Friday, July 31

lazy no more

I can't believe that today marks the last day in July! Not only am I *utterly* disappointed that summer is coming to an abrupt end, but it's crazy to think that we've already completed 7 months of 2009!

I have spent the last couple of weeks sitting on my butt and being SO incredibly lazy. I've been sleeping in every morning and really not doing anything productive {i.e. there are still lots and lots of things that I need to unpack from the move home.....}. Today is a beautiful day outside and hopefully the sunshine will motivate me to get some things done inside and then enjoy the sun outside.

We're going to the Dave concert tonight, which should be really fun! Thankfully this year, we're sitting in the pavilion and hopefully won't have to deal with as many drunk high schoolers as we normally do.

I really only have one more week of summer vacation before I will be at school everyday getting ready for school to start. {I have a new room this year and haven't put one thing in it....that's another thing that I'm really slacking on!} Blogging may be light the next couple of weeks with getting ready for school, hopefully more house hunting, and trying to make the best out of my remaining summer afternoons.

As of right now, I'm done being lazy!
Enjoy your weekend {and maybe week if I'm not around to blog.}

Thursday, July 30

illiterate

I am officially computer illiterate! I found a couple blogs that had 'easy' ways to make a custom background for your blog. {I've been meaning to do it for quite some time now.} It just took me like 3 hours to change it to what it is now....and it's really not that great! Looks like I won't be changing my background anytime soon!! I can't look at my computer screen anymore today.

{P.S.}
Happy Birthday Allison!

Wednesday, July 29

went hunting...didn't catch a thing!

If you've been sitting on the edge of your chair all day waiting to hear about our house hunting today, I'm sorry. It was in short, pointless. The four houses we went to were gross and really didn't even have potential. We want to do some work on the house we buy, but there is no way we'd be able to afford renovating an entire one. And, in all reality we didn't even really like the locations and layouts of the houses, so renovations really wouldn't even make that big of a difference.

As of now, we're still waiting to hear back from the realtor from the house we liked. The more time that passes, our hopes of them selling the house is drastically diminishing.

Kurt's dad has built a specific search for us on a website that allows you to see all of the houses {that match our criteria} for sale. It updates us when a price is changed or when a new house is put on the market. We have now looked through all of the houses that we thought were potential houses {clearly many of them were duds}!! So, now we either have to expand our search by looking in locations that we really don't want to look or we wait until new houses are put on the market or prices are reduced on existing ones.

Good thing we're planning on staying in the house we buy for at least 5 years....this whole house hunting thing is getting old real quick! On the bright side, looks like we'll be able to save even more money while we wait around for our perfect house. :)

Maybe one day soon we'll be able to buy a house that looks something like this...

...and transform it to make it look something like this...

Be sure to check out some of the interior renovations here.

Pictures found at Young House Love.

virgin hunters

Okay, so I'm finally going to gush about the 'exciting' news dealing with house hunting...

Thanks {again} to HGTV for borrowing much of my time due to my interest in all of their shows. I have found myself living some real-life episodes of both 'Property Virgins' and 'House Hunters'.

Last Tuesday, Kurt and I {along with his dad -- our realtor} spent a couple hours touring 5 or 6 houses that had sparked some interest. I was very excited to take our first trip to begin looking at houses. Throughout the entire build-up process, I have told myself {and reminded Kurt} that we need to be very careful about the decisions we make, to really think them through, and most importantly not act impulsively. I continued reminding myself of these things while looking at these particular houses.

As we pulled up to the very first house, I can remember not having really any expectations of what we were going to see. To our surprise, we walked in and pretty much loved everything about the house. {It surely didn't hurt that we quickly discovered two very cute doggies in their backyard along with lots of IU paraphernalia around the house!!!} The house has a new roof, new windows, a semi-finished basement with a radon pump, a new furnace, 3 bedrooms, and lots of storage....huge things for a house in our price range. {Yes, we would have to do some upgrading, but that is what we're looking forward to doing. Plus, I would MUCH rather spend money on redoing things and decorating rather than dropping a ton of money on a new roof!}

We left that house with two complaints: the front isn't brick {but not many houses in our price range are -- and it's only our first house} and the upstairs master is hot {something that wouldn't be too hard to fix with a fan or two}. When we left the house, I was determined to not think about it too much, knowing that I probably liked it so much just because it was the first one we had looked at. Well...none of the other houses measured up, at all. We saw a few that had some things we liked, but overall the rest were a disappointment.

