Weekend Recap

Happy Monday all!  We had a very fast but fun weekend...now I'm exhausted.

Our weekend started on Thursday night with a concert out at Freshfields Village on Johns Island.  They had food trucks and lots of bars to celebrate the PGA Championship.  Unfortuneatly a huge storm blew up (literally) and cut the night short.

ladies @ freshfields

concert

Friday night Mr. R's brothers came in town for the PGA Championship and we grilled some yummy steaks, squash and zucchini, baked potatoes and salad.  

Saturday morning I got up at the crack of dawn to drive transportation out at Kiawah Island Golf Resort (as mentioned before Mr. R currently works for the Resort and I did for 6ish years so we have planning and anticipating this for a long time) for the PGA for a couple of hours.  Even drove a player's wife and children around.  Then we all went to the tournament.  It was SO much fun...until the rain.  Luckily we somehow stayed dry and were able to catch a shuttle quickly.

Mr. R and his brothers

christmas card pic...kidding

The Ocean Course Clubhouse (looked SO different than usual)

Ernie Els on the putting green

storms rolling in

Sunday Mr. R and I got up early did the whole transportation thing again.  I drove around one of Ernie Els' coaches Sunday.  Actually she is in one of the pics from above (the lady).  Funny how that worked out and she was the NICEST.  Even showed me a pic of his trophy from the British Open!

After working Mr. R and I crashed on the couch to watch the final round of play.  We are so thrilled for Rory McIlroy and so happy with the footage on TV of the course.  It looked amazing (even more so in person!).  We love Kiawah and it is so special to us so it was such a rush seeing it all unfold.  Hopefully the tournament will be back in 2019!!

Leaving you with a little clip of our two furry children caught in the act.  This is a regular occurrence in our house.  They just love each other:)  (Don't judge the One Direction in the background, watched the Closing Ceremony)

  

Weekend Recap

Happy Monday and HAPPY PGA CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK!!!!  I can't believe the tournament is finally upon us.  I feel like we should still be a year out, we have been talking about it so long.  Best of luck to all of my friends (and hubby) at Kiawah this week.  I can't wait to be out there this weekend sharing in the experience!

We had a really nice weekend.  Nothing too crazy but just a great one.  

Friday night we went to a Lowcountry Boil at our friends the MacCoys' new casa.  Baby D made an appearance and we all took turns loving on him.  

Aunts S, K & K love baby D!

Lowcountry Boil ~ Shrimp, Corn, Kielbasa, New Potatoes & Old Bay...YUMM

love him (and his gator pillow)!!

late night cornhole

Tucker...this picture just cracks me up with the flash

Saturday morning Mr. R, our friend (and new neighbor!) Sara, and I went to the Celadon warehouse in North Charleston.  I'm not going to lie, I was not as impressed as I have been in the past.  They are really low on inventory.  Hoping to find a new tv console in the near future!  We also took advantage of the tax free weekend and I scored some new tennis shoes at the New Balance outlet for an additional 20% off.  Looking forward to Zumba on Tuesday now...

pretty chairs

upholstered queen headboard with nailhead trim ($400ish)

lucite coffee tabe with shelves ($500ish)

had to share this pic of Rals during 'naptime' on Saturday
"really mom?!"

spending some quality time with the oakley twins on Saturday night

Sunday Mr. R had to start his work week since the PGA is in town (rent bikes!!!  Its the best way around island and to the shuttle stops, call 843.768.6001...yes, I had to put my plug in).  Sara and I went over to Mt. P to Homegoods and Old Navy.  

Some items that caught my eye at Homegoods...

I was SO excited that my monogrammed necklace came in...found it HERE on Etsy for 1/2 the price of the Moon & Lola one.

Weekend Recap

Yeah...its Tuesday, I'm a little behind.  We had an EXTREMELY busy weekend and Monday.  


Friday night Mr. R's brother and sister in law and our two nieces K & E came to spend the night.  We cooked out on the Egg in between thunderstorms.  I made THESE zucchini fries.  They were good but needed a little more Parmesan and maybe some more Italian seasoning.  

I was SO excited when I got a call from our neighbor around 7pm to ask us to go let their dog out...because their beautiful twin girls were born!!  Meet sweet A & B!  CONGRATS to the S family!
 


Saturday morning Mr. R got up bright and early to participate in the Palmetto Society's 1st Annual Redfish Tournament.  I went with my brother & sister-in-law and nieces down to the Farmers Market, it was beautiful Saturday morning.  With Spoleto happening, there was even more to see and do.

yummy cheese grits, breakfast sandwich and fresh coffee

sweet K & E

K on the bouncy slide

one of my favorite Piccolo Spoleto booths

E with my fresh flowers--loving in my office!

pony rides!

Saturday night we celebrated our good friend L's 29th birthday!  It was so fun to catch up with friends and enjoy a night out on their dock.  **I was going to make the avocado, corn & tomato salad but ran out of time.  Instead I made my salsa/cream cheese specialty.  Easiest thing in the world and addicting!

the cake from L's husband, haha

happy happy birthday!!!

