Back from Pensacola ----> Off to Boone

Hope you guys had a great weekend.  I am still recovering from my trip to Pensacola.  We had a little business mixed with pleasure outing.  We flew out Thursday afternoon and flew back home Sunday morning.  I am home for a few days and leave for Boone, NC on Thursday night for the weekend.
The high on Thursday is 5 degrees.....eek!

The company I work with has been participating in the Pensacola Mardi Gras for nearly 20 years. There is a parade Friday night, Saturday and Sunday.  We watched the Friday parade and we have a float in the Saturday parade.  All of our team members are invited to tail-gate in the morning and ride the float to throw beads.  Each year we have a different themed shirt that we wear and it's a great time.  

Weekend on the field

This weekend flew by.  Friday night after work I picked up my little twin nieces for a little sleepover. They are six going on 16.  We laugh the entire time they are with us.  They hit me up for some Starbucks when I picked them up and we went to dinner Friday night at Port Canaveral.

My soccer team was in another tournament and we spent all day Saturday and Sunday at the fields.  I am wind burned and sun burned.  My girls went undefeated into the championship game on Sunday and had a heartbreaking loss.  The other team scored with less than three minutes to play.

We finished second in the tournament but the girls were devastated.  They cried and cried after the game.  It is so tough to see them that upset.  These tournaments are good for their development and they did so great but to lose it all in the last couple minute stings for sure.  They did the international style walk-out for the final game and the girls loved it.  It was so neat to see them all grown up.

We had some friends over for the game Sunday night and I barely made it through the night to see the game.  

I have been in the mood for some new cosmetics and may hit up the mall on a lunch break this week. I don't have much from MAC but there happens to be a store at the mall by my work that I may hit up.  Stay tuned.  

Have a super week!

Back from Vegas

I'm bbbaaaccckkkk!  Vegas was so much fun last week.  I flew out Monday morning and after the time change, I arrived about 10:00am.  My friends from work weren't arriving until the afternoon so I had the entire first day to myself.  I checked into my hotel and got out to explore.  Vegas is a little deceiving because everything looks so close but in reality, is so far away.

So, alas, after a couple hours of walking around I found myself sitting at the casino trying my hand at some three-card poker.  I just learned to play a couple months ago on a trip to Atlantis so after a brief refresher, I was ready to play.  I felt a little down on myself gambling in the morning, by myself, but hey...what's a girl to do.   

Once my group arrived we were ready to rock-n-roll.  We had some great dinners, sat in on some meetings, did some networking and a little more exploring.  I learned how to play Blackjack and ended up coming home with a little more cash than I left with.  After a long day in the air, I arrived back in Orlando on Thursday night.

I really thought I'd be drained on Friday but I popped up at 6:30 and went in to work feeling great.

Saturday morning we had a soccer tournament.  It was cold, rainy, muddy and windy.  All things terrible for outdoor sports.  My little girls rallied thru and played their hearts out.  We finished second and third and achieved our main goal, to get a special invitation to the National Championships at Disney's Wide World of Sports.  Woo Hoo!  So exciting.  It's an invite only tournament and we've been working hard to finish in the top three to ensure our invite.

Sunday we finally did some relaxing.  My husband went to Bass Pro with his buddies so I took my dog, Isabella to the local art show.  The weather was perfect for a little afternoon stroll.

I am back to work this week and have another tournament this weekend.  I also started another round of BBL yesterday so I will document it this week.  I had treatments done last year and was happy with the results.  Hope you're off to a great week!

Weekend visit to Silver Horseshoe Ranch

Another week in the books.  We had a relaxing weekend, one of the last planned for the next month or so.  We went to a friend's property for a Saturday afternoon get together and it is too cute not to share.  Our friends don't live on the property but it has been in their family as a farm/horse stable and after their father passed, they converted the horse barn to a little party spot.  Take a peek.

Their property is located in Merritt Island, near Kennedy Space Center and just minutes from where I grew up.

This is the horse barn, converted to party pad.

Running water on the property is at this adorable outhouse

Outdoor bar with kegs

This cabin is perfect for sleepovers

Two relaxing weekends in a row to start the new year and now I am off to a super busy schedule for the next four or five weeks.  Work travels, soccer tournaments and racing all up on deck. 

Hope you have a super week!

Happy New Year!

It's 2015! So exciting.  I had a super Christmas, did some racing and relaxed my way into 2015.
I got a new journal to take notes in and while I don't have any major personal renovations planned, I do have some goals and aspirations for making it my best year yet.
I am pretty goal-oriented from day to day but as I relaxed over the weekend, I was reminded that balance is good and have a few wise words to share.  Don't be too hard on yourself.  Enjoy the time we have today, tomorrow isn't promised.
Happy 2015 friends!

 

Weekend Rewind: Mickey's Very Merry Christmas

Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to Disney we go.  We took a little Sunday evening trip to Disney and the kids had the best time.  I took lots of pictures, so follow along....

We finally called it a night at midnight.  All but one of the kids made it thru the night.  The little five year old finally crashed a little before we left.  This was such a great way to go to Disney.  With the exception of having the kids out really late, we didn't have to wait for any rides and were able to do the entire park, including dinner and parade in 4.5 hours.  No waiting for rides.  None.  Glorious!

Plus, the weather was nice and cool and the tickets cost less ($62-$67).  They had lots of treat stations around the park with complimentary cocoa and cookies and it was just enough sugar to keep the kiddos up.  You can't enter until 5:00 or so but once the park clears out at 7:00, we really zipped around from ride to ride.  If you have a chance to hit a Disney special event similar to this, you won't regret it.  

Hope your week is off to a great start!