That night, we decided to keep that house in the back of our minds, but that we needed to look at some other houses before making any type of decision. I do remember saying to Kurt that we needed to look at other houses quickly because I think I would be really sad if something happened to that house.

The more I thought about the house, the more I could picture us living there and envision our furniture and belongings inside of it. I've been thinking all about the things that we would renovate, what order we would do things in, and what we would want it to look like. I couldn't wait to show my parents the pictures and tell them about it and we made sure to tell some friends about how much we liked it.

AND, we found out yesterday that it was withdrawn...taken off the market.

Sweet. There is still some hope. Kurt's dad called the realtor shortly after we found out, to ask why it had been withdrawn because he had people who were interested in coming by for a second showing. The other realtor explained that he thinks it would be okay to still come by for another showing. We're still waiting to hear back from that guy about a time {if any} to visit the house again. We can't call back because Kurt's dad explained that we can't seem too interested in the house because then we won't be able to negotiate with them if we were to decide to put an offer in {and if they are still planning on selling it}!!

In the meantime, we are going to visit a couple other houses today. Hopefully, we'll find a few others that have potential and I hope especially that we'll hear back from the realtor from our favorite house.

So that's all our house hunting drama. Soon I hope to no longer be a 'property virgin' or to be 'house hunting' any longer!! Keep your fingers crossed {and maybe your toes, too} for us!

a day in the life...

...of my mini-me, Julia.

Today was very fun because I spent the entire day with Julia. Quinn dropped her off at my parents house early this morning. She arrived in her colorful, cute pj's with a car load of baby dolls and accessories, 2 blankets, and a bag packed full of pool necessities.

We hung out at Nana and Papa's house for awhile with the doggies. She is SUCH a 'mommy' and it's funny because I was exactly like that when I was little. Before we headed off to the pool, she had to put Pink Baby in her swing {Julia's from when she was a baby} to take a nap while we were swimming. She buckled her in, gave her a bottle, kissed her, and then said, "Bye, baby. Take a good nap." Oh, and her other new favorite thing is 'her' purse...a.k.a. my Louie clutch that she refuses to put down. Today she reminded me that she "likes it because it's expensive." -- Not kidding one bit! Needless to say, one baby, both blankets, and Louie had to come with en route to the pool. But, all of thee above had to stay in the car!

We had lots of fun at the pool together. She absolutely loves the water and it doesn't hurt that I get to tan at the same time! :) After we swam for quite awhile, we met Nana, Papa, and Uncle Patrick at Chipotle for some yummy lunch. She was acting very goofy the entire time...it's so cute to see. Once she was done eating, she wanted to be the 'big helper' and threw away all of our trash for us. My mom gave her a dollar for working 'so' hard...you should have seen her face! She said, "I can't wait to put this in my purse!".......... {Mom, if you're reading, I didn't get a Louie until my 21st birthday. She BETTER NOT get one when she's like 10! Ha!!!}

We headed home in hopes of taking a nap. But, Julia had plans of her own....to take care of those babies of hers that needed fed and given a nap. Finally, I got her into her bed {with all the babies} and thought she had fallen asleep quickly. Not too long after, I heard voices coming from her room while she played contently with them in her bed. Then I heard, "get me outta here!"

She had been telling me all day about going to see Kurt and Cooper {whom she adores}. I knew that she wanted to see them badly enough that if we got in the car and I told her that she needed to take a nap on the way, that she'd fall asleep. And she sure did! So, I ran through the bank drive-up window and then decided to take a very long way to Kurt's house to allow for a decent nap. When we turned into Kurt's neighborhood, she woke up and said, "Kiki, where are we going?" You should have seen the look on her face when I said, "We're going to Kurt's house!"

(Getting messy while eating a popsicle at Kurt's!)

We stayed at Kurt's house for quite awhile. She loved being there with Cooper and running around the house. I was finally able to get her out of the house because we needed to get back to her house. When we got home to see Harry {her doggie}, it was time to eat dinner and play some more. Sure enough, she fed the babies some more while I made dinner!! After dinner, she decided that she wanted to call Papa. She had about a 10 minute conversation with him, including many times that he needed to go to 'time-out' because he was still at work. Then she decided she wanted to call Nana. So, we talked to Nana for awhile. Right after she hung up the phone, she decided she wanted to call Patrick {who asked if we wanted to get ice cream with him}. Then Christopher. We then had to call Nana back!

