Family, Friends & Food =)

I really love having time off on the weekends & again I had a great weekend!! I love relaxing, sleeping in & making plans with family & friends. Unfortunately Ryan & I normally do not have weekends off together. I wish we could both be on the same schedule but for right now that is not possible.

Friday we had plans with Ryan's Grandma Rose & Grandpa Harold to go to dinner. They were coming in town to see Diana's (Ryan's stepmom) ceramic pieces @ Brickyard Ceramics & Craft Gallery. The Brickyard closed at 4 so I knew I wouldn't be able to go but they offered to take us to dinner after! ::Side note: Last Wednesday we received a text introducing Grandma & Grandpa May's new puppy, Luigi! He is an 11 week old bichon & so cute!!:: The Mays brought Luigi along & he was at our apartment when I got home from work. I was so excited to meet him & if you know me, you know I love puppies!! Luigi would run around, sleep, run around & sleep! He loved jumping & tried to be a dare devil a couple times jumping out of my arms! After looking at the Gallery Ryan, Grandma & Grandpa came back to our apartment we had a couple cocktails & played a couple card games-which by the way Harold & I won or for a better word DOMINATED :) After the card games we went to dinner at Bravo, we had a great meal! After dinner Harold & Rose went home & we went to Bella Vita to have a couple drinks outside with Katelyn, her hubby Ryan & a couple of their friends. Friday night was such a great night to sit outside & enjoy the weather.

Harold & Rose with their new little puppy Luigi :)

Saturday I went to the Children's Museum with Glen & Diana (Ryan's Dad & Stepmom) & Diana's mom Pat to see an exhibit that Loren (Ryan's step sister) helped to research & did dive digs in the Dominican Republic. Her Professor (Beeker) found Captain Kidd's ship that has been under water for 300 years. We listened to the Professor for around an hour & then looked at the exhibit! It was so interesting & I wish Ryan could have been there because he loves pirates!! I had not been to the Children's Museum for years & it so fun seeing all the exhibits as an adult. After the museum we went back to our apartment relaxed & played a card game while we waited on Taylor (Ryan's step brother) to get off work. For dinner Diana decided on Traders Point Creamery! Working in Zionsville I have heard so much about this restaurant/creamery but never tried it. I'm sure most of you have seen their milk in stores & it is delicious! Traders Point is an organic dairy farm & their food was amazing! All I heard the whole meal was everyone complimenting everything they were eating! I had the Chef's Cut -a ribeye & it was so tender & yummy!!! All of us also had dessert & they have the best desserts ever! Ryan had a chocolate milk shake made with chocolate milk & I had a chocolate torte! Their ice creams were so creamy, if you are every in Zionsville or by the Northwest side of Indy you should definitely stop by & at least have dessert! After dinner Taylor came back to our house & a couple of his friends joined us, we played some drinking games & hung out the whole night.

Glass exhibit- the colors were so pretty!!

Loren & I with the PIRATES!!!!

Loren & Professor Beeker's life size picture on the wall in the museum! They were all proud to rep IU... but me... not so much lol

Loren & the canons on display.

Ryan's dad Glen inside the train station. haha

Sunday we woke up wanting to have SUNDAY-FUNDAY!! We relaxed by the pool all day & Amber even joined us! Unfortunately we were outside to long because Taylor & I are now FRIED to a crisp & it is painful! After being outside for way to long we went to dinner at La Piedad in Broad Ripple. My sister Amber recommended it & she was right, it was great! I saw all these people walking around with ice cream cones & I couldn't resist finding where they were coming from. We followed our noses to the Broad Ripple Ice Cream Station (BRICS) & I had a waffle cone with cotton candy & butler pecan!

Look at Taylor's tan lines from one day!! haha

This weekend was filled with lots of family, friends & food! My favorite F's :)

Hope you all had a great weekend!! xo

What a weekend!!

This weekend was a lot of fun! On Friday Ryan & I went to Lafayette with Archie. We stayed at Judi's house (Ryan's mom) & went to dinner at La Scala! Ben & Sara (Ben's girlfriend) met Judi, Ryan & I at the restaurant & it was a great dinner. La Scala is one of my two favorite restaurants in Lafayette so I was pumped to have some great Italian food! After dinner we all went back to Judi's to have an ice cream cake she made & it was soooo delicious! I am going to get the recipe from her & post it on here because I know lots of people will enjoy it too! It is made with ice cream sandwiches & Judi says it is really easy to make! After we were all stuffed with food & cake we all sat around the table & chatted, I had a great time! Just recently Ryan & I met Sara and I've really enjoyed our time with her. In the beginning I thought she was really quiet but I think after hanging out with her a couple times she has really opened up. I have enjoyed observing her & Ben's relationship. They really seem happy together & that makes me happy! I look forward to getting to know her better as the time goes on!

