Seattle and Whidbey Island, Washington

For Christmas this past year, my parents bought me a plane ticket to go and visit 2 high school friends living in or near Seattle. Alana and her husband are there because her husband is stationed in Whidbey Island with the Navy, and Taylor is living in Seattle for the summer because her husband is doing an internship there with a plastic surgeon. I flew up on Thursday and came home last night. We had a great time seeing all of the sights, eating delicious food, and just catching up and being together! Here are some pics of my trip!

This was the view from Taylor's sister's home in Seattle! Abby and Jeremiah were so kind to let us stay there for 2 nights!






I loved getting to see the Sleepless in Seattle house!
















I am glad that Alana and her husband will likely be in the Seattle area for another 6 years, so that I can go back and do it all again...but next time I am bringing Wesley! I had a wonderful vacation and made a ton of memories! Thanks Mom and Dad for flying me out there!

"Wes the Anesthetis​t"

That was the heading of the e-mail that I opened this past week. The CRNA that Wesley was working with decided to take pics of Wesley in action!




I've forgotten now why he said he had to wear the blue lead vest...I think he said radiology was there to take an x-ray. It's unbelievable to me how much Wesley has learned in the past 10 months! 18 more months to go until he is completely on his own! YAY!!!!! The countdown is officially on....so I added a countdown to the bottom of the blog!

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cain

This weekend Wesley and I were in Atlanta for Anthony Cain and Kelly Sarama's wedding. Welsey and Anthony were roommates while Wesley and I were engaged and they became great friends! We had a great weekend and enjoyed celebrating with the two of them. Here are some pics of the wedding weekend.


We got to ATL on Friday just in time for the Rehearsal Dinner! Looks like Wesley was trying hard to keep his eyes open in this one :)



The wedding was at a plantation called Flint Hill. It was a beautiful outdoor setting!







The grooms table had 3 cheesecakes from the Cheesecake Factory. Wesley got the red velvet and I got the Reese peanut butter cheesecake....wish that we could have sampled the turtle one too......





We had a really great weekend! It was so nice getting out of town for a weekend away with my husband, and we both enjoyed seeing sweet friends!

Our Spring Vacation!

We are finally home after a whole week away from home! The week off could not have come at a better time. We loved every second of our vacation!

Our vacation began on Monday when we drove over to Seagrove. We stayed at "The Bungalow" until Friday morning. It was the perfect size and a great location on 30-A! We spent hours everyday on the beach and ate out every night for dinner! Here are some pics of our week at the beach!




We rode bikes to Seaside one afternoon, and Wesley got to swim in the Seaside lap pool. He has missed getting to swim laps since we have left Auburn.



This is Nick and Joy! We were so excited to get to spend our vacation with them and their 3 year old daughter, Jillian. They have become such great friends!

Dinner one night at Stinky's Fish Camp in Santa Rosa Beach






The Red Bar







We drove over to Destin one day and Joy and I took Jillian to Build-a-Bear while the guys walked around Bass Pro Shop. She built a kitty who she named "Maps!"





We left the beach and went to Wesley's parents house in Lincoln. We were glad that we were able to spend time with them and celebrate Mother's Day a week early with Wesley's mom. We were also so exicted to see Wesley's grandmother who was there because her power was out due to the effects of the tornados in Guntersville. Thankfully everyone was safe.

Saturday night we went to a wedding shower in Lineville, AL for our good friends Adam and Adrianne. It was so good seeing friends that we don't see as often since we have moved. It was also amazing to realize how fast time flies and to see the little faces of our friends' babies! Unfortunately most of my pics from the party (including the group pics) were blurry, but here are just a few.





We ended our week with a fun afternoon. I've always known that my parents LOVED Wesley, but I didn't know just how much until yesterday. He has mentioned wanting 4-Wheelers to ride on the land that my dad bought several months ago, but we didn't really expect my dad to go ahead and get them...especially since I "mentioned" my whole childhood how much I wanted a golf-cart or go-cart....well, well, I think we know who the favorite is! Wesley got his wish :) (I have to admit that I LOVE it when anyone spoils my husband though)



We ended the afternoon with a yummy dinner at my parents' house...The Pioneer Woman's Killer Club Sandwich:



YUMMY! I guess the diet will have to wait until tomorrow!