We waited for Uncle Patrick to call us back so we could meet him at Cold Stone. I told Julia that when we left the ice cream place, that we had to hurry home and get ready for bed {we left for Cold Stone after her bed time...oops, that's what aunts are for, I guess!} When we got there, she chose the blue, Cotton Candy, ice cream. And, she ate every last bite!! We hurried home and started to get her jammies on. Well, then she decided that she needed to try and go pee pee on the potty, which she did. When she does this, she gets to eat a sucker...woo hoo for more sugar! So, she ate her {blue!} sucker while we put her jammies on and read a couple stories. We quickly brushed teeth and then headed to bed.

Phew, I'm tired thinking about how much fun we had together today! It's really fun to be able to spend time with her and watch her grow. The things that come out of her mouth make me laugh and amaze me!

Time for bed!

Tuesday, July 28

weekend

"Turns out not where but who you're with that really matters."
-DMB

{So true! BUT, it sure makes it that much better when you get to take a mini-vacation {to a fun place} with those you love to be around.}

This past weekend was filled with great friends, food, and fun! Josh, Meredith, Loyd, Kurt, and I escaped to the lake for a long weekend together, and we sure had our fair share of fun together! We drove up on Thursday night after everyone finished up at work. By the time we arrived in North Webster, it was late...but not too late to enjoy ourselves!! We broke out some cold brews and sat around the table to challenge each other at Trivial Pursuit.



{FYI- I've never liked this game. My brother, Christopher, used to make me play it with him all the time and I'd always lose!} I {clearly} have some beef with this game. First of all, I would like to know who in the world would know the answers to a majority of these questions? Better yet, WHO got paid to write those awful questions?!? Secondly, the game was made before me {or any of my friends} were born so we have absolutely NO idea who, where, or what the questions are asking about!



Anyways, we had a lot of fun laughing about the questions as we attempted to try and finish the game...which never ended up happening! But, we did learn some new {and quite interesting} facts.

Friday morning came quickly. We finalized our list for the grocery store and headed out to buy some good treats for the weekend. Our first stop was Sweet Corn Charlies - an a.m.a.z.i.n.g. stand on the side of the road that sells fruit and veggies. We ended up leaving with a half watermelon {the most red and juicy one I've ever seen - see picture}, cantaloupe, avara {like a honeydew, but sweeter}, 12 ears of sweet corn, 2 onions, and I picked up a flat of {huge!} blueberries to take home to my mom. Then we headed over to the grocery store to get the remainder of the food and drinks for the weekend. We splurged on a few items, but for the most part we bought healthy food and things on sale!


Once we got home and put the groceries away, we turned back around and packed up two coolers and our bags to head out to the sandbar for the day. Meredith and I were able to get some great sunbathing in while the boys played in the water. {My boyfriend is made fun of for not being able to go without throwing some sort of sport object for longer than 5 minutes. Since my answer is typically 'no,' he was in heaven having two boys around for the weekend to throw a ball with! Needless to say, a majority of their time in the water was with a beer in one hand and a ball being thrown/caught in the other.}


We made ourselves an awesome dinner on Friday night. We had chicken on the grill {with the amazing Stubbs marinade}, sweet corn, and a yummy and very colorful salad. We decided to break out another one of Kurt's families 'lake games' -- Pictionary -- girls vs. boys style! Sure enough, the girls dominated {probably because we weren't nearly as drunk!} while the boys had a difficult time working together as a team...interesting since they've been playing hockey on the same team for how long?!? Of course we were accused of cheating since I was able to guess the answer from Mer's drawings that many times turned out looking like smart cars or aliens {and she guessed things I drew like jet stream, tile, and rung} but we won fair and square!


In the middle of the night, a huge {and loud} storm made its way through the area. Along with the storm came lots of lingering clouds and cold temperatures. Saturday morning was yucky, so we decided to go to breakfast at a place in town called Maria's. It was SO good and pretty cheap. After the gigantic breakfast, we decided to go work off some of the cholesterol by playing some tennis. Towards the end of our match {where Kurt and I got our butts kicked!}, the clouds started breaking up and began to feel warmer. We went back to the house, changed, and packed up our coolers so we could head out to the sandbar for another wonderful afternoon.


