Memorial Day Weekend

Dutch and I had a great long weekend together. We were both off on Monday so we had lots of time to enjoy. Our cable had been out all week (so boring) so Saturday was full of naps, and wild wings! We ended the night in our usual springtime manner of enjoying our deck and ring toss!

Sunday we went to WAHO (our weekend tradition) and then to the braves game with the bro and SIL. We tailgated from 3-8 and enjoyed hot dogs, fruit salsa, baked lays, beers, and brats! The Braves won which always makes things even more fun. Also, ESPN baseball tonight was there all day broadcasting. That was pretty cool to see. Dutch even high-fived one of the newscasters/announcers/ESPN guy. He is an old Phillie's baseball player. Dutch thought it was pretty cool. Sine I had/have no idea who the guy is I was only mildly impressed. The worst part of the night was the huge bugs raining down on us. *note to self, do not sit in section right below stadium lights. Bugs will fly into lights and rain down on you. In Dutch's case, one fell right into his beer can. Pretty precise.

Monday we went down to my Bro/SIL house in newnan. I made some crescent roll pigs in a blanket. Yumm. Chris smoked a brisket and Kathryn had a huge spread of potato salad, broccoli salad, fruit, etc. We were sooo stuffed after leaving. *another note to self.... its week 3 of C25K..... stop avoiding it .... lol

Here are a few pics of our shenanigans. Sorry there aren't more of the cookout! : ( I guess I documented the most important part. LOL

Dutch maning the grill

Our set up

Tailgating zone

ESPN

The high five

Post high five (creeped out guy)

Atlanta sky line

Free Braves hat!

Bugs

HBF 6.0 recap

Hottie Beach Fest (HBF) 6.0 (Our 6th year OMG) was another success. Fun was had by all. The water was beyond beautiful. So clear.  You could see your toes! We were greated by a pack/school ? of Dolphins one day which was fun. We called them Hottie Dolphins of course.

We did our usual routine of dinner groups. Night 1 half of the girls made dinner for everyone (a white chicken lasagna) and the other night the other half cooked (grilled quesadillas).

The third night we went out to a new place (to us) called 790 on the Gulf. They had a great happy hour. $2.00 mimosas yummm and we had an amazing crab,shrimp,lobster dip. The portions were huge and the fried shrimp and crab cakes were out of this world. I defiantly recommend it if you are in the destin area.

We had the tradition of hottie bags, swag bags, that everyone donated 1 item to. This year they were filled with things such as water bottles, handmade soaps, beach balls, custom tie dye shirts : ) , luggage tags (designed with this years logo of course) and more!

We were able to take lots of group shots thanks to my new trusty tripod I got for xmas this year! Thanks Dad!!

It also came in handy on the beach!

Overall we had an amazing time. I only got sun burned the first day...ugh.... but the weekend was filled with good food, laughter, relaxation, waffle house x 2 and lots of memories! Cant wait for HBF 7.0!

Tie Dye!

So tie dye is pretty much the coolest trend for this summer. I am happy to participate! We had a hottie tie dye party a few weeks ago to make shirts for HBF. It was soooo easy! I want to have a cookout/tie dye party soon to create some more things.

If you could bring anything to a tie dye party what would it be? Boxers, sheets, napkins, onesies, pillow case etc?

New Food Favs

So while Ive been on this diet I am always looking for new foods, snacks, recipes etc that are super yummy and a lot better for me than what I previously ate.

I came across Boar's Head Everroast Chicken Breast and it is sooo good. I eat it just plain, not on a sandi. Just slices of it, sometimes rolled up with a small piece of cheese along side fruit or carrot sticks. Another way I like to eat it is in a "quesadilla" I grill a tortilla on the stove with a few piecs of the chicken lunch meat and 1/4 cup shreaded cheese. It gets all hot a gooey like a grilled cheese but with the crunch of a grilled tortilla. It actually won better homes and gardens best new product award. Check it out here Its certified by the american heart association due to its low saturated fat and cholesteral.  Give it try next time your at the deli!

One of my new favorite snacks is pepperidge farm cracker chips. They are multi-grain crackers that are super crunchy like a chip an have lots of yummy cheesy flavor. A serving size of 27 chips was plenty for me. I found mine for a good price at Target. They also have them in wheat flavor probably like wheat thins. Super Yummy.

HBF 6.0

This week is our annual Hottie Beach Fest in Destin Florida. I started this trip 6 years ago with my best friend. Its a long weekend of relaxing, being silly and girly, getting tan, floating in the pool and just having fun. My friends and I spend all year anticipating the next years trip and planning all of the details. I cant believe its only a few days away!!! And my bestie Alicia flew in from NYC to be here! Here are some of my favorite pictures from years past.

Crawfish Festival - Wild Wings

Yesterday Dutch and a bunch of our good friends went up to the crawfish festival at wild wings. I was so much fun! They had live music all day, good food, beer specials, and lots of laughs. Here are some of my fav pics from the afternoon.

River!

Dutch and I have been walking/running/dog walking at the river the past week weekends and its beautiful! We park at the end of columns drive and walk along the river to powers ferry. We can watch the kayakers (while dreaming of our own kayaking future). The path is really wide and paved and covered most of the way by amazing canopies. We love it! Come walk with us!