss.
But the real question is...are you ready?! I'm going to say sorry now for blowing up your instagram and twitter feeds with pictures! ;)

Even though I will probably be MIA from commenting on blogs this week, I still have some good posts scheduled that you should definitely come back for. Tomorrow you have a chance to win a shop credit to an awesome online shop! :)


What did you enjoy most about your weekend?

August already?!

I can't believe it's already August.

August is a big month for us...
let's break it down.

-plans every weekend including trip with Billy's family

-Rocky's birthday on the 13th (he'll be 4, ahh!)

-Me and Billy's "other" anniversary on the 25th: dating for 8 years

-our actual anniversary on the 28th: married for 1 year (Boston/Cape Cod trip)

-and this week I've officially been a vegetarian for HALF a year!

Wowza.

The weekends keep flying by and this one was no exception. Here's a little bit of what I was up to...

Friday night, I went and visited my girlfriend (who was also the florist for our wedding) who just had twins..Callaway (boy) and Channing (girl). Aren't those super cute names? Later that night, we went out downtown to have one last night out with another girlfriend who is moving back to New York.

Saturday was spent at my favorite location....poolside.

The pictures above are from Sunday. Sunday morning we went to Sweet Clove Sunshine Cafe (again) and had a wonderful late breakfast. This time I chose The Garden omelette and it was delicious. Billy opted to get lunch and chose got the club sandwich. We went fishing at my parents house for a little bit in the afternoon before we ate dinner.

 See that cute pic of Rocky? He got groomed last week and I never shared this picture..he is looking so studly, don't you think?

We also made a very special stop yesterday.

Remember how I mentioned in June that it was my mom's 10 year anniversary of passing away and we planted a butterfly bush at her grave?

We stopped there yesterday to check on it and water it and there were butterflies all over it...beautiful monarch butterflies and some baby butterflies. It made me feel so good and I know my Mom loves it.

Did anyone watch Nick & Vanessa's Dream Wedding that was on Saturday night?

Yes, I was exhausted from the previous night and from the pool that day so I forced Billy to watch it with me.

It was so adorable. They are so adorable together.

I've always been a huge Nick Lachey fan (98 Degrees anyone?!)..what can I say? He's an Ohio native and is pretty easy on the eyes. I will admit that back in the day I really really liked him and Jessica together, but after getting to "know" Vanessa and hear her family situation a little more, I can see how they make such a good couple and I can relate to her. I loved watching how much fun Vanessa and him have together...they are always laughing and having a good time together and their wedding was beautiful! I wasn't the biggest fan of her dress...I actually liked the other dresses she tried on more than the one she ended up with! Did you like her dress choice?! I may or may not have teared up a few times watching it all. ;)

Also..can I just say what beautiful babies they will have? Vanessa is absolutely stunning!

What did you do this weekend?  

This upcoming week should be a good one...tomorrow night is the Goo Goo Dolls concert with my best friend Lindsay and we are getting our favorite SUSHI beforehand. I'm already craving it and it's only been a week since having it last! Also, this upcoming weekend is the Irish Festival in our town! More details on that later :)

TOMORROW I will be sharing my "Did I Do That?" VOLUME 2 so ya better come back and check it out.

xo.