That night, we had another wonderful dinner followed by a huge {and warm} campfire. Good thing Kurt's family had s'more materials on hand!! We sat around the fire while simply spending time together as good friends. It feels great to have times like that...

Sunday was pretty much the same deal. We soaked up as much sun as we could out on the lake before we had to head back in and clean up the house. Shortly after we returned, the house was cleaned and locked up and we were jammed into car to head back to Indy.

When I have weekends like this one, I'm reminded how lucky we are to have such great friends. I can't wait for more lake weekends in the future and know that the memories from this weekend will always stay close to our hearts.

Monday, July 27

bachelorette

I suppose that when you agree to have your dating process filmed, that you're well aware of the viewer opinions that come along with the show. And, I sure am going to be one of 'those' viewers to express my opinion...

Bad choice, Jillian. You should have chosen Reid!

I don't understand why every season the bachelor/bachelorette goes against {what appears to be} their most compatible person in order to go for the 'risky' person?!?

Welp, Jillian is really cute and she made for another good {and VERY dramatic} season of one of my favorite reality tv shows. Let's just hope that Reid {or I suppose Kiptyn} will be the next bachelor and that it's n.o.t. Jake. Too bad I've already found my love, if not I might be going after this guy..... {ha}

And, yes... I am well aware that I am a huge loser for continuing to religiously watch this show, but it hooks me in every time!

Thursday, July 23

neglected

I know I've been neglecting you a lot this week, but I've been a busy girl. I had many things I've been planning on blogging about all week and found myself with zero time to do it.....

We're going to the lake tonight with friends to spend a long weekend away. Hopefully when we return I'll be able to share some of the fun/exciting things we've been doing this week. {Think house hunting, wedding planning, and ring shopping....ooo la la!}

Have a great weekend!

Sunday, July 19

HGTV

With the high anticipation of Kurt and I {hopefully} buying a house, much of my extra time is now spent drooling over decorating tips and ideas. Thanks to HGTV, I'm able to sit on my butt while learning many helpful and very interesting things! My new favorite is DesignStar. It's really great.

I'm out of inspiration. 

Friday, July 17

brrrrrrr

Although it's supposed to be cold and rainy this weekend, we're going to take the chance and still head up to the lake. I'll be doing my 'sun dance' all day today in hopes of getting a much needed tan {and so we can enjoy being on the lake}. Hope you have a fabulous weekend! 

Cooper loves the lake....let's just hope this time he doesn't get into a dog fight!

Tuesday, July 14

terrifically three!

When Julia was asked, "What do you want for your birthday?" her reply was sure to be, "Im-a-no." Which in 'kid-language' stands for, "I don't know!" But, we all knew exactly what she wanted...to be {even more of} a *princess* for her birthday party. Her wish was surely granted {although there weren't any small-sized princes at the party}. 

~A day in the life of Princess Julia~

Everything at Andy & Quinn's house was decorated with Princess-Themed things {table cloths, plates, silverware, centerpieces and even tiaras for each girl}! We were all ready to celebrate with Julia...who {of course} simply wanted to play! {Even if it was in her special pink 'princess' dress along with her new necklace and bracelet.} 

Weeeeeeee! Who said a princess can't swing?!? 


So, swing it was! With Uncle Kurt first...


then with Kiki! 

This picture reminds me of this. How the simple/little things in life can make us {so} happy!


Julia also made sure that each person at the party saw the picture of "my daddy and my mommy" in her new locket.

After swinging for quite some time, she moved onto busting a move. Her new dance is the 'Booty Dance' which consists of bending her knees, sticking her booty out, and shaking it all while making this face!

 
Wonder who taught her this dance....um, who?!?! :) 
{I'm pretty sure she got the 'look' from me too...!}

The Princess Party even had fun things for the adults to do {drink beer/play bags}. 
Uncles Christopher and Kurt were sure to partake in both of those activities!
 

Papa was playing until....


the Princess started chasing him while trying to throw a bag at him! 
Wish life could always stay this fun & entertaining.

It was daddy's job to grill the {yummy} food. 

But, of course he could take a break to share a quick minute with *his* princess!

Princess Julia was getting quite anxious to open her presents {especially after dinner was over}, but that didn't stop me from taking some pictures....

and I'll still take pictures, even if she's not going to smile/look at the camera.

But, it's okay because they turned out great, anyways! 

Woo hoo! Finally present time! 

