Charlotte...

At the end of June I was able to get away to Charlotte, North Carolina with Stone and Dawn for Landis' Wedding.  Landis was a beautiful bride and we had a lot of fun, despite the most uncomfortable heat I have ever experienced in my life!  Stone, Dawn and I then stayed a 3 more days after the wedding for a little extended vacay. We squeezed every ounce of fun out of Charlotte and experienced all Charlotte had to offer. Have YOU been to the Epicenter? ;)

The Day of the Rehearsal Dinner we all went and got our nails done and wrote on the wall to commemorate the occasion

 Landis and her mom at the Dinner. Those Welbourn Ladies sure are adorable!

 all the ladies with Landis:

Stone, Dawn, Carrie, Landis, Myself, Monica

 Tyber Creek Pub was the location for dinner. Such a fun place and the food was delish!

 The Welbourn Kids

 Me and Landis

 Luke and Stone

After dinner Stone, Carrie and I went with all the boys to a nearby bar to continue the party. Dawn, Landis and Monica headed back to the hotel for some beauty rest.

We did it right...as you can see :)

Stone was an honorary DJ that night and played only the best so we pretty much were glued to the dance floor all night. These next series are probably some of my favorite from the evening. They don't need much of an explanation.

I love it :)

And thus ends the 1st official night in Charlotte.

Check back for a post on the actual wedding day!

Harper Mae Day...

Whew the last few months have been crazy busy! I feel like there is so much I have missed sharing. First things first, my bff, Megan, gave birth to the most beautiful little girl on the planet! Harper Mae Snyder was born on May 29th.  Megs and Chris were gracious enough to let me be at the hospital for the labor (and outside the room for the delivery-ha!). Seriously Megan is the most laid back easy-going mom ever! She sets the standard high on how easy labor can look. I felt so blessed to share that day with them and I could not love little Harper any more! Here are a couple pics from the day she was born and many pics of Harper since then...sorry, I'm slightly obsessed with her :)

told you Megan makes it look so easy!

Harper and Daddy, with Grandpa looking in

Harper and Grandma

Jim didn't make it to the hospital but he has gotten in good Harper time since then!

Auntie Jbass and Uncle Al

Auntie Stone and Auntie Dawn

Auntie T!

Auntie Jax getting in some practice before li'l Cooper gets here in a couple weeks!!!

I warned you she is the cutest!

posing for all those pictures sure did wear a girl out :)

typical tourists

Our last day in San Fran, Jim, Matt, Jenah, and I decided to head out and see what the city had to offer. Well actually our only real agenda item was nursing the hangover and heading to Alcatraz; the rest was just a random adventure if you will.

First things first: Alcatraz!

Once docked back at the pier we walked along the wharf and then headed away from all the crazies to find sustenance; aka alcohol. While consuming some adult beverages we discovered we were not far from the crookedest road in the world so we hopped in the car and decided to take a drive down Lombard Street.

 After that we figured we may as well keep the tourism tour going and we headed to the golden gate bridge. Our plan was to stop before we headed across it but we missed the turn off and we were on our way to Saucalito. Oops, my bad! It turned out this was actually not bad because by that time the fog had rolled in and we would not have been able to see the dang thing had we just pulled off at the golden gate park. We crossed the bridge then pulled off on the other side to turn around, pay the toll (Sorry Jim), and headed back to the city. Mark the Golden Gate off the bucket list...now what?

 After some googling and mapquesting we arrived at our next destination...the FULL HOUSE house! Matt could not get over the fact that this was an actual tourist stop.  Once we pulled up and were trying to figure out which house it was we noticed others taking pictures too. We put two and two together and realized we were in the right spot. Jim parked (illegally) and Matt and I jumped out for a quick pic. I was uber excited, Matt was laughing hysterically at me, and Jim was stressing about his park job. Check another item off the list and lets get out of here!

At this point Jim was in desperate need of some libations, Matt was getting hangry (angry and hungry) and Jenah and I were revelling in our new found day, 4/22 ;)  We conferred with Jeff on a dinner timeline and discovered we still had some time to kill. With no one else offering up agenda items we decided our best bet was to take a break from the tourism, find a local establishment, get a snack and chill. Not much was said during this break but the unspoken was clear. We were tired pups.  We then decided to head in the general direction of where dinner was going to be, so we got back in the car, headed for the wharf, and found parking. Jeff met us not too long later and we had such a good dinner at this Italian seafoody type place.

After dinner Jeff took us to see his condo that is currently under construction. One word-WOW! its going to be amazing and I cant wait to visit it again soon. After saying our goodbyes to Jeff it was back in the car and on to the hotel for some much needed sleep before our early flight the next morning! But alas, I did not take any pics of the progress so far-sorry!

And thus, a perfect vacation must come to an end :( Hopefully we can do it again soon!Like I said in my very first post about this trip I love all of these people tremendously and am blessed to have them in my life and to be able to call them my friends!