Summer Vacation Stories!!

What are you doing this Summer?

What are your Summer Vacation Stories?

Team Pancakes wants to know because unfortunately

this summer we will NOT be taking a vacation

 but instead taking a trip into parenthood which we are excited about. 

But probably not as exciting as traveling somewhere fun and exotic 

unless you count mom/baby groups as fun and exotic! 

I know many of you will be taking vacations this summer

and i want to indulge in your Summer vacation plans, past and present.

In thinking about my maternity leave from blogging...

which i am sure will NOT be very long...i was thinking of doing a fun new feature called:

Summer Vacation Stories

where i ask you, my fellow bloggers to share a fun vacation you took during summer. 

The summer vacation can be anytime from childhood, high school, college,

pre-marriage, post-marriage, family vacation, any vacation really

as long as it occured in the summer time!!!
I have a few interested peoples but i am looking for more...

If you are interested in keeping my blog alive and well when i begin my maternity leave...

please email me to share your stories!

Yes i want to live vicariously through you all this summer

while taking care of Baby Pancakes!

Happy Summer Vacation Planning...

BabyMoon: Love @ 1,151feet!!

Today marks fourteen months of LOVE & Marriage for Team Pancakes.

It is also a great time for us to get away and continue in our adventures!

Happy Weekending...

Trip Down South...

Happy Tuesday...

Hope you enjoyed your long weekend!

Our trip down south was definitely a good and fun time!

The unfortunate part was that i go so caught up in visiting and enjoying the fresh air/breeze 

that i didn't take any pictures.

I also didn't want to come across like a photo hound!

Sometimes being part of the blogging world can do that to you!

So i will reminisce about some of the fun parts of the trip down South

using pictures borrowed from the Internet.

We stayed mostly in Memphis, Bartlett and Arlington areas.

I had no idea TN had so many cities.  Definitely will need to visit all the others soon.

Our first day there...

We went to lunch at Young Avenue Deli--delicious food and they had the best...

Sweetened ice tea ever..it was yummy and definitely had my fair share of it.  

So refreshing!

We were a little early for the lemonade but maybe next time.

Our friends made us feel so comfortable and welcomed...it was a great feeling.

We had a cookout which was complete fun.

We were out on the back porch for most of the evening...

i even saw fireflies which in the South are called lightening bugs!!

Oh and they had ceiling fans on the back porch

 which i just thought was too relaxing for my own good.

Team Pancakes definitely felt at home.

Via

We went house-hunting and saw many beautiful homes 

which we would love to live in someday.

It was fun to see what types of houses we liked 

(large and spacious and affordable)

and what things we needed to compromise on.

At some points, i felt as if we were on House Hunters...

it was a fun experience.

If we had a choice...

i think there were a few houses that were on our list!

Via

Sunday we got our Church on and enjoyed some good ol' Southern worship and praising!

We went to lunch at J. Alexander's Restaurant.

 I've never heard of the restaurant before but 

of course they had delicious foods 

and their sweetened ice tea wasn't bad either.  

Yes i became addicted to sweetened ice tea!

All in all, it was a great trip.

We didn't have Southern BBQ but i think there will be many more trips in our future to TN 

so i will make sure to experience everything it has to offer!

Team Pancakes was excited to see our possible new home!

So to recap, here are a few things we enjoyed during my trip down south.

It's hot down South but there is fresh air/breeze.

I learned Sweetened ice tea is refreshing.

Fireflies are called lightening bugs.

Ceiling fans on the back porch is a must!

Houses are large, spacious and affordable!

Southern praise and worship is an experience!

The No-TV Challenge: The Wolfpack Weekend!

Day 4: Came home and cooked the heck out of my kitchen

Days 5 & 6:  Virginia Beach--since there is no-tv all weekend, the Wolfpack is going on a mini vacay!

My girlfriends and i call ourselves the Wolfpack. The Wolfpack came about as a result of watching and loving the Hangover movie. We are not crazy as those boys but a group to be reckoned with.  Sometimes we refer to ourselves as the Wolfpack plus baby because of my godson that is usually in our midst.

The Wolfpack has an annual summer trip every year to the beach.  Last year, we did Rehoboth Beach and this year we are doing Virginia Beach. 

I believe i have all my essentials for a great holiday! 

Wolfpack

The location

The Bathing Suit

The Beach Towel

The Sunscreen

Sunglasses

Dress One

Dress 2

The Sandal

The Skirt

The Bag

I hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

Here's to No-TV but lots of beach, sun, sand and fun!