Monday, August 11, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
A Weekend Away...
Our good friends, the Copelands, invited us along for a quick weekend get-away to Jacksonville and we had a great time! It was nice to get out of town, eat at some new restaurants, and see some new places.
Friday, we went to downtown Jacksonville and ate at a great restaurant at The Landings. The food was absolutely delicious and was very reasonably priced! We splurged and had a delicious smores sunday for dessert...I never would have thought to put toasted marshmallows on a sunday. It was really a treat! We were able to catch to artistic portion of the Olympic opening ceremonies at the restaurant and were just fascinated with it. We also walked along the river for a while and were able to get right up close to a $40 million yacht. Apparently, one of the head Toyota guys was in town. We could see into a few of the windows and it was amazing. It made me wonder what their stationary house looked like! (there's a pic below...one of the top 100 largest yachts)
We went to Ponte Vedra beach on Saturday. Ponte Vedra is a really nice beach town, which I think is rare on the Atlantic coast. A lot of the little beach towns are so dumpy but they have the best views/locations around...I don't get it! It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed relaxing and being outside. We finished off our get away with dinner at the Cheesecake Factory before we headed home (delicious!).
Thanks Copelands for a great weekend!
The "Gallant Lady." I'm pretty sure our entire condo could fit on the main deck.
Cassie & Craig drooling over our Smores Sunday. It was very tasty! (As an aside...they have several picture of us in a similar pose on their camera. Jeff was so mentally exhausted from his dental school interview that the concept of holding still until the after the third flash was too much. :-) )
Walking along the St. Johns River. (Random fact: it is one of two rivers in the world that float South to North; Also, don't mind my hair...all bets are off when its rainy!)
Criag's pretending to run with the running statue
Friday, we went to downtown Jacksonville and ate at a great restaurant at The Landings. The food was absolutely delicious and was very reasonably priced! We splurged and had a delicious smores sunday for dessert...I never would have thought to put toasted marshmallows on a sunday. It was really a treat! We were able to catch to artistic portion of the Olympic opening ceremonies at the restaurant and were just fascinated with it. We also walked along the river for a while and were able to get right up close to a $40 million yacht. Apparently, one of the head Toyota guys was in town. We could see into a few of the windows and it was amazing. It made me wonder what their stationary house looked like! (there's a pic below...one of the top 100 largest yachts)
We went to Ponte Vedra beach on Saturday. Ponte Vedra is a really nice beach town, which I think is rare on the Atlantic coast. A lot of the little beach towns are so dumpy but they have the best views/locations around...I don't get it! It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed relaxing and being outside. We finished off our get away with dinner at the Cheesecake Factory before we headed home (delicious!).
Thanks Copelands for a great weekend!
The "Gallant Lady." I'm pretty sure our entire condo could fit on the main deck.
Cassie & Craig drooling over our Smores Sunday. It was very tasty! (As an aside...they have several picture of us in a similar pose on their camera. Jeff was so mentally exhausted from his dental school interview that the concept of holding still until the after the third flash was too much. :-) )
Walking along the St. Johns River. (Random fact: it is one of two rivers in the world that float South to North; Also, don't mind my hair...all bets are off when its rainy!)
Criag's pretending to run with the running statue
Friday, August 8, 2008
All is Well!
Jeff's interview was first thing this morning and the report is all positive! Thank you all for your thoughts, prayers and encouragement! Now we just have to wait until December 1st!
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Tomorrow's the Day!
Jeff's dental school interview at UF is tomorrow morning at 8:30am! Your last minute prayers would be appreciated!
Monday, August 4, 2008
Interesting Development
So, my right eye caught the cold I had a couple of weeks ago! Didn't know that could happen but, I'm grateful I have the medicine I need to clear it up before the trip. There's no way I'm wearing my glasses for all of my pics in Paris!
How We Spent Our Weekend...
This picture about sums it up for me...
Jeff was extremely helpful, cleaning out a closet, washing the car, etc. (in between teasing me about the teenage, vampire, love-saga I was engrossed in!) We had a couple of great dinners out at Dragonfly's Rolls & Bowls and Leonardo's 706. Both were very tasty and we'll be visiting both again! All-in-all, a great weekend!
Can you believe I'm going to Paris in 10 days!! Whoopee!
Jeff was extremely helpful, cleaning out a closet, washing the car, etc. (in between teasing me about the teenage, vampire, love-saga I was engrossed in!) We had a couple of great dinners out at Dragonfly's Rolls & Bowls and Leonardo's 706. Both were very tasty and we'll be visiting both again! All-in-all, a great weekend!
Can you believe I'm going to Paris in 10 days!! Whoopee!
Thursday, July 31, 2008
And so it begins...
Jeff has his first dental school interview (at UF) next Friday, August 8th! I'm so proud of him! Hopefully, it will not be the only one! Prayers, good thoughts, positive energy, karma or whatever would be appreciated!
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Random Comments
First, Happy Birthday, Dad! We wish we could be there to celebrate with you! Have fun with your gift but beware the Wii-njuries!
Second, we wish our friend, Cassie, a speedy recovery! She had her wisdom teeth taken out this morning. She was a little worried about the surgeon hitting her nerve so, she had us take a good look at her smile last night just in case.
Lastly, have you all seen this You Tube clip!?! I thought the Lion was attacking those men but really he was just happy to see them! They featured this on the Today show and said that this lion had been raised by these two men. After they had released it into the wild, it became the head of its pack and the men were just checking up on it. Well, it recognized them! What a great reunion!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr1pWzoLvT8
Second, we wish our friend, Cassie, a speedy recovery! She had her wisdom teeth taken out this morning. She was a little worried about the surgeon hitting her nerve so, she had us take a good look at her smile last night just in case.
Lastly, have you all seen this You Tube clip!?! I thought the Lion was attacking those men but really he was just happy to see them! They featured this on the Today show and said that this lion had been raised by these two men. After they had released it into the wild, it became the head of its pack and the men were just checking up on it. Well, it recognized them! What a great reunion!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr1pWzoLvT8
Monday, July 28, 2008
Great Flick!
We saw this movie on Saturday and LOVED it! Health Ledger is an amazing Joker and Christian Bale is definitely my favorite Batman!
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