Back to the Beach

For our final week of vacation we are back at the beautiful beaches of lake Michigan. This is family week, so all my brothers and sisters in law, nieces and nephews will be at the cottage. This week is sacred with my family and we have a routine that we do every summer.wine on the beach....
wind surfing....
watching the beautiful sunsets...
dinner on the beach.
The perfect end to a perfect month!

Here he comes!

It's been almost 2 weeks since we have seen him.......tonight Dr. Beautiful flies up to Michigan to spend the rest of our vacation with us!! We have missed you!!

Guest Posting

Hello Friends, today I am guest blogging for Alicia at shaken not blurred while she takes some time off to be with her new baby. If you have not been to Alicia's blog you must check her out. She is one of my daily reads and one of my blogger friends. Congratulations Alicia on your sweet baby boy!! Here is a sneak peak of what I am blogging about today.

Detroit Bound

We are back in Holland, I am picking Matthew up from camp then we are heading over to the Motor City ......I finally get to meet my new nephew!!!!!

Chicago Bound

Matthew is away at camp, so the girls and I are taking the train to Chicago for a little fun. There is so much to do while we are in the windy city......
The sky deck in Willis tower, my girls are so excited for this....

A day at the beach....

"the bean" in Millennium Park
I absolutely must go to this store, which is nowhere to be found in STL....
Indulge in some Chicago style pizza...
and spend some time with this beautiful lady!!I have a feeling a trip to "American Girl" will be unavoidable as well!!

Michigan Bound

The car and the kiddos are packed up.......We are heading up to Holland, Michigan for the rest of July. I am looking forward to my days on the beach and my nights on the screened in porch drinking my wine! We have a few little trips planned while we are up north as well, one to Chicago and one to Detroit to finally meet my new nephew. So excited!!!

Tennis Anyone?

I play tennis 3 times a week, so I am always on the hunt for some cute tennis outfits. I tend to love the outfits that Maria Sharapova sports at all of the tennis opens...
however, I cannot deny the fact that Venus Williams attracts quite a bit of attention with her outfit selections....

the "livestrong" outfit....
my personal favorite, "the goddess" outfit....
Her "tribut to the oscars" outfit....
her "black widow" outfit...
and the best part........she wears bloomers that match her skin tone, so from a distance it looks like she is going comando!! yikes!!

Back to highschool?

Over the holiday weekend, I got together with my besties from high school, that I do not see often enough.....I went to a very small, private, catholic, all girl high school. There were 21 girls in my graduating class and I can honestly say I knew each and everyone of them.
I feel like people either love or hate high school, I definitely fall into the "love high school" category. I loved high school and I always say they were some of the best 4 years of my life. I had a great group of friends and we were always laughing and having fun where ever we went. I don't know if it was because my school was so small, or because it was all girls but there really were no cliques or a hierarchy, and there were no boys around to fight over.
We all went away to different colleges, and now we live all over the country, but when we are together it's like we never missed a beat. In fact I think we may have acted like we still were in high school last weekend!!

Fabulousness!

Last week when I was at the Four Season's with my friends, 2 fabulous things kept happening while we were at the pool....

First, every hour our waiter would come by and spray us all down with Evian body spray. It was a light misting of water to keep us nice and cool in the hot sun....umm hell yeah I'll let you mist me. I tried to get my kids and hubby to mist me at the pool over the weekend but all I got was some kind of pathetic look from them.

Second, between our hourly mistings, our waiter would also come by with frozen grapes. Between the mist, the grapes, and the mojitos I felt like a goddess.
I am now obsessed with frozen grapes. The keys to this, is to lay them out individually on a cookie sheet before you put them in the freezer, other wise you will have a big clump of frozen grapes. I just cannot get enough of these grapes, they are the perfect snack for the dog days of summer, they are light, refreshing and since they are frozen they have a bit of crunch. If you are looking for a new summer snack I highly recommend tossing a handful in the freezer, you will have a new obsession I promise!!!

God Bless America!

Have a beautiful 4th of July!!

Girl Friday

getting together with high school friends for cocktails....
many, many bar b ques......
Fair St. Louis, downtown under the arch....
and what would this weekend be without fireworks!!!
Have a beautiful weekend!