Kacie's Birthday

Tonight we celebrated my cousin Kacie's 29th birthday. We had a really good dinner at Longhorn Steakhouse and went to see a movie after dinner.

Rays Game

We just got back from such a fun mini-getaway to Tampa! We had four free tickets to a Rays game from the Miles for Moffitt race, so we decided to make a little trip out of it. We stayed at the Tampa Marriott Waterside in downtown Tampa. The game was at 7:00 pm on Tuesday. We let Ben take a little nap at home before driving over to Tampa and checking into our hotel. Ben loved exploring the hotel and the marina behind it. We left Tampa around 6:00 and headed to the Trop! Traffic was terrible and we got there just as the game was starting. We had ball park hot dogs, cokes and roasted peanuts. Everything was so good! Ben wasn't very interested in the game, so he and I explored the stadium and visited the sting ray tank. We finally called it a night around 10:00, even though the game was still going. Baseball games are so long!!!! Ha! The next day we lounged around at the pool and hung out with Aunt Lisa. She left work early so she could hang out with us at the hotel since she lives close by in St. Pete. Ben was over the pool by 3:00, so we decided to get showers and explore downtown Tampa. We rode around in the streetcar and had dinner at Eddie & Sam's New York Pizzeria. They have the best pizza I've ever had! After dinner we visited an antique bookstore and found a few books on trains. Ben was ecstatic! We rode the streetcar back to the hotel and called it a night. We had such a fun trip and can't wait to visit Tampa again!

The view from our hotel room

on our way to Tropicana Stadium!

Sting Rays!

Katie & Ryne's Engagement Party

Tonight we celebrated the engagement of my cousin Katie and her fiance, Ryne. They are just the cutest little couple! Katie is a 4th grade teacher in Tampa and Ryne is a police officer. We are so excited for them and cannot wait for the wedding in March!

Kacie, Katie and me...love my cousins

Katie and her Tampa crew

Uncle Kurt's toast was so sweet!

the beautiful couple

Class of 2013 Graduation

Tonight we celebrated the Class of 2013! There are so many special students to me in this graduating class. I am so proud of them. I love that we get to wear robes and sit with them during the ceremony! It's such a special night. 

Kaylee Norris and Ashton Robillard

Miss Ashton is so special to our family! We love her so much and wish her the very best of luck at Warner University. 

I love my co-workers, Natalie & Elya!

Ben & Miss Ashton at her graduation party

Date Night!

You never appreciate having time alone with your spouse until you have children! Jeremy and I went out to dinner and a movie this evening. We had dinner at Burger 21 (our new favorite place), then saw the movie 42 about Jackie Robinson. It was really good! 

This black cherry float from Burger 21 was amazing!