Planning a party

Adam's ship is currently preparing for a HUGE inspection and to help them blow off some steam, we're planning a BLACK LIGHT PARTY! I've been spending my time researching things that glow under black light...(did you know that Tide laundry detergent glows quite nicely?) Adam wants to try and get a bounce house for the party too...so we'll see how that goes. We've already started shopping for black lights so now we just have to play around with the right amount of lighting...and of course get more florescent decor. Any ideas you have would be greatly appreciated.

If you're planning a blacklight party, check out victoriaonvacation.blogspot.com/2012/07/how-to-throw-blacklight-party.html for some amazing ideas

It was insanely helpful! Thanks, Victoria!

Bachelorette Cruise!!!

Now that we're adults (I guess there's no escaping it) summers can get busy rather quickly. There's so much to do and living in Virginia makes it a little harder to see all the people I wish I could. I'm sure you can imagine my excitement when I was able to go on a bachelorette cruise to celebrate my friend Kelly's marriage to my favorite-non-related family.

Before the cruise we had a Kentucky Derby-themed Bridal Shower. I even made my own hat!

It was such a blast and the MOH did a great job putting it all together!

Sunday, we left for our cruise and words cannot even begin to describe how happy I was. I have a mild obsession with being on the water and now I was going to be in the MIDDLE of it for days. I could tell you about all our incredible moments like how I made close to 30 boat friends or the fact that I'm in love with the water in the Bahamas or how I gained about 10 pounds just due to the delicious cruise food...BUT, I'll let the pictures speak for themselves...