Saturday was Kyle & Taylor's wedding in Lafayette! It was such an amazing day! The wedding was very quick & the reception was a lot of fun! Taylor & Kyle were high school sweethearts & have dated forever! We all went to the same high school so it was fun getting to catch up with other wedding guest who I haven't seen in a while. Congrats to Mr. & Mrs. Pearl :) we hope you have a lifetime of happiness!!

Friday night after dinner! The beagles wanted to both be on Ryan's lap! Archie is on the left & Doug, Judi's beagle, is on the right! They are both tri-colored beagles but they're so different!

Archie :)

Saturday : Mr. & Mrs. Pearl's wedding

Wedding vows

They are married!!! :) Look at Taylor's orange shoes! They were so awesome!!! They had Mrs. Pearl embroidered on them!

So happy!!

Taylor & Katelyn @ Harry's before the reception

Ryan, me, Amber & Josh @ the cocktail hour

Mr. & Mrs. Marando @ the reception (Katelyn's mother & father in law)

Ryan (Katelyn's husband) & Ryan

Ry & I @ the reception

Mr. & Mrs. Marando

Beautiful cake! The strawberry layer was my favorite!

Ryan, me, Adriane & Craig - normal picture

All of us again... not so normal haha! They had a photo booth & it was so much fun! They had 2 boxes of props you could use - I know everyone enjoyed it!

The stunning Bride & I

haha just Ryan being Ryan

@ the end of the night- Amber, Taylor, Me & Adriane

Ryan & Josh

The lovely Marando ladies!!

Mary & Katelyn

Amber & Janet (mother of the bride)

Ryan & his parent!

Amber & Ryan

Kate, me & Amber - xoxo Love u both

Last couple of weeks

Wow I've been slacking!!! It has been FOR-EV-ER since I've blogged! A lot has happened since I last blogged. Archie turned 5 years old, I can't believe we've had him for so long! It feels like yesterday when we drove all the way to OHIO to pick him up! Amber & I celebrated our 25th birthday!! Amber loves her birthday so much (she is the only person I know that celebrates her 1/2 b-day), so every year she makes me love mine too! We celebrated the whole weekend of the 20th & had a blast.

Also for those of you that don't know, I GOT INTO NURSING SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I assume most of you know because I shouted it from the roof tops or on facebook- same thing right? lol I am so excited! I will start in August & hopefully it will take me only 3-4 semesters. I have a meeting this month to get my schedule & get some more info about it. I can't believe I am finally going to nursing school! :) One of my dreams came true now with hard work & dedication I will move on to the next ones!

Here are some pictures from the last couple weeks I've been MIA!

Look at this yummy birthday treat for Arch =) I got this in Broad Ripple & he loved it!

Archie after his birthday walk :)


Archie ate the bottom crust in one bite! I thought he was going to choke

Happy 25th Birthday to my lovely sister Amber :) She is simply the best!! xo

Sara & I

Who runs the world...GIRLS :) (Beyonce's great words lol)

Rachel, Amber, Me, Sara & Liz :) What a fun group

Taylor, Me, Amber & Kate

Love him :) Ryan & I

Ryan, Me, Taylor & Loren

Saturday May 21st we had a Luau Party for our birthday @ Amber's house! Amber has the perfect outdoor space for a party & it was a great sunny day! We had so much food & lots of fun! We were glad so many people came & we hope they had as much fun as we did!

Amber & I for our birthday cookout!!

Craig & I :) Love when he is in town!

Taylor & Ryan

Upside down margaritas! Yum

Glen (Ryan's Dad) made a huge fire!

Alexa & The Sabas

Quinn & Amber

Joel & Ryan - I think they love each other!

Last week Jill came back to INDIANA :) I was really excited I got to hang out with her for a night & we had a lot of fun going out downtown! I was the sober driver & laughed all night!

Amber, Jill & I @ Bartini's Downtown

Sadie, Ashley, Jill, Me & Amber

P.S.

CONGRATS to Jamie & Matt :) They just bought their first house!! We are so excited for them & glad their house hunting/closing went so smoothly. We hope to be drinking margaritas on their lovely back porch in no time!!