Thanksgiving 2014- Breckenridge

For Thanksgiving this year we packed up our bags and headed to the mountains with my family.  It was Lucas's first long road trip, and overall, he did great!  We had a great time skiing-- it was the PERFECT weather, and a great time with family.  I savor these family trips and the extra special holiday time in the beautiful mountains.  I'll let the pictures do the talking.

What's in my {travel} bag?

We're packing our bags here in a week or so for a cruise vacation to the Caribbean.  To say I'm excited is an understatement.  In order to help the days pass leading up to our vaca I've created a fashion board of all the things I'd like to stuff in my little bag.  Dreaming of the sun and sand...

beach day by allismea featuring a one piece swimwear

an Evening Out by allismea featuring a stripe dress

hanging around by allismea featuring converse

Hope you're having a great week!
-m

Vacation: My family and DEB.

My first family vacation with my husband, my parents flew us down to Florida for some relaxing days at the beach.  Although it wasn't quite a week full of beach, sun and sand, it was definitely unforgettable.

 Being from Kansas, we're good at tornados.  We know what to do, how they sound, all the hoopla on TV and what-not.  Hurricanes on the other hand, not so much.  The day we arrived in Florida, Hurricane Debby did as well.  It was very very very very very (very?) rainy, windy, oh and some tornados (on and off land!) added in the mix.  There was one night that I got up just to make sure the windows weren't broken, and seriously considered taking my pillow into the shower for some safety!

Biking through the floods! 

Dolphins swimming in the bay.

Homemade soft-serve vanilla-pineapple ice cream!

Awe.

Luckily, we made the best of it.  We were able to visit my Great Aunt and Uncle who live in Florida (Hi guys!!) and it's alwasy so great to see them.   They made us some yummy BBQ and we sat on their beautiful screened in porch looking at deer in the rain.  Another day we saw Madagascar 3 and had pizza.  We were able to grill outside at our rental house a couple of nights and my brother made some mean inside-out burgers.  J and I rented bikes that we rode around the island as best we could in flooded streets and wind!  One day we ventured to Orlando for a day at Universal Stuidos.  I'm no Harry Potter fan, but that theme park was awesome!  Best of all, we had seven full days of time with my family.  We shared tons of laughs, I fought with my brother for ol' times sake, I ran on the beach with my mama, had we good food and good fun. 

The high tides washed away a lot of the sand, leaving painful, yet beautiful seashells!

Fresh Fish Tacos.  My fav.

Our backyard!

Now a sunny day in Florida just sounds boring.  Wouldn't trade that week for nothin!
-m

Road Trip 2011: Day 3

ZOO!!!  Again with the weather... TDF.  (mom- that's text lingo for "to die for")

These elephants gave us a show--  Like tricks and stuff. They're my favorite.

:)

The Alamo.

Our last night we took a riverboat cruise around the River Walk.  So pretty.

Day 4 looked pretty much like this:

This right here is reason #89579854302 I love my husband:

He had me punch in a bunch of numbers (bored as a was on this drive home, I obliged)... evidently, this is how long it would take us to get home if we traveled at the speed of light.  'Nuff said.

-m

Road Trip 2011: Day 2

This little Czech bakery was popular with those we talked to in Fort Worth, so we decided to stop and check (ha!) it out....

The line was crazy long.  Honestly, I wasn't the slightest bit hungry, but I couldn't pass up all the excitement.  I had a peanut butter cookie and some sort of cheesy roll.  I wish I had bought 200 peanut butter cookies-- no joke.

We passed through Austin just in time for lunch.  I used my trusty iPhone to track down some good eats.  Anyone used the Oink app?  I think it's good... just needs more users :)  It suggested some food trucks and some other downtown restuarnts.  We settled on "Frank".

Next stop, San Marcos.  I knew when we planned this trip, that PotterBarn Outlet was a must.  I dreamed of this place.  Good news: It. was. glorious. Bad news: I bought NOTHING. I blame being overwhelmed... and my small car, and even smaller bank account.  

There were about 5 million people shopping.  Assumingly, each with their own car.  Yeah........ J loved this stop :)

Every section looked like this... it was FILLED!

Those sofas were so cheap!  I mean like under $1000 for a sectional.  For those mathletes out there, that nearly 75% off people. It's probably good I don't live close to this place... 

We left that place with only one stop to go!

After a slight wrong turn... oops, we made it!  Our hotel was located right on the river walk, so we could walk nearly anywhere we wanted to go.  The city looked absolutely gorgeous.  The best part?  We ate outside both nights and enjoyed the lights.

More to come!

-m