I had a great time, but a week is way too long for me to be away from the Hubby. I missed him too much.
I totally pigged out while away. I won't be surprised if I gained a little weight, but I'm home now and will get back on track.
We only had about 30 people at Little L's 1st Birthday party, yet enough food to feed about 60 or more people. His party was an all day affair from noon till after 9 and we ate the WHOLE time! LOL! That's my family! Everything was homemade. Lots of family recipes. We played games, went swimming and just had a great time visiting and chatting it up. Thank goodness for the pool because it was 105 F that day!
Little L loves Sesame Street. His favorite characters are Cookie Monster and Elmo, so everything was decorated for that. We even made some awesome cute Cookie Monster and Elmo cupcakes.
One night we went to a dive called Pinky's. They had some awesome food and we indulged it a lot of it. We ordered hushpuppies which is a must have when I visit, pimento cheese covered waffle fries and I had the Ding Dong style burger. Crunchy peanut butter, honey-cilantro slaw and hot sriracha sauce on a burger. It sounds so strange, but Oh.My.Gosh was it good!
We also finally went to the Lazy 5 Ranch. I have visited NC at least 7 times and we finally made it to the ranch this time! It is a drive through safari type place and all the animals live together peacefully. You can feed them and pet them as long as you stay in your car. Little L had an awesome time looking at all the animals.
One of the main reasons I have wanted to go there is because you can get close up to a giraffe. I have always loved giraffes, but have only seen them far away in zoos. I don't really have a bucket list, yet getting up close and maybe even pet a giraffe is something I have desperately wanted to do for a very long time.
Well, I did it! We pulled up to the gate and I stood on the seat with my head out the sunroof. I was 2 feet from theses beautiful creatures! I fed them and actually pet their noses! That one experience made my year! Getting pregnant will be icing on the cake!
I have a lot of blog reading to do! Hopefully I can catch up on everything in the next couple of days.
That sounds like so much fun!! We went to a drive through safari place in Oklahoma when I was about 15, and it was so awesome! Ian and I can't wait to take our kids to one someday. I'm glad you made it home safe and sound!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to visit with my kids too!
DeleteThose cupcakes are adorable!
ReplyDeleteAnd they are so easy too! You can find a video on youtube.
DeleteThose Cookie Monster cupcakes look incredible! The zoo here is supposedly going to start building an enclosure to feed the giraffes, but it can't come soon enough!
ReplyDeleteI hope they finish that soon. It is such an awesome experience!
DeleteThose are the cutest cupcakes ever! I gained 3 on my vacation. I'm hoping they come off before the weigh in Monday! Oh and MyFitnessPal crashed my phone! I had to take it off and I'm back to Spark people. Boo Hiss. Stupid Droid.
ReplyDeleteYea I gained 4 on mine. I came home Wednesday and only got back to the gym today. I think Monday will be a bust, but I am back on track for the rest of the challenge.
DeleteI have a droid too and MFP has worked fine. I had issues with the apps from droid, but it worked fine when I downloaded it directly from the website. Maybe try that?
I'm so glad that you had a great vacation! And I'm just a little jealous about the giraffe!
ReplyDeleteIt was so awesome! I wish everyone could experience that!
DeleteThose are some cute cupcakes!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a love-filled and eventful (in the good way) trip.