Farewell Summertime....

Oh oh oh oh oh how I will miss you.  I think you go by faster and faster every year...oh wait maybe that's because you get shorter every year!
To me summer means: off work, no school children all day every day, sleeping late, not showering everyday (sad but true), staying up if I want to, going where I want to whatever time of the day I want to, lunch with friends if I please, catching up on lots of random TV shows, cleaning here and there, washing clothes here and there, going out that night if I want to because I don't have anything to do the next day, sitting on the couch all day OR laying out at a pool all day....I could go on and on.  These are just off the top of my head.  All of those reasons plus many more are why I love working in the school system.  No, working in the school system you don't get as paid as much as you could elsewhere but to me, being able to look forward to this all year makes it worth it (I mean within reason, if somebody was going to hire me for a million dollars a year, I would be out of there in a hot second). I know I may not work in the school system forever but for now, I am completely happy.
Next Tuesday is THE day...D-Day as I would like to call it.  Starting off the year with an all day meeting, just how I wanted it, not. Thursday the hellions, sorry I meant, children come back and it's on from then on.  Might as well get ready...because its coming much, much sooner than later.

Beach Trip

Last week Tyler, Chris, Jenna and I all headed to Orange Beach for a long weekend.  We woke up early Thursday morning and headed out.  Once we got there we stopped by the Foley Outlet Malls to look around for a bit.  In my opinion, there were no deals.  Everything we normal priced and there wasn't even a good selection of stuff! I was disappointed.  But I didn't really go down there to shop so it wasn't too big of a deal.  Once we got all of out stuff settled we decided to head out to the beach for the afternoon to just relax.  That night we went to dinner at Bubbas, it was ehhhh.

Headed out to Bubbas

Jenna and Chris

The next day we woke up and headed straight to the beach! We ended up staying until around 4:30 and went to the pool after that.  That night we went to Mikees, which again was a disappointment. Tyler and I have been there multiple times in the past and it is/was our favorite place to eat down there.  We had built it up all day to Chris and Jenna only to be completely let down once we got there! Sad.  The food was over cooked and the service was terrible! Oh well.  Maybe next time!?

The boys got BURNED at the beach that day!

Saturday morning we woke up to a monsoon.  Tyler and Chris were supposed to go play golf but considering it was coming a flood, they decided it wasn't the greatest idea.  We decided to venture back to the outlet malls because my watch had broke the night before and I wanted to see if somewhere there could fix it.  Jenna also needed to pick up something for her sister so off we went! After we got done there we headed back and went to lunch at Live Bait.  It was yum! The weather was still icky so we went back to the condo and hung around and started getting ready for that night.  We decided to go to Cobalt that night for dinner.  I think that was the best decision we made the entire trip.  Everyones food was sooooooooo good!! It was really nice and had a great view.

Had to take a pic! I also had to get a tshirt.  It reminded us
of our little (big) pup at home Cobalt!

Everyone at dinner

Taking pics outside on the pier
I need to learn how to use my camera and get the settings right.
Little bright, huh. 

Back story: So we wanted a pic of the 4 of us outside so I asked this man if he would
take a pic.  He said, "Sure, I shake a lot though".  I thought no big deal. Wrong! He forgot to say
he was also drunk.  So after 2 minutes of showing him how to take a pic, this is what we ended up with.
Great huh. Nothing a little cutting and cropping cant fix.

Sunday we woke up to another monsoon and headed home! By the time we got finished loading the truck everyone, especially Tyler and Chris, were completely soaking wet! It was awful.  It rained almost the first 2 hours of our drive home. But we made safe and sound! I wish we could have had a few more sunny days at the beach but all good things must come to an end.

Speaking of good things coming to an end.....my summer is almost over.  I can not believe that in 2 weeks I will be starting back work! Where did this summer go????!! This week I'll be heading back up to the school to get my classroom ready, its hard to believe it.  I plan on being extremely lazy for the next two weeks to get ready for the year ahead :)

4th of July

For the 4th we went to Pickwick.  It was super super hot! But we all had a really good time.  We left on Friday night so Tyler could do last minute preparations on the boat before we started the weekend.   Saturday we stayed out on the water all day.  That night we went in to eat and then back out to watch the fireworks at Grand Harbor.  They were beautiful! I loooove fireworks.
Sunday we went back out on the water and went to Freddy Ts that night. A great time was had by all!

Happy 4th from the ladies!

All of us heading out to Freddy Ts

We had a lazy day on the actual 4th to end the holiday weekend!

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.

Frances Baby Shower

Today we had Mary Frances' baby shower for the soon to be Molly Elizabeth Massey! I can't wait to meet the precious little angel that I know she will be.  Danielle, Kory, Beth and I were hostesses.  Natty, Ashleigh and Rachel were also host but weren't able to make it before they were all out of town (well Ashleigh lives in Houston, TX...but whatever).  There was a really great turn out and she got a lot of precious stuff!  I love little girls things, they are so sweet :)

Kory, Me, Mary Frances (Mama #1), Beth (Mama #2) and Danielle

Hey Molly!!

Anywho- This is my last week of work until August! It is amazing at how fast the time flies. I will be working some this summer doing therapy for ESY (Extended School Year) for 6 speech kids.  I'll be working 3 hours a week in Mooreville.  An hour and a half on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from May 31 until June 29.  I'm really going to be wearing myself out...NOT :) It'll be nice to make some extra money though.  

Well me and tt are about to go meet some friends for dinner so peace out :)