we spent the long holiday weekend in south florida.
where we stayed with eric's parents...
and celebrated his birthday a little early - he still has 1 official day left in his 20's.
he'd better enjoy it. :)
eric's brother marc broke out the camp lokanda poster for the party...
which >> i thought was awesome ;)
& evan loved chilling in his grandparent's pool...
:)
and then eric surprised me with a little get-a-way in a get-a-way to here...
after about 10 minutes i knew that i wanted to live there. permanently. ha. ;)
this was what we woke up to...
and this was where we lounged during the day...
totally nothing to do, or think about, and no email.
such a good thing for a change.
and a really nice warm-up vacay for the mexican cruise that we booked for december with her and of course kevin and meer, too.
and that was labor day.
:)
ps - who watched gossip girl? raise your hand. and if you had to rank it on a scale of 1 to 10, what would you give it?! i vote 34. it was that good. i'm a little obsessed. ;)




I didn't watch much of gossip girl last year, but I did watch quite a few episodes. I LOVED it when Blair's new boy-toy said he was a LORD! I love that Chuck (that's his name right) got the text message with that information at the same time. It was perfect.
Posted by: Ann | September 02, 2008 at 07:46 PM
Susan. You got yourself a good man! What a cool surprise!!!!
Posted by: Darcy Holsopple | September 02, 2008 at 07:49 PM
I'm obsessed with gossip girl. Seriously, had it on the kitchen calendar. Husband thinks I'm crazy.
Posted by: Jill Barnett | September 02, 2008 at 08:04 PM
gossip girl addict over here!!! :)
seriously, jill and i were texting reminders back & forth about the premiere!!!
we're dedicated fans!!
my vote for show hottie is Dan. yum.
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Posted by: lauren | September 02, 2008 at 08:49 PM
YAAAAAAAAAAAY
cannot wait for our cruise!
woot woot
Posted by: kelly | September 02, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Adorable photo of Evan in the pool. Your hubby has not changed one little bit. I must admit to being a little, ok, a lot jealous of your lovely vacation. Was it just the two of you? Oh, how would it be. We went away for our Anniversary last year to Greenville, 20 minutes away. We don't have any relatives here or Grandparents so leaving the kids alone for one night was scary. Patrick was almost 16 at the time.
Stay safe and dry and thanks again for the title. I did not finish before my surgery which is in 10 hours so I will finish it in a couple of weeks.
Love and God bless,
Shaun
Posted by: Shaun Paddock | September 02, 2008 at 10:47 PM
Very nice labor day weekend!
Love GG! It was a really good episode!
Did you watch the new 90210 as well? I did - but - have not yet decided if I like it or not yet...need a few more episodes...
Take care!
Posted by: Kim | September 02, 2008 at 10:51 PM
you're killing me ... i love gossip girl. but my family "needed" me to record their shows ... so i had to miss it. i would have totally canceled one of their's by "accident" ... but i did find that they reshow the season premier next sunday. so i guess i'll just be patient until then!
Posted by: laura vegas | September 02, 2008 at 11:49 PM
Good to know someone else likes gossip girl. Mon was sooooo good!
Posted by: Kayla | September 03, 2008 at 05:49 AM
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
that looks like HEAVEN!
and so well deserved!
xoxoxoxoxo
Posted by: gabby | September 03, 2008 at 09:05 AM
Did you go or watch the football game on Saturday? We were traitors and cheered for Florida... :)
What a nice treat to have a weekend away!
Posted by: Robyn | September 03, 2008 at 09:07 AM
What great photos (love that camp poster! hee hee!) and what a wonderful surprise!! :) Yay!
Posted by: kristina | September 03, 2008 at 11:14 AM
Spotted--- Shannon laying on her couch totally engaged with a totally amazing GG- I might even go as high as 35!
Posted by: Shannon | September 03, 2008 at 11:18 AM
New GG addict here! Blockbuster can't ship season one to me fast enough!
Posted by: Heather D | September 03, 2008 at 02:31 PM
Ooooh..........so happy for you, Girly! What a fun thing for Eric to plan for you...so sweet. And how much fun will you and Kelly and the boys have on a cruise?! Can't wait to hear all about that from you both, afterwards! {I heart cruising...}
Posted by: Dawn McVey (dawnsing) | September 03, 2008 at 02:47 PM
I love Gossip Girl! It was awesome.
Posted by: Alison | September 03, 2008 at 07:00 PM