Fun times with Friends

This weekend was quite an enjoyable weekend!  As I have said many times, I always love when I get to hang out with my friends.  We all have such busy, different schedules these days its hard to get all of us together too often. Friday night we went over to Johnny and Danielles house for a cook out.  I got to play with Anne Cambria!  She is one of the cutest and sweetest babies I have ever been around.  Her demeanor is just too precious.  And she is doing yoga now! Downward facing dog.  You can venture over to Danielles blog to see all the precious pics.  We had burgers and hot dogs, dips and I made potato salad.  We had so much fun hanging out with everyone.

Danielle and I

Natty and I

Me, Kory and Danielle

All the girls! Including Mary Frances.....see next pic....

Frances...please do not shoot me for posting this.  Keep in mind she is being induced
Thursday June 23rd, 4 days from now...so she is 9 months pregnant!
And I think you look great considering! I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday I rode in the golf cart with Tyler while him and Chris played golf at Big Oaks.  Tyler had golf lessons Saturday morning and they seemed to help!  He's on the up and up! ha

And now for today....We started off Fathers Day by going to church with my dad and eating lunch with all of my family! Right now, my dad, Chip and Tyler are all playing golf together at the Country Club.  I have been getting texts from my dad fairly regularly telling me he is beating them! Gooo Freddie! I love my sweet deddy (as I call him).
I, on the other hand, spent some time at my moms and am now back home watching the US Open.  I don't normally enjoy watching golf, but watching "history being made" is pretty neat. And Rory McIlory is the one doing it, he is UNREAL.  Currently he is 17 under par on hole #11.  From what I've heard that is the lowest score in US Open history (something like that anyway).  I also watched him during the Masters.  After watching him crumble so hard so fast, I have been rooting for him ever since and to see him doing so unbelievably amazing is awesome.  I love a good comeback story.  GO RORY!!
Tonight we are heading to Tylers parents house to spend Fathers day dinner with him.
I can't believe this summer is going by so fast! I meant it is June 19th! Dear Summer: Please slow down. I am excited for the rest of the summer though.  We'll spend the 4th in Pickwick, as always and head to the beach on July 14th with Jenna and Chris! Pumped.
I hope everyone was able to spend their Fathers Day with their dads and I hope it was wonderful!

Tyler's Birthday Celebrations!

Tyler's birthday was Monday June 13th.  We started off the celebrations by going to Pickwick on Saturday.  We had a pretty big group go as always and had a ton of fun.  We went to dinner that night at Jon's Pier and his parents joined with us.

Megan (Tyler's cousin) and I before we went out

Tyler and I with his parents at dinner

My brother and me!

FIA (as Meg says!)

All the ladies at dinner
Alexandria, Megan, Ms. Debbie, Jenna
Laurie, me and Kate

Happy Birthday Cake!

Cuz luv!

All of us at Freddy Ts after dinner

On his actual birthday we went ate at my parents house for dinner! I don't have any pictures to share from that night but we had a really good dinner and good time.  I would say Tyler had a successful birthday weekend!

Ramblings

Flowers Update: The beautiful hanging plant? dead. The cute little orange flowers on the table on the front porch? dead. I have, somehow, managed to keep the pretty red ones in the big pot on the front porch alive.  I don't know how I kill so many flowers.  It makes me so sad.  At least I took some pictures to remember them by.  I would take some pics of the dead ones just so you all could see but I am too ashamed.


Summer Update: Not minding this time off at all.  I have thoroughly been enjoying myself. Memorial Day we went to Pickwick and had a fabulous time as always. Since then I have spent time by the pool, cleaned around the house, laid around the house, slept in...you get it.  Summers off are amazing.



Tonight I cooked dinner (if you follow me on Twitter, you already know this) and it was very good, if I say so myself! I thought I would share the recipes.

Grilled Chicken: I marinaded it in this for about 5 hours and then cooked it on our favorite little mini grill.

Caesar Salad (I don't think I have to give out this recipe)

Pasta:
I put more minced garlic that it called for and sprinkled in a bit of red pepper seasoning and some garlic powder for extra flavoring.  I also used extra thin wheat spaghetti noodles.
Recipe via All Recipes

Ingredients

• 1 (16 ounce) package dry penne pasta
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions

1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add penne pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
2. In small saucepan, saute garlic a small amount of oil. Combine garlic, olive oil, and pasta in a bowl. Mix in parmesan cheese.