Venice

After our quick Disney visit the fam had a whole week left in the Sunshine State. Venice, FL is a spot my family has visited every summer for as long as I can remember. Over time we've developed our usual go to spots, and after twenty something years we've developed so many it's hard to fit them all in. I've been campaigning for a longer vacation to solve this problem, I'll let you know if I succeed. We spent the majority of the trip boating and eating, which makes for a pretty stupendous week in my book.

 

Camera wars.

Captain Dave

Our schedule went a little like this: boat a little, stop for lunch, boat a little, swim a little, boat a little, stop for sunset.

Sharkey's is Venice's only beachfront restaurant and became one of our regular spots early on. Over the past year they have built a whole new fine dining restaurant connected to the old Sharkey's. On our last night in town my parents and I eagerly hit up Fins.

I had some sort of watermelon/tequila/spicy concoction that I can't quite remember, but it was good!

I mean, the grilled watermelon salad was good, but look at that backdrop.

I was so indecisive I couldn't even land on one appetizer, so I just ordered a few different ones and shared with mom. My "main" appetizer was the lobster and gouda nachos.

Both key lime pie and creme brulee are family favorites, so when we saw key lime creme brulee on the menu it was a must. This was gone in a second.

Fins gets two thumbs up and will most definitely be on our go to list from here on out. So sad to have to leave Florida but maybe next year I'll get that longer vacation I'm campaigning for!

XO,

Lo

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Abigail

Pardon my sentimental banter as I weep uncontrollably over here. One of my longest and truest friends, Sarah, just had a baby not all that long ago. I had the honor of being invited to watch this little angel get baptized.

Let me give you a tiny background. Eighteen or so years ago my family moved to a new neighborhood where we knew no one in this tiny little town. I was just moseying around the yard, pondering life, when this little ray of sunshine invited me to come play. From that moment we were hooked, bonded for life. We have shared every moment together for nearly the last decade everything from late nights of flashlight tag to years on the soccer field and basketball court. We worked together, played together, vacationed together, and I even stood weepily by her side as she said "I do." In the mix of her three brothers I will always be her sister. 

Surely now you can understand why I am such a sap over here. My love for her sweet baby Abigail is just the kind you can't put into words. 

These lads were cheery, lookin' for a little love. I was there to give it.

Luke, always one with nature. Southern Indiana does have its moments where the views can take your breath away. There's nothing quite like rolling fields on fields. 



It turned out to be a beautiful day with lots of laughs and lots of love. I couldn't be happier that I got to be part of it.

xo,
Bee

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Back Home Again In Indiana

Excuse the cheesy title. It kept getting stuck in my head as I was writing. 

Since it's been a solid two weeks since I last posted, I decided it's about time I quit making Bee do all the work. I can be a serious slacker sometimes. Here's a little recap of what I've been up to. Christmas time meant that I got a much-needed trip back home. With so many things to do, people to see, and parties to be had it was a whirlwind of a week. 

Nothing says "Welcome to Indiana" quite like an IU basketball game....

.....or two.

It's been far too long since I've been in Assembly Hall.

Of course no game is complete without a trip to Nick's afterwards. I got to have a mini reunion with some of my college friends, which is becoming increasingly harder to do as we keep spreading out across the country.

Champ.

After spending practically a whole weekend in Assembly Hall, I finally had some down time at home.

I got to hang with these two cuties, Amelia and Elliott.

Isn't this just the sweetest little baby smile that you ever did see?

I'm not sure is Amelia quite grasped the concept of our hide-and-seek game. Although after seeing this pic I think she deserves more credit than we gave her because she does blend rather well.

FINALLY Christmas Day came. I had to hurry to snap a few last pics of the presents and tree in all their glory. It's scary how quickly this:

...turns into this:

Liam dubbed this year his "Best Christmas Ever". He was thrilled with all his gifts, not so thrilled about my photo shoot however.

Look at all that open space! Who would have thought I'd be excited about an empty corn field. While I absolutely love living in a city, being home made me realize there are two things I miss. The first is driving. It's the one time where you can be completely alone, something that doesn't ever happen in a city. There's also the fact that I like to be in control of when and how I get somewhere, and besides, sometimes you just need a little jam session in your car. The other thing I miss is space. In Manhattan, space is a luxury. Seeing this huge open field (which a few months ago would have been totally normal) gave me the urge to go run around. Don't worry, I didn't.

It took two trips to the airport to get back to NYC, but I finally made it. AND I got a bonus vacay day out of it!

Until next time!

XO,
Lo

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