Floriduh {pt. 2}

If you missed part one, catch it here!

On Saturday we decided to head to the beach to enjoy the sunny, 83 degree day by the ocean. It was a fantasticly beautiful and adorable idea. We went to Jetty Park which is right by where some cruise liners take off onto their trips. I've never seen one in person and was blown away by how huge they were. I just realized I never took any pictures of them...poop. 

Jetty Park had its own beach, concession stand (with amazing burgers) and a really long fishing pier. 

You can see a cruise ship to the right of the pier...my aunt said that was a very small ship.

As we were walking back down the pier to go grab a bite to eat and head to the beach we were stopped dead in our tracks. There, sitting on the rocks was a.....

RACCOON!!!! 

It was so. stinking. cute. And it probably should've been sleeping or something considering it was in the middle of the afternoon.  But we figured fishermen threw the 'coons some fish once in awhile and she was just waiting on some.

And theeeeeeeeen....

Another one popped out from their little den in the rocks!

AND AND AND THEN....

ANOTHER!

AND OHMYGOODLORD, AND THEN.....

 OH THE HUMANITY! STOP ALL THIS CUTENESS!

BUT WAIT....

THERE'S ANOTHER!
(two of them are about to go back into the den.)

All together, there was a family of five raccoons (a mama and four babes)! They were the cutest and most photographed things on the pier! They made our day week.

:)

I absolutely love the ocean.

Stay tuned for part three!

xo

PS - I'm going on a little road trip this weekend with my besties to see our other best friend in Ohio and to see JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE! So pumped.  Sorry if I don't respond to your comments right away! 

Florida Dets {part-o uno}

As promised, I want to share the wonderful details of my trip to Florida this past week.  

Ohh Florida.  The glorious state of Florida. I know quite awhile ago I mentioned a possibility of moving to Florida for a teaching job opportunity. I applied to a job back in the spring but someone snatched it up before I could even start pestering the school principal...lame.  I quickly became frustrated (I know nothing about Florida or its school system) and just dropped the idea. But after my recent trip to Florida, I fell in love with the possibility again.  My need to move is starting to boil in my soul again.  My want for adventure is constantly creeping into my mind poking through my thoughts.  Day dreams are forever crowding my mind...

...But anyways, back to my vacation...

My mom and I left Wednesday evening around six o'clock and landed in paradise a little before nine. Direct flights are the shiz. And flying at night is also the shiiiiiz (aerial pictures coming soon). We stayed with my aunt and uncle for the week in their gorgeous home right outside of Orlando. The first night we got to the house kind of late so we had a drink and just watched some of the CMA's on their pool deck. On Thursday mom and I just relaxed all day by the pool (pictured below) reading, soaking up some sun, and we took a walk around the neighborhood and admired all the beautiful, gigantic and very expensive houses. 

Super fun fact: these cranes sound like scary dinosaurs when they wake you up at the butt-crack of dawn or when they scare the crap out of you by jumping out of the bushes while you're innocently sitting on the pool deck day dreaming.

Friday, we went shopping and I spent way too much money on clothes I didn't really totally needed. We drank many delicious vodka drinks for happy hour when my aunt and uncle came home from work and then went out to dinner and had a crazy amount of laughs. My aunt after one vodka drink...HI-larious.  

Some quotes of hers from that night:

After sipping on a roady* and realizing there's not much left:

"WAIT! I can still make bubbles. There's still some in here!"

And then she proceeds to show us that she can indeed make some bubbles by blowing through the straw.

After Aunt Laurie convinced us all to get hot fudge sundaes from McDonald's after dinner and then started yelling at the drive thru dude:

"DOES MY SUNDAE COME WITH VODKA?!"

Love that woman.  She wins the Favorite Lady of the Year Award fo'sho.

We also came to the conclusion that no one that lives in the state of Florida actually is from there originally.  And humans my age don't count, unless their parents were born in Florida, then maybe I'll consider it. 

A few snapshots from around my aunt and uncle's home:

Florida sunsets are killer.

Stay tuned for part 2! It's insanely adorable.

xo

*A roady: an alcoholic beverage you take in the car with you to your destination. NOT for the driver to drink, guys. That's just irresponsible. 

PS- every single time I tried to type Florida in this post I spelled it Flroida...not sure what's going on with that, but yeah. 

I'm baaaaack!

Well, I'm finally back from vacation (booooo)!  All I can say is it was fantastic!  I have a TON of catching up to do since I haven't done any blog posting or reading in a week...yikes (not to mention I have piles of laundry to do...) But don't worry, I'll share lots of pictures and stories with you about my trip to Florida this week and next, but for now I'll leave you with this picture...

My two VERY different backyard views not even 24 hours apart.

Needless to say... I WANNA GO BAAAAACK!!! D:

Hope your week was wonderful 

xo

much needed vacation...

via

Mom and I just booked our plane tickets to Florida to get away and visit my aunt and uncle and I am beyond excited!!

T-MINUS 49 DAYS!

xo