Sunday we went out to Kiawah to hang out some more with Mr. R's brother and family.  We went to the beach in the morning and then the boys went to play golf and the girls went to the pool and a visit to the Kiawah Nature Center.  I got WAY too much sun.

our little starfish E

baby gators at the nature center

Our niece K just got back from a week at camp and we made Camp Greystone nachos on Sunday night!  What a fun idea for kids or a Mexican themed dinner!  Take individual bags of fritos, open them, dump beef, cheese, salsa, and whichever other toppings you may want, shake it up and serve!!  

Monday was a BIG day for birthdays.  It was my sister in law J's bday, my coworkers, our friend L from Saturday night AND my one of my bff's bdays.  We went to Pearlz in Avondale last night to celebrate L's big 29!!  We have been best friends since college and I absolutely LOVE spending time with she and her hubby J.  I wish her the best year ever!

surprise TCBY cake, her fave!

L&J, love them

Last but not least a HUGE shout out to our friends the Oakleys who will be welcoming their set of TWINS tomorrow morning!!  Cannot wait for those beautiful babies to be here and praying its a easy delivery for their momma J!

Thoughts

• I watched Part 1 and Part 2 of Hatfields & McCoys last night.  SO good.  If you have Comcast, its available On Demand through tomorrow.  However, I also that The History Channel is playing all 3 parts straight through on Saturday night.  DVR is set!!  I am excited to see Part 3, the finale.  Have you watched it?  What did you think?  How hot (for a dirty redneck) is Johnse?

• I am planning on making THIS recipe for Tomato, Avocado & Corn Salad for a birthday party tomorrow night.  Update on that next week!  Thanks Natalie @ designer bags & dirty diapers for the yummyness!

• The first movie trailer Les Miserables was released yesterday and oh my word, I am not sure I can wait until the Christmas release!  It looks amazing.  Props to Anne Hathaway as Fantine in this trailer.  WOW.

• I am so very excited to see two of our nieces tonight!!  K&E come for a week to Kiawah, woohoo!  (I'm excited to see my brother and sister in law too:)

• Can you believe its June 1?  Off course that means the beginning of hurricane season...and I'm trilled!!!  Sometimes I really do wish I had become a meteorologist!

• I am thinking of trying the Couch-to-5k Running Plan, has anyone tried it??  Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

• I made a big change yesterday...5 inches of change!  A huge shot out to my girl Ashley Burg at Tabula Rasa Salon on Cannon Street for this amazingness.  I feel like a new person!  Seriously, Ashley might be the best in town!  She did all of my wedding hair and colors/styles a TON of my friends hair.  If you are looking for someone new, you will not be disappointed with Ashley!!!

Weekend Recap

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and that you were either able to see your mommas or atleast have a good phone call!  If you ARE a momma, I hope you were showered with love!


Mr. R and I were supposed to have gone back to Spartanburg for an engagement shower for some good friends K&B (wedding in June, woohoo!) but just couldn't make it work after being there two weeks ago and then leaving again Memorial Day weekend.  We are so sad we missed it AND missed spending Mothers Day with DRB!


Friday night our friends the MacCoys came over and we made homemade pizza and had a rummy tournament.  I lead most of the night and then Mrs. M pulled a fast one and beat me in the end.  

Girl's Pizza from the Oven

Guys Pizza on the Big Green Egg

Saturday we got up and got the oil changed on my car, went to Lowes for some hydrangeas and new window box flowers and then took a trip out to Kiawah with the MacCoys to go kayaking/fishing.  Against Mr. R's strong suggestion to go elsewhere we thought it would be a great idea to kayak against the incoming tide out to Captain Sam's Inlet, hang out, and then kayak back to Mingo Point against the wind and outgoing tide.  Needless to say my fingers even hurt from the paddling on Sunday.  

We also had a little incident on the way back...somehow the fishing lines behind the kayaks got crossed (trolling in kayaks, I mean really...), one of the lines snapped and the other whip-lashed back and the hook caught my shoulder and cheek.  No, thank fully I did not look like a fish with a hook in my mouth but it scared the crap out of me!!!  Now two days, and some Neosporin later, my cheek is looking a whole lot better.

jellyfish mass suicide

Sunday was pretty crappy weather wise but Mr. R and I were up early.  He and the boys (4 legged) gave me the beautiful hydrangeas for the yard and the flowers for the window boxes.  Mr. R was nice enough to plant them for me.  We spent some time wandering around Lowes dreaming of home projects, relaxing on the couch and then I made Sunday dinner--Oven Fried Chicken, Smashed Potatoes & Green Bean Casserole...YUMMMM

2 new hydrangeas & don't mind Rals doing his yoga in the background

updated window boxes: petunias, calibrachoa & potato vine

my gardenias have finally started blooming

sunday dinner