Beautiful dt day

On saturday after a killer workout shannon and I headed downtown with her little boy! It was such a beautiful day! The weather could not have been any better! We put our toes in the pineapple fountain along with a ton of other people! I hope they keep chemicals in there at all times! We listened to some music and wished we were on the Carnival ship docked near the Battery. Days like this make me love Charleston so much! It really is such a beautiful city to live in. 

<3 Sara

Donating Blood

So last Friday the Red Cross came to my job and I decided to go donate. It has been around 2 years I believe since I last gave. Lets just say it was not a good experience and involved me turning very white in the process! So after 2 years I decided to try one last time. I am so glad I did because it went great! It wasn't painful and made me feel great that I was doing something positive to help someone who needs it! I think this may become a more frequent thing since they come to my work every couple of months. Not to mention they give us 4 hours off for the day to "recover". I don't hate it :). A little added incentive if you will! I encourage you all to at least try it once! It's worth it! 

Mothers Day

I am a little late with this one since Mothers day was yesterday but hey im late with all my posts! I really want to be better about them just because it is technically my journal. Anyways. 

Saturday night we went out to Folly to the Sandbar for an early mothers day dinner. The food was really good and the place was really neat. They all got fried shrimp and I got shrimp and grits. Which will also be my lunch for today. 

Fun fact: my mom used to work there back in the day and apparently the place hasn't really changed much. The bathroom still had pink tile which you know is old school. I thought it was kinda cool though because it is so different from any place you can go now. 

It's rare for us to all go out but I always enjoy it. I love my family and I am so blessed to have them! 

Dad and Mom at dinner :)

Shannon, Lola and Isabelle! It took a few tries to get both of the girls looking at me with a smile. 

Shannon and I, wish it turned out a little clearer. 

Mommy and Izzy! Such a cute picture! 

Mmmmmmm my shrimp and grits!! Delicious!!

Mommy and me! Anyone notice all the stripes yet? Haha and no it was not on purose. 

So sunday my dad cooked 2 boston butts for dinner and mom made the sides. They were awesome!! I LOVE bbq so this meal definitely made me happy!! I just realized I had 2 yummy dinners in a row! Lucky me! The fat girl inside was happy haha 

My aunt and her fiance made the cake above. They are practicing for making their wedding cake. Lets just say they are going to keep practicing! It wasn't bad in my opinion but it def wasn't amazing! However, it was really pretty they did a good job on that part. 

I hope you all had a great mothers day and weekend!! 

Mommy I love you very much and am so thankful for all you are!! You are a great role model and I will always look up to you!!! 

<3 Sara

Baseball season

Friday night Kelly and I decided we would hang out. We are the worst at deciding what we are going to do! She had the idea to head to a Riverdogs game and it was a great idea. Normally i'm not that into the game but for whatever reason this game really kept my attention. We won 8 to 1 and they played really well. It probably helped that the other teams pitcher kinda sucked. Although according to the old man in front of us he was great! Eh im not going to argue with him! I know what I saw haha 

We ended up sitting in between two groups of people. The ones to our left were super nice and into small talk. The people to our right were drunk! Haha they were entertaining and I ended up with a free beer so I won't complain. 

I love watching the color guard. MERICA! Haha 

It was such a great night for baseball. The weather was absolutely perfect!! 

Charlie the Riverdog

Me and my free beer!! Blue moon :) yumm!!

And of course some silly pictures of us! 

Look im a baseball player!!

Every friday they do fireworks after the game. It's always a really pretty show. This one actually caught one of their signs on fire! We were surprised at first we thought our eyes were messing with us!

What stinks though is I prob won't go again for awhile because soon Charleston will be HOT!! But we shall see! 

<3 Sara

Sistas b-day

About 2 weeks ago we celebrated my sister Shannons birthday! We had a very fun girls night out with some awesome ladies! We started out at The Wild Olive for dinner. I only had wine which was delish. I have been dealing with stomach issues so I just ate before I left. After there we went to Jpaulz for drinks! They have some verrrrry good margaritas so I got that. We talked and laughed for a few hours. I treasure times like that because they are the moments that matter. Great women great conversations lots of laughs equal an amazing evening!! Truly blessed to have people like that in my life! 

Seeeee isn't that pretty!! Delish!!

Me and Shannon (sister) 

Me and Shannon (bestie)

I think there was gelato in that glass

My pretty hair that shannon (bestie) did for me! She even dyes my hair! She missed her calling fo sho!! 

Have a great weekend!!! 

<3 Sara

Fear no Easel

Friday night my cousin and I went to Fear no Easel for a girls night out! We got some chips and beer to take with us! You can't forget the snacks :) We got there before anyone else which was cool because we got to chat with the ladies who work there whom were sooo nice! Also, we had first dibs on seats! We got the best ones up front by the artist. When we had a question it got answered first!

I don't get to see my cousin often because our schedules are so different. So it was nice to chat have a few beers and laugh at our painting skills! We thought ours were just ok until we went to leave and saw other peoples. Let's just say ours looked amazing compared to a lot of the others! We had a boost of confidence after that!! All in all it was a very fun night and we both definitely want to do it again!

Painting fun

So this past monday night I met up with a great group of ladies to celebrate Laurens birthday! We had a lot of fun but this painting wasn't all that easy. If you are OCD it would have been even harder to paint. There was direction from the teacher obviously but it wasn't detailed completely. It was also kind of fun to be able to make the painting more your own! They all looked so different and I loved that!

Tonight I am actually going again to a different place with my cousin to paint again! This is turning into a paint week for me. I am also helping my friend Shannon paint her new house on saturday before she moves in! I have never painted a house before so we shall see how this turns out. I already told her I may not be good but we will find out! :)

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!! Happy Friday!! <3

Beautiful afternoon

Yesterday after the gym I decided to get my niece and go to the park. It was chilly but a beautiful afternoon and it wasn't going to be spent inside. I met up with my sister to get Izzy and we headed downtown. We went to a park right on the water and it was fun to watch the boats and feel the breeze off the harbor while playing. There were a lot of kids but they kept to themselves. I remember when I was young playing with any and every kid on the playground. I guess times really have changed huh? I feel bad for these kids it's like they are missing out. I know for a fact that my childhood rocked and i had fun ALL the time outside! Anyway we played for about an hour and even went for a walk on the dock which was nice. I didn't have to worry about them falling in since this dock was built very nice! There were railings everywhere u turned! I definitely need to make it a point to try an take the girls there more!

Btw happy Friday!!! Have an awesome weekend!!

<3 Sara

Color me rad more pics

Today they posted the professional pics taken at the race! Some of them were NOT cute haha but I liked these 2! A nice action shot and then us at the very end! I am glad we waited in the line to get the pic! I think it's cute plus it's a normal pic that we didn't have to take ourselves! Can't wait for this race next year!