Snapshots of our Saturday

Today was beautiful!  The sun was shining, the weather was warm, we slept in, and best of all, we had absolutely no plans.  It has been a long time since we had nothing on our agenda, just a day to fill with randomness.  And that's exactly what we did, and I can honestly say we loved every second of it.

• We enjoyed our favorite food (pizza), at our favorite restaurant (MoMo's), at our favorite spot (outside courtyard).  It was delicious.  

• We then went to the animal shelter (which I don't have photos of) to look at puppies.  I have to admit, I'm not the animal lover.  And I'm definitely not that person who cries watching those animal abuse commercials, but walking down that hallway, with all the dogs sticking their noses through the cages just staring at you, broke my heart.  I wanted to adopt every one of them.  But I was good (Mom).  Nic and I do want to get a pup in the near future, but we want to make sure our schedules and our finances are in line first.  

• We stopped by the icecream shop to get some treats.  Nic went with his old faithful, mint chocolate-chip shake, and I got a double-scoop chocolate turtle icecream cup.  So good.

• Later, one of my best friends, Kaley came over with her daughter Karter.  We spent hours outside soaking up some vitamin D.  Oh it felt so nice.

• Dinner at La Fiesta.  A favorite of us Bishops.

• We ended the night hanging outdoors.  We lit our fire-pit for the first time and just relaxed.  Unfortunately I didn't have the ingredients for smores, but I did have mini-marshmellows.  So of course we had to toast some of those.  haha.  

 Sometimes there's nothing better than having nothing to do on a Saturday.  I'm looking forward to more days like today... days we can fill with randomness.  :)

Happy Anniversary Christine and Cayce!!

A year ago today, in sunny Key West, Florida, my beautiful friend Christine married her prince charming. Happy Anniversary Christine and Cayce!! We love you guys!!

I was lucky enough to be apart of their special day, and boy was it perfect! Here's just a few of my favorite pictures from their gorgeous wedding...

Valentine's Day

Since Heather had to work on Valentine's Day we decided to celebrate on Sunday night.

After we got home from lunch Heather went out to buy my Valentine's Day gift (a pair of really awesome Gap khakis!). We had been procrastinating big time, so we had to take turns going to the mall... how sad is that?

A few minutes after she left I called Mary An, one of our good frineds who works at Coach, to see about getting a gift for Heather. I started asking her about what they had available at the store and all of a sudden Mary An had to go. I didn't think anything of it since she was at work. I just figured she had to go.

When Heather got home, It was my turn to go shopping for her. When I got to the mall, Mary An filled me in on what really happened. She told me that while I was on the phone with her, Heather walked into the store! She didn't want to tell me it was Heather in case Heather was buying me a wallet for Valentine's Day. What's really funny is, Mary An told Heather she was on the phone with an annoying customer who couldn't make up their mind on whether to order something or not. Heather's reponse: "Well she might as well go ahead and order it then!" I cracked up when I heard that!

Later that night we went out to Marie Livingston's for dinner. We hadn't been there since our rehearsal dinner. It was delicious, as usual, it was romantic and special to us, and since it was a Sunday, there was no wait! It couldn't get much better than that.

When we went home we layed down a red blanket (in honor of V-day) on the living room floor enjoyed publix cheesecake and exchanged gifts. I was so excited to see how Heather reacted.

I opened my present first and of course loved it!

Then Heather opened hers. At first she asked, "Is it a box of chocolates?" Ummm...no.

As soon as she saw the box she started smiling. I'm pretty sure she liked it.

I'd say it was a great first Valentine's Day as a married couple. Looking forward to many, many more!

Happy 75th Birthday!!!

Last weekend Nic and I headed to Gainesville for a romantic getaway. Haha, well lets face it, how can Gatorville be romantic... we actually made the quick trip to G-ville for a weekend filled with family, an excuse to sleep in a king size bed, and to celebrate Nic’s Grandma’s (Mawmaw’s) 75th birthday.

Friday night we met my mother and sister-in-law and our nephew, Kerry, at a restaurant to catch up. We then all went to the hotel room for some more catching up. Let’s just say Kerry is a ball of energy! He loved playing with the guitar and drums on our Ipads and he even showed off his dance moves, and of course his Aunt and Uncle enjoyed giving him lots of love and attention. Nic’s Mom and Sis insist that he is just like Nic was as a kid... always moving and getting into things (in other words, hyper). I, on the other hand, was completely opposite as a child. I was the calm baby. In fact, on all of our home videos of us as kids, Haley is running around showing off for the camera, and I’m in the corner quietly entertaining myself. Haha. Anyway, Nic thinks it would be funny if we have a little redheaded girl with the crazy personality of Nic and a little boy with the cool, calm, quiet personality of me.

Saturday morning we had some errands to run before the birthday party. I packed for cold weather thinking it would be just as cool in G-ville as it was in Tally. It wasn’t. It was hot and muggy. So we went to the mall to get a few things for the much needed wardrobe change. Can I just say that the mall is the best part of Gainesville. We even indulged a little and ate some delicious soft pretzels and people-watched in the food court. You can’t get better entertainment than that!

We then headed to the famous Alachua County Ivy House for the Birthday party. The Ivy house is such a cute, quaint restaurant that serves delicious southern-style cooking. We had such a great time visiting with family that we don’t see very often and celebrating Mawmaw’s 75th birthday! Mawmaw is the glue that holds the Bishop family together. She is so sweet and nurturing, and she absolutely loves the Lord! She accepted me into the family with open arms like I had been there all along. I really do admire that woman. Although she was a bit embarrassed of her age, she was so proud to have family surrounding her and celebrating her 75 years. And I know she will have many, many more birthdays to come!