Bachelorette Party

Last weekend was my Bachelorette Party organized by Lizzie and Laurel. It was great! The girls had reserved a room at the Gaylord resort in Grapevine.
It all started at 3 o'clock for coktails by the pool, then in the evening we had the lingerie party!

I was gifted some really nice lingerie by my wonderful girlfriends. The girls even had made a video of Jay answering some questions, I had to answer as well (hopefully the same)

I was told I did pretty good :)

And after a great dinner, it was time to party at the Glass Cactus!

Enjoy the pictures!

Corrine and I by the pool

Lizzie, laurel, me and Corrine

Back in our room, Liz and Laurel had done a great job decorating.

Our fancy glasses

Ready to party!

The lingerie party. Thank you girls!

All the girls and their party favors


Hostesses with the mostesses

Dinner, we had the big room to ourselves

From top left to bottom right: Tiffany, Laurel, me, Nikki, Liz, Corrine, Marina, Erin and Carrie

On stage with other brides-to-be.
It was a 70's night, Le Freak was playing.

Me and Marina. Grooving!

The last ones standing :)

At the end of the night, with all the dares I accomplished.

Sand Castle 2009

Some pictures from our weekend in Galveston for the sand castle competition.
Enjoy :)

View from our beach house

Our beach house name was "Conched Out"


Laurel and I ready to go to the beach bash on friday night

Saturday morning. Laurel, me and Lizzie, ready to play in the sand

And in the water

Me, Lizzie, Mike and Jay

The theme was "It's easy being green!" So here is Kermit the Frog

We worked on Miss Piggy's hair (especially Lizzie...)

With Shamu

Back to the beach house for burgers and cocktails

The girls, smoking cigars (it was to keep the mosquitoes away... it works!)

Mike, Liz, Jay, me, Matt, laurel and Selso

Washington DC

For Mother's day, we went to DC spend some time with Jay's family. We stayed at Liane's who now lives in Arlington. It was a great weekend, way too short. We need to come back during the Cherry Blossoms Festival :)

We did get to walk ALL AROUND the National mall and to see the beautiful National Cathedral.
And Jay got to play with his new camera too.

DC by night

The Washington Monument


The National Cathedral, completed in 1990

The builders of the cathedral incorporated a moon rock in this window. So cool!

The last supper

The Cathedral's gate

The Jefferson Memorial, at the very end of the National Mall




The Vietnam War Memorial

Korean War Memorial

Lincoln Memorial

Lincoln

Jay's dad going up the stairs toward the Lincoln Memorial

The World War II Memorial

World War II Memorial amd Lincoln Memorial in the background

At the Capitol

The Smithsonian Castle

A pretty merry-go-round by the Smithsonian Castle



Union Station.

The statues of Roman soldiers all around used to be naked, but since it shocked people, capes and shields were added.

Jay's dad with president Barack Obama. He he he.