I DID IT!

I ran my first 5K today! Now I am going to warn everyone that I am not a runner but my uncle has colon cancer and did not find it in time and was diagnosed about a year ago. They didn't give him long as the cancer has spread to his liver and lungs but he is going to chemo and continues to work. He is such a role model and I hope he continues to win the fight. At Easter he got his blood work back and the numbers were the best they have ever been. So I decided then if he can go through all that with an amazing attitude I could run it this year! I didnt quite run the whole thing but tried my best and it was a beautiful day with a great group of people!

Colon cancer is highly treatable. If it is found in its earliest stages, the 5-year survival rate is 90%.

xoxo
Sara

Downtown Chicago with the Family-Happy 21st Birthday Maggie!!!

My cousin has had a rough life, and this year has been one of the harder year's for her. Her Mom and Step-Dad have both been having some major health issues and it has been really hard for her because she lives here with her fiancee and they live in Michigan.

So we always try to make sure as a family that she knows how important she is and to make sure her birthday is a big deal.

Yesterday we went downtown Chicago and met at Navy Pier. Her Mom, who she hasn't seen for almost a year because of all the stuff going on surprised her and was there and she was so shocked and happy that she started crying which got us all going. I was so happy with everything going on that this could happen, because it was exactly what they both needed. The best b-day present she could ever get.

So then through out the day we walked around Navy Pier and Michigan Ave shopping and just checking everything out. For lunch we went to the Signature room, which is on the 96th floor of the Hancock building. It was amazing. I had never been there before, and LOVE it now. I had thought the prices were going to be crazy-out of this world expensive, but depending on what you get it is not bad at all. Definitely worth the price for the amazing view!!! I would recomend it to anyone as a must do in Chicago.

The Birthday girl and her fiancee




Hope you are all having a great weekend!
xoxo
Kelly

Our Trip to Sicily!

Senior year of college Sara and I went on a three week j-term trip that our school was offering to the island of Sicily and it was one of my favorite things I have ever done. It was a credit class, but we tried to make it as little about class as possible. I mean, we are seniors, we have that whole school thing down, right?

So we did as little as possible, and played our lives away exploring the cities. Our teacher HATED how his class was not our number one priority and thought we were such idiots, but the funny thing was with how little we tried we got the best grade in the class! In the end he warmed up to us because he could see that while we came off as two crazies that just wanted to have fun, we were obviously still absorbing something. See? Why waste your time studying when you can get an A and still focus on other things like site-seeing and drinking?!?

So the first week, we were in the beautiful city of Taormina! Seriously, go there if you ever have the chance. It is so gorgeous it looks like a set straight out of a theme park or movie. That week we took Italian and just took in the city! We happened to be there for New Year's and it was a blast to see the difference between there and here. They don't even start going out until after midnight and stay out until about 8 am. It was so great. We def. stood out because it was 50ish at night so us midwest girl's go out in these short dresses and tank tops thinking it is pretty warm for a night out and they are all wearing winter coats and mittens. They def. knew we weren't locals, haha!

The second and third week we were in Saracusa, which is a much bigger city surrounded on 3 sides by ocean. This was also an awesome place to visit, and we had our own little four person villas for the two week stay. It was awesome! We took History of Sicily so we would go on different day trips to some of Sicily's most popular attractions. We went out almost every night here, and made "good friends" with this creepy old Italian guy who owned a bar who kept trying to marry us off to his relatives, but at least we got lots of free drinks! This is where my hatred for gin stemmed from, they love it and all I can think of is Christmas tree, uggghhhh...Let me tell you bus trips weren't fun the next morning though, we wanted to die! Worth it though :)

Here are some pics...





Go on any great trips with your best friend? Been to Sicily? Can't wait to go on more trips with Sara (mabye we'll let the guys come to-if they are good :/ lol)

Hope you lovelies have an awesome