Holy mother of fish!!

This weekend flew by....

And I had good intentions for today.

I was gonna run errands and work on

crafts, maybe start painting the bathroom...

but so far I've only managed to drag myself

from my bed to the couch.

It's just one of those days!!

Friday I met some work friends at Brio on the 

Plaza for Stacy's belated birthday happy hour.

Visiting the plaza = opportunity to eat fried pickles at Tomfooleries...

so Alicia and I took advantage of this and 

pre-ate before happy hour...

guilty as charged....fried pickles in hand...

I didn't take any pictures at happy hour,

but it was a good time with yummy food and 

delicious white peach sangria!! Yes, please!!

After happy hour we did some window shopping

and I know you'll all be relived to know where

you can find you're next blue suede 

vintage inspired hat...

And now you know what I'd look like

with a blue condom on my head...

Saturday I slept in until 11 and then

met up with Kelly and her friend Jackson

to head down to my parents house.

We have cousins in town from Colorado and my

parents are holding them hostage in Mound City,

so we were gonna have to make the drive if we

wanted to see them!

We started out with some fishing off the dock

(I'm saying 'we' loosely as I

did little more than stand and soak-up some sun)

Kelly's friend is some sort of a 

crocodile-dundee wannabe and promptly caught

a freakin' ginormous fish...

Howdoya like those action shots?!

(National Geographic: call me....)

Then we hopped on my Uncle's new boat and

took a slow jaunt  speed-of-light tour

around the lake....

Ha! This is priceless

Hold on!!!

Whew!! I risked life and limb and 

most definitely my camera to capture these moments....

And then the fish slayers wanted to hunt some

more, so I worked on my tan and took a few pictures

in the meantime...

Uncle Jeff

Cousins Jane and Bill

yours truly

The only damper on the day was that I 

had to head back to KC early for work...blah.

But seeing out of town family was definitely

worth the long drive!

I have a pretty full work-week and

then Rachael's baby shower with family

and friends is next Saturday!

I'm so excited!!