Port St. Joe.. Day 1

During the summer Michael and I went down to Port St Joe, Florida, which is outside of Panama City.
Every summer a bunch of our family friends and their kids go. Mother has always invited us, but this is the first year it has worked out for us to go. We headed down on Thursday night and got there mighty late. We woke up the next day and got ready to go out on the boat. Everybody loaded up and headed to the marina.

Port St Joe is known for their scalloping and this was a great year for it.

We would spend the day snorkeling and looking for scallops. Then we would go to this one real shallow area and all the guys would suck them !!

Michael about to get ready to catch some scallops !!

Mrs. Merri and Momma
Mac
Early evening we would head back to where we were staying. We would get in the pool and then some of the guys played a good ole game of parking lot baseball !!

Mrs. Darlene was playing bartender and made us all Pineapple Martinis !! They were so good and refreshing .. We started calling her the "Dar-tender" !!
Momma, Mac, and I
The Ladies made a side dish or dessert while the men were frying and grilling the meat and ALL of our scallops..We would set out tables by the pool and eat out there. We all ended up staying out there for hours at night just talking and laughing !!
Total there was around 50 of us there and here we all are about to pray over our meal.

I know I know.. With this tan line.. WHAT IN THE WORLD was I thinking wearing this dress ????

Mac and I
Michael and I out by the pool.

It was such a fun day and we could not wait to do it all over again the next day !!

Mandy's Bachelorette Weekend.. Part 3.. Ladies in Black !!

After getting our nails looking all pretty we all headed over to the "W" Hotel in ATL to get ready.

Mandy and I

WHATEVER !!!
Keely and I

GIRLS IN BLACK !!!
MY FWB Girls !!!
Robin, Me, Keely, Shara, Melody, and Mandy


Cheerleading.. It will always be in our blood !!
GO VIKES !!!
Mandy and I

Mandy at Dinner
Sitting outside at the W
There are no words to explain this one ! If I would only have a video !!! This girl was in the MIDDLE of the dance floor jamming out in, in her very own way, in her Sunday Best.. All I could do was stare... and take pictures for my blog of course !!

Robin, Me, Melody, and Mandy
Mel and I
Robin, Mandy, and Shara
Around 3:30-4:00 in the morning we decided to stunt on our floor, with the way too low ceilings !! NOT A GOOD IDEA !!! What a fun weekend !! It was so great hanging out with some of my lifelong buddies.. I laughed so hard this weekend and had SO much fun.
Mandy's Wedding is in October and I can't wait
Thanks again Melody for getting all this together. It was AWESOME !!

Mandy's Bachelorette Weekend.. Part 2..Shower and Pedicures !!

Saturday we woke up and it was August 1st !! Not only a day for Showers and a Night Out, but it was Mandy Leigh's 30th Birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MANDY LEIGH

We woke up and starting getting everything ready for Mandy's Shower.

<-- I gave her these glasses which I LOVE, I have some too !!

I made my yummy yummy party punch and it was good, but after we added some champagne to it.. it was GREAT !!!

Mandy's Momma with her "Mother of the Bride" Sash
A bunch of the girls at the shower

Some of my very best friends from High School.. Keely, Me, Robin, and Mandy
Mel and I

Robin and I
After the shower we went to go get a Mani and Pedi

Shara, Me, and Mandy
Shara, Me, Mandy, Keely, and Morgan

Mandy's Bachelorette Weekend.. Part 1.. Laughing till you Cry !!

<--- From L-R

Melody, Me, Keely, Mandy, and Shara

(Robin was there, but somehow missed all the photos)

One of my very best friends from growing up/ high school is getting married this October. So on a few weekends ago we got together for a good ole Bachelorette Weekend.

Melody offered to host at her place in Atlanta, so on Friday I was on my way.

We spent Friday night staying up late at Mel's catching up, remembering fun times, and laughing till we cried.

We all cheered and did everything else together in high school. We were all just the best of friends..

Mandy's soon to be husband sent a gun with her to fight off the all the men in the mean streets of ATL...
Mel, Shara, Mandy, and Morgan Me, Keely, Shara, and Mandy just chillin'

Mel and I
Keely and I
I was trying to hold the camera and get a picture of all of us, but I have the shortest arms and was laughing so hard... It took a few tries...

Mel, Jessa Belle (J. Belle), Kiwi, Mandy Pooh, and Shera... All our nicknames in High School that we still use to this day !!
Mel looking all hot in her new Burberry Rain Coat..
What in the world.. Who knew the hood came off !!

Keely, Mandy, and Morgan.. (Morgan is Keely's younger sister that was around us alot growing up so of course she was included in on the fun weekend)
Shara, and Keely, and I

Such a fun night... I would have drivin all the way to ATL just for that one night.. But there was more fun to come.. Which means way more pictures to come too !!!

Media Days

A few Fridays ago it was Media Days for Auburn. So being the loyal fans that we are... Michael took off work, we bought a football, brought a sharpie, put on our orange and blue and headed out.. Oh yea headed out early.. I mean we had to beat everyone else so we could get our football signed by Coach Chiz !!

Beat everyone we did.. We beat them by a few HOURS !!! It was just us and the press... All the morning sports shows were hosting their shows live.. I could hear them talk about us DECKED out in our orange and blue....

So with ALL our extra time we decided to take some pictures.. Since no one else was there, we walked around even in place I am not sure we were suppose to be..

Michael pointed to BO !!! Michael pointed to Pat Sullivan !!And me sitting in the ESPN sit.. Oh wait there is no picture.. That is right my battery died.. I have always wanted to be on ESPN and right as I was about to get "my chance" the battery goes... I searched and searched and could not find anymore batteries...

So no Jessa pictures and no pictures with Coach Chiz !!! Sad Day !!

But the good thing about being the ONLY Auburn fans there at the early AM hour..... Was that when Coach Chiz did come down we walked right up to him and got him to sign our football..

Oh Yea !! It was worth it !!

WAR EAGLE !!!!!

Summer Sangria

In the spring I was introduced to a new drink and fell in love. It was so refreshing and perfect for summer. I tweaked the recipe a little and so became "Summer Sangria".. Which is my name for my drink of summer !! I have talked about this so much that some have asked for the recipe.. It is wonderful and so easy..

* First go to the nearest World Market and buy a $5.99 bottle of Sangria. The best and it is so cheap.. I recommend buying more than 1 bottle to save you a trip !!

* Take 4 oranges, cut in half and squeeze out all the juice in a pitcher. I usually throw 2 halves in the pitcher just for the pulp.

* Pour the entire bottle of Sangria in the pitcher

* Fill the rest with Ginger Ale and stir

* Put in freezer and stir often

* You know it is ready when it is all slushy !!

Now this is the easy way !! But trust me the more fruit you put in the better !!

Yum Yum Yummy !! Hope you enjoy !!