Houston!

For the weekend of the 4th, I decided to visit one of my very best friends, Alicia, in Houston. She will be moving to Taiwan on July 18. Here are a few pictures of our last time together (until I go visit her next March, hopefully!!).

 She's so cute!

Outfit details:

Dress: Anthropologie

Shoes: Gianni Bini

 Notice this is me standing crookedly... Not the camera being held crookedly...

I love her!!!!

I also saw the future home of BHLDN. You couldn't see anything but, just seeing the boarded up windows that said "BHLDN" was still very exciting. I now know where exactly I'll be going to look for a wedding dress..whenever the heck that happens ;).
It was right next to this place:

And just for kickies, here are some peonies (one of my favorite flowers) from a shower I threw a couple of weeks ago:

Happy weekend!

Universal!

Okay... I am a geek. Let me tell you. My friend Melody and I spent an afternoon at Universal Studios and we spent most of our time at Harry Potter... I was FLIPPING out. We went on the roller coaster / simulator / castle ride twice because it was so freaking awesome. A small part of me was embarrassed at my child-like nerdiness but then I was too excited to care. Please enjoy my pictures and forgive me for my silly poses.

 There it is..

 I love random background people.

 :-D

 It looks like a real castle... Craaaazy.

 Butterbeer.

 Stinking delicious.

 Hermoine's dress from Goblet of Fire.

 Hagrid's house!

 The train! And I cannot explain my pose.

 The sorting hat!

 Dr. Seuss merry-go-round.

 Jurassic Park

 My new coffee mug!

I love it!!!

If you get a chance to go to Universal Studios, make sure and go to the Harry Potter part of it! The dueling dragons roller coaster was crazy awesome (beware, there are tons of twists and flips) and the simulator inside the castle was so believable. This sounds so dorky, but it really felt like you were flying on broomstick behind Harry Potter... Butterbeer is delicious. It was all worth the crazy crowd.

Okay... This is the end of my geek-fest. :)

Jacksonville!

I got to visit my cousins in Jacksonville, FL the weekend before last.. I hadn't seen them in 4 years. I don't think I could have asked for a better time. :)

Here are some awesome shots from the weekend (the rest you can see in my flickr album):

Kayla wanted to try on "Cousin Aunt Katy's" boots

Precious John Riley.

She's got the cutest personality.

My lovely cousin, Susie.

I think I was talking to John Riley...

Susie, Kimberly, me, and Elizabeth

Hahahaha

The beautiful Kimberly and me

From the gardens at the Cummer Art Museum.

I love my family!!