MLFC Weekend in Dallas Update

I went to Dallas last weekend to meet up with some fellow bloggers and had a BLAST!!!! I cant wait for our next get together; definitely made some great friends and had a good time.

I took a half day Friday and the hubs and I headed up to Dallas with the boys, since Max needed medicine daily so we couldn't leave them behind. They enjoyed the car ride... and the big windows at the hotel too, they stayed in front of those all weekend.

Friday night we all met up at Gloria's a Mexican restaurant for dinner and drinks and to celebrate Jen's engagement! It was fun, I was able to sit next to Becka of Kiki La'Rue, Amy of Brady Bands, Nikki who doesn't have a blog, and Felicia... all great girls! and then Megan from Skinny Meg came by after her soccer game and hung out for a while too.

 

 

After dinner at the restaurant we went to Sherlock's and there was a live band... a really good live band, but I cant for the life of me remember there name... we had a blast dancing, I cant remember the last time I had that much fun...

the creepers were creeepin...


 

Amy... my Htown girl!

Felicia can get down!



Megan!

I was in Megan's blog post update, and loved the pic so much I am stealing it for mine too!

Love this girl!


Saturday morning when I woke up for the Run or Dye 5K was rough, I had partied a bit much for the night before a run... and it was HOT, super hot, and the run was in a parking lot, on asphalt... not a good combo, I ran the first mile, then ran walked the rest, but stayed up with Mama Laughlin and a few other girls because they too were having the same issues as me... got to talk to her a bit and it was fun getting to meet her in real life... another blog fan of hers came up and asked for a picture and of course she was super sweet and they took a pic, it was really neat to see that she really does enjoy inspiring other women and she does care. Her and Megan are both wonderful women and after this weekend I look up to them even more, they are so open and friendly and welcoming!

 

I also stole this pic from ML's IG... just after we finished and grabbed our waters!

 

 

 

 

After the run most of the ladies went to brunch for mimosas, I took a time out, was going to nap, but instead went to Cabella's in Dallas... that was a GREAT decision, because they had a PURPLE gun!!!!! I have been searching for one for over a year and there it was... so we got it!!!! I am so excited to get to use it next time we go to the property there will be target practice! :)

 

 

 

 

 

Tonight I leave for New Orleans and then I am headed to Pensacola with my sister and some good friends, I need a relaxing weekend at the beach for sure because I am worn out... just got back from the field last night and have work today then play time again!

 

 

Favorite Vacation Link Up

 

 

Summer 2011 the hubs and I (then dating) went on THE best camping trip... we flew in to Phoenix and got to see HUGE cactus along side the road headed up to the Grand Canyon... they are amazing!

 

Once at the Grand Canyon we saw two bull elk along side the road in the national park, it was pretty crazy, but also just the beginning of the animal sightings this trip!

 

 

 

We also got to walk around the rim of the canyon, its so vast and beautiful, amazing to see, if you haven't been, you HAVE to go!!!!

 

 

 

 

The second day at the canyon we decided to hike down one of the trails... and guess what we ran into??? Or I guess they ran into us... two desert big horned sheep!!!!!

 

They were walking down the same trail and then climbed around this rock and off and up the side of the rock face, one was much older with bigger horns and the second was younger because his horns were a lot smaller.

 

 

It was a great hike down, lots of fun even though it was hot, but we decided to turn around about half way down because we didn't have a place to stay at the bottom in the camp area down there... it was fully booked. SO glad we turned around when we did, I wanted to hike the whole thing and the hubs made the call to turn around, well the trip back up was HARD and hot and miserable... so glad it wasn't as far as it could have been...

 

 

There is a tower on one corner of the canyon and we went and checked it out and got a few pictures from that side as well... its all just so beautiful there, just amazing!

 

 

We then drove the next day to Monument Valley - such a pretty area, but a HORRIBLE road to get out to it!!!

 

 

 

BUT there were horses and a pony in the middle!!!! It was beyond adorable! I have always wanted a pony... still do!

 

 

 

Then we went up to Arches National Park!

 

 

We also got in a picture with the obligatory balanced rock... holding it up!

 

Another arch...

 

And we spent a day hiking the "Fiery Furnace" that you had a get a special permit to hike because people get lost in it because there are no trails in it... we were able to navigate through it and I found our way back out again!!!! It was a blast...

 

 

 

Then we drove into Colorado and drove on the million dollar highway, crazy narrow road and high in the mountains, but we had a lot of pretty views on the way

 

 

We also passed a heard of elk on the side of the road...

 

 

and spent the night in the San Juan National Forrest.... tons of huge trees! And we got to camp right along side a creek. Very relaxing.

 

We headed to Mesa Verde the next day and were able to see TONS of deer.... they were all over the camp site!

 

 

 

Checked out the cliff dwellings and did some tours...

 

 

The next day we got to crawl around in/through the cliff dwellings just like the native americans did when they lived there... they were little people, Jake had to lay down to get through this "door"

Wild mustang!!!!



 

 

and we ended the trip with a visit to four corners!

 

 

 

We had a blast and I CAN NOT WAIT to go back!

 

MLFC Retreat Weekend is HERE!!!

I am BEYOND excited to finally get to meet a bunch of the ladies who I have become good friends with here in the blogging world!!!!

I even took a half day today so I can leave at lunch and make it in time for the dinner festivities tonight!!! Dallas here I come!!!

My excitement cant be contained!!!!!

This weekend will be pretty epic! Even though I am not ready to run in the heat this coming Saturday, it will be fun to do it with a great group of ladies!

Wedding Details Link Up!

My wedding day was the stuff of fairy tales, better than I ever even imagined it would be... it was perfect! Mainly because I was marrying THE most amazing man, but enough of that sappiness!


Share Your Wedding Details

Location (church/outdoors/destination): Rosedown Plantation, St Francisville, LA - for the oak trees and the pretty plantation, see below:

 

Colors: purple and yellow (GEAUX TIGERS!)

We even did a second line bridal party dance to show out of towners how we do it in Louisiana!

 

Bridal Party:

I had my best friend from high school and four of my good friends from college and my baby sister:

 

 

First Dance Song: "Broken Road" by Rascal Flatts, it was the first song the hubs and I had ever danced to while dating... and it kind of sums us up at the same time.. we were both engaged before when we were younger and neither of those relationships worked out and we eventually found each other!

 

Honeymoon: Hawaii, the big island

convertible, the only way to go!

 

 a luau

 

 

 

Volcanoes National Park

 

 

sea turtles and black sand beaches

 

 

coral

 

 

deep sea fishing and catching a 625lb blue marlin!!!!

 

 

our last night...

 

 

 

What would you do different? Not one thing!!! It was great... everything about it was... there were a few things that went wrong on the day of, but it was still THE best day!