Opening the Bitty Baby Birthday Outfit that Nana and Kiki bought at the American Girl Store

I'd have to admit that she is one {very spoiled} princess!! 
Isn't that a princesses job?!? 

Harry enjoyed 'watching over' his princess while she opened her new gifts.

{Finally} once all the gifts had been opened, it was time for the birthday princess to eat some cake! {It took SO long for her to open all of her presents (because there were so many) that the cake was beginning to melt!} 

What a perfect day to celebrate a p.e.r.f.e.c.t. princess! 

Life moves quickly, be sure to enjoy it and try to capture as much of it with a camera so you'll never forget it!

Happy 3rd Birthday, Princess Julia.
I love you,
Kiki

shoeaholic

Yesterday while Kurt's brothers were helping us move his things home, his brother commented on his "large number of shoes." He was carrying a medium sized shopping bag full of 4 pairs of Kurt's shoes {almost his whole collection.} I quickly retorted by explaining that I don't believe Kurt has enough shoes and is in the market for some much needed shoe purchases! His brother then said, "Are you kidding?!? I have 3 pairs of shoes." The first time I heard this, I was shocked. But, I knew this was the case so it didn't surprise me this time! I jokingly told his brother, "I think I have over 100 pairs of shoes!" I know I have a lot of shoes, but not this many....right?

So today while I was unpacking all of my things into my old bedroom, I decided to quickly count how many pairs of shoes I really have. I'm quite embarrassed to say, but I have 70+ pairs of shoes!!! Oops....  

Here are some of my shoes....

I have two shoe racks that are completely filled and still plenty of shoes that I can't fit on them.

I don't see anything wrong with wearing great shoes! I love buying fun shoes to jazz-up a less exciting outfit. Well, the secrets out....I suppose I'm utterly smitten for shoes!  

Monday, July 13

home?

Honey....{oops} Mom and Dad, I'm home...

As of today, I officially live at home with my parents, again. I'm quite bored, very much missing my boys, and sad that we said goodbye to our apartment and everything in it today. I'm exhausted from this c.r.a.z.y. weekend that we just had and extremely ready to relax {after I unpack all my things into my old and way smaller room}. Unfortunately I despise moving, but hopefully we'll be doing it again soon......

Now, it's time to focus our attention on finding a house. I've definitely been on the prowl for awesome decorating tips/ideas that I can't wait to use in our {future/non-existent} house! Maybe one day Kurt, Coop, and I will wake up next to each other in a totally redesigned bedroom looking somewhat like this....

(Picture from {one of} my favorite blogs, Young House Love. This picture is from this post.}

Friday, July 10

someday

Doggies & Kids
What more could anyone ask for? 
I hope to one day be able to display some of my very own pictures just like these....




Perfect. 

Thursday, July 9

busy as a bee

As the weekend quickly approaches, I'm reminded of the busy days Kurt and I have in our near future. This weekend is so jam-packed, I don't know when we're going to get a moment to breathe let alone enjoy our last couple days in our apartment {we pretty much know this isn't going to happen anyways!} I am OCD about making lists and plans. Although I have a billion lists for this weekend, it'll make me feel better to get it all down on one 'master list.' 

Friday: 
-LAST DAY of summer camp! {Clean-up at school and bring all materials home}
-Wedding 
-Last night in the apartment {with furniture} 

Saturday:
-Wake up early/finish any last minute packing
-Movers coming at 10:30am
-Move all things to either storage shed or parents' house
-Paint two walls back to white 
-Cook-out for Christopher 
{My brother - he just graduated from grad school and is moving to NYC}

Sunday:
-Kurt will be playing in my families annual golf outing all morning while I be doing a major cleaning of the apartment
-Cook-out at my Aunt and Uncle's house after the golf outing
-Julia's 3rd Birthday Party at 4:00

Monday:
-Doing any last minute things at the apartment and turning in our keys :( 

Phew. I kinda get stressed out thinking about it. Have a great weekend!

Wednesday, July 8

one year

One year ago, Kurt and I moved into our apartment. It was a very exciting day. I had been looking forward to moving in together for quite some time. We had spent months searching for house ware items and were able to buy 95% of our things on sale {I couldn't wait to use all of them...even the cleaning things!} Everyone from both our families came to help us move and before we knew it the place was looking really great.

