florida!

The fabulous Mandy & Mike invited us into their home in lovely Apopka, FL over Labor Day weekend! We were lucky enough to spend some time at the Magic Kingdom as well... here are some photos :)

<all these photos were stolen with permission from Jillian (you can find her at her blog here)!

The park had some fall stuff up!

our hosts!

It was a fantastic little getaway - Mandy, can we come back??

happenings

Summer is ending sadly but my fun is just beginning! I'm headed to Florida tomorrow to visit my amazing friend Mandy with two other amazing friends! I am also turning 26 tomorrow (but let's ignore that part). Here are some lovely photos from the last couple weeks!

Spent time with these cuties ^

Walks with Max = constant exploring and sniffing

New glasses!

Ran the Livestrong 5k with my friend Laura and my dad! My dad finished less than a minute after me!

More baby time

Much needed time by the beach!

And cuddles with our baby.

beach weekend!

FINALLY!

The sun came out and I was able to sit on a beach. Moving from NJ to PA was not easy. Having to drive so far just to see the ocean is awful. But this weekend, the sun gods smiled on me and I was able to enjoy a nice afternoon in the sand.

I'm pretty sure it's mandatory for every female to take a picture of her knees by a body of water

My bestest pal even came to enjoy the beach with me! (Dan was there too!)

Marissa and I even treated ourselves to a girls night in Atlantic City - dinner, drinks, some gambling (girlfriend won $300 at blackjack!) and breakfast. 

And I was pretty tired today but Dan and I spent some time on the boardwalk plus I got to hang out with my golden friends.

It's pretty crazy that 4th of July is this week! Hoping to get some more sun, exercise, see my family, and relax. And a three day work week for me!

what's better than a phillies game on the first night of summer?

A FREE Phillies game on the first night of summer!

The fabulous owner of my gym randomly asked me the other day if I wanted tickets (plus a parking pass!) to the Phillies game last night. She couldn't use them and didn't want them to go to waste so of course I accepted! I'm not a huge baseball fan (to be honest, it sort of bores me) but I knew Dan would want to go so I snatched those babies up and off to Citizens Bank Park we went.

(I've never sat this close so that was pretty cool)

They lost... 

 Check out this very cool sandcastle they had at the ballpark!

I had every intention of doing nothing big this weekend but I'm happy we ventured in Philadelphia for the game. Last time we went it was rainy so this beautiful summer night was very welcome.