Valentine's Day

I never got around to posting about Valentine's Day! It was our first Valentine's Day as a married couple and to be honest we had so much going on that we weren't in the mood to do anything crazy. We had celebrated my birthday the week before and just had come back from taking a romantic weekend trip to Plam Island Resort. The morning started off like any other usual work day. Dave left to go workout with Kevin. As they were gone I decided to surprise them with a Valentine's Day breakfast. I made heart shaped pancakes, scrambled eggs and juice. When Dave walked in from the gym at 7am I had the music playing and the breakfast scent filled the room. He loved my surprise and we sat down, with Kevin too and all of us had a wonderful meal. So, we both exchanged cards that night that we each wrote personal messages in to eachother. We carried out Outback and had a simple dinner. It was a fantastic Valentine's Day!

Wardrobe Wednesday

Sorry for the delay in Wardrobe Wednesday. Yesterday got away from me and I realized while I was in bed that I forgot to post an outfit. The outfit that I am posting is from this past weekend. It is a photo of me by the dock waiting for the water taxi to take us to dinner at a restaurant about 10 minutes away. I think this dress would look much better with wedges and although I brought a pair with me, I decided to skip wearing them because I was doing a lot of walking through sand, but I do think brown wedges would look much better to dress this up!

Navy Dress: H&M

Striped Scarf: Made by my best friend for my birthday, Miss Cara Price

White Jean Jacket: Macy's

Belt: H&M

Flip-flops: Target

Earrings: Gift



Palm Island Years Later

Palm Island Resort is a little island off the coast of Southwest Florida. As a child, my family and I would vacation here for 10-14 days during July and August for many years. The last time I was at Palm Island Resort was about 15 years ago. Dave has heard me talk about this fabulous vacation spot and so we finally booked a trip to go back and visit. It was a four hour drive from our place and we just went for the weekend. It ended up being unusually cold for the time of year, but we had a blast anyway. It warmed up by the afternoon. So many things about the island remained the same i.e. the quiet atmosphere, not having motorized vehicles allowed, having the option to rent bikes/golf carts/kayaks and all the villas looked the same just updated. One thing that seemed different was that you could take the car ferry over and park your car on the island before entering the resort; many years ago you had to take the boat over and leave the car on the mainland. Now you have the option to do either. The sunsets were just as pretty as I remembered them and the seafood was so amazing! Palm Island is 7 miles long and has 11 tennis courts and 5 swimming pools. It has one restaurant on the island as well as one general store and a little coffee/ice cream shop (this is new to me). Here are a few pictures from out short romantic getaway!

Gina's Bachelorette Party in West Palm Beach

Gina's Bachelorette Party was Saturday, January 28th. We started out by meeting at Gina's condo and then we took a cab up to Rocco's Tacos http://www.roccostacos.com/. We started with chips and guac as well as margaritas. Cami (Gina's maid of honor) gave everyone KU sweat bands that we all wore to show our love for the University of Kansas (Gina's favorite team). We ordered dinner as Gina opened up all her presents. It was a requested that everyone gift Gina underwear and she got so much that she needs a dresser just to fit them all in. We then went across the street to a bar where we brought along Dug-O (our spoon). He came with us everywhere we went and we were fully entertained with him around. My last stop of the night was dancing on the roof top bar at Roxie's. I realized that it was time to go when I  dropped my camera on the dance floor. I then proceeded to call my amazing husband to have him pick me up and take me to bed! It was a fun night.

Wardrobe Wednesday

Time for another outfit to post! This outfit I wore for my teaching observation. Although I have been teaching for six years, I still get nervous when I get observed by my principal. My secret key is not to bribe my students, but to tell them that the principal is coming to watch their behavior. I tell them that he is going to see who is ready for kindergarten and he "might" have a note pad to keep track of the kids that are ready! I think that this little trick helps them remember that they have to be on their best behavior. I always like to dress professional and I wear my lucky necklace; an apple necklace from Tiffany's.

My observation went great! I did a science experiment where the students had to make predictions on what they thought would happen with a carnation if it was put into water that had blue food coloring added to it. All the kids were very engaged and they came up with great answers to my questions. I was impressed with how well they did! Phew.....another one down!

Top: H&M

Pants: Express

Earrings: Swarovski

Bracelet: Chico's

Necklace: Tiffany's

My 28th Birthday

My birthday was yesterday and boy was it quite the day!!!! I was spoiled from head to toe. My day started with all my friends greeting me with birthday phone calls and texts. Then when I arrived at my classroom, I noticed that my door had been decorated. My husband came up and read to my class. He won the kiddos over with munchkins that he picked up on his way from Dunkin Donuts. Then my class threw me a surprise party. I had five HUGE bouquets of flowers as well as cookie cake, ice cream sandwiches, potato chips and presents galore. It took me three trips to my car! I then arrived home and was greeted by husband with red roses. We both quickly left the house with dinner and wine and enjoyed a beautiful beach picnic by the ocean, It was one of the best birthdays!!! I feel so lucky to have so many wonderful friends and family members that make me feel so special on my birthday.

My Birthday Outfit...Bright Colors for a Fun Day!

-Dress Kohls

-Shoes Tory Burch Saks

-Cardigan Target

-Necklace Stella & Dot

My amazing flowers from my school.....this photo doesn't have my roses from my hubby.

After the sun went down we drank our wine and just talked on the beach! It was perfect.



Wardrobe Wednesday

It's a W.W. and I have an outfit to share! I unfortunately had to take an outfit from a few months ago.

Well, this past weekend I had too much fun at a bachelorette party and my poor camera took a tumble and that is where her life ended. It all happened on the dance floor, so at least her last moments where filled with great music and good dance moves. I will be buying a new camera this weekend but until then I had to dig through the archives to find an outfit.

This is a great fall outfit:
-Blazer is from Nordstrom Rack
-Brown Shirt Macy's
-Necklace Macy's
-Skinny Navy pants Forever XI
-Brown Steve Madden Boots from Victoria's Secret