I remember telling people that it was really bizarre to be moving out of my parents house because I would never live with anyone other than Kurt {and our kids} for the rest of my life. How scary yet very exciting this was to think about! That day after everyone {finally} left, I remember feeling so weird. I was obviously so excited, but I remember feeling a little sad for the first couple of nights about the fact that I would never again live with my parents. It was almost like a "WOAH! I'm really growing up." moment that I was having a difficult time with. 

Now, as I sit here packing up everything from the past year, I'm even more sad. I'm sad that I won't be able to see my boys every morning I wake up and every night before my little eyes close. I'm sad that all of our things will be stored away for who knows how long before we get to use them again. And, I'm sad because I've loved this little apartment of ours. I don't think we've had the time yet to really sit back and think of all the memories we've made living here together. 

Moving in was our first big step we made together. Now it's over. The place is a mess. Everything is finding its way into a dark box. And little by little, we're disassembling everything that made our little apartment a home for us. 

So, I guess life throws tons of curve balls at you and you've got to figure out how to catch them and make them fit into your "plan." While I wasn't planning on ever living with anyone other than Kurt again, being back with my parents won't be so bad after all! And hopefully we'll be back together again as our little family of three in a new house {in the fall}. 

Life also likes to teach you lessons the hard way. OK life, I learned {!!}  ....don't be so impulsive and don't rush into big decisions. Maybe we should have waited a few more months to move or moved into a not so nice apartment, who knows and who's to say what would have happened. But, one things for sure - I'll never forget this awesome apartment and the things that took place inside of it. I'm glad I get to share those memories with Kurt. 
   

P.S - Cooper is sad because he will no longer be able to look out our huge third floor windows at all the dogs walking by on the Monon.   

Tuesday, July 7

love it!

As I've been packing up things from our apartment, I've been reminded of the little things in life that make me happy. 

My Job 
One of my mom's co-workers gave this to me for my graduation. Each day it's a nice reminder of how lucky I am to have a job that I adore. 

My Dog
No, I'm not planning on packing Cooper up, but he's been with me each day as I put things away. Each time I look at him, he gives me those sad puppy dog eyes asking, "Mommy, where are we going NOW?!?" 

My Love
I won't be packing him up either, but moving makes me realize how much I take for granted because we see each other every day. 
(This picture is from last weekend at the lake. Kurt left his sunglasses at home and had to wear these stylish "blueblockers." Ha!) 

Pretty Things
I'm not a huge flower person {because I always kill them}, but one of my students gave me this for an end of the year present {the pot is decoupaged with tissue paper hearts...cute!}. It's been sitting in our window sill since May with lots of green leaves. When we got home from the lake this weekend, it had bloomed. 

The simple things in life can make us so happy! :)

Monday, July 6

4th of July

Happy 6th of July! I hope you had a great weekend. Kurt and I {along with Bailey and Cooper} went to the lake to spend the 4th with his family. We scurried around the apartment on Thursday trying to get the last minute things together and get up there quickly. Unfortunately the weather on Friday and Saturday was subpar and we didn't spend much time on the lake. Actually, my weekend was spent with a lot of {wine}

       

   

 {In fact, I think it involved too much of this. Yes, I did fall backwards out of my chair while playing euchre in front of his whole family -- aunts, uncles, cousins, etc!} and wishing I could get rid of {fireworks}.

I know every 4th of July to expect tons of fireworks. And I know I probably sound like a huge grump, but I'm really not a fan of fireworks. ESPECIALLY when they continue on and o n and...you get the point. Sure they look cool and wow they make really loud noises, but they scare the s*** out of my doggies. If they don't like them, neither do I! :) So, I guess it's not really a matter of me disliking them, it's really that the dogs freak out/shake/pant all night/hid in tiny spaces and nothing I do {except give them medicine} helps one little bit. Please neighbor kids at the lake, go to bed and save those fireworks till next July 4th when I expect my dogs to freak out and I have enough medicine to last the entire night.


Good thing the weather was beautiful yesterday. Oh wait! We spent the entire morning glued to the T.V. watching the Wimbledon Final. Unfortunately, we sat there for 4 hours too long just to watch Federer win.... a g a i n. Good thing Roddick isn't too hard on the eyes and a favorite of mine to watch. Thankfully the match {finally} ended and we were able to enjoy the remainder of the afternoon on the water. 


Thank God it's my LAST week of summer camp. Can't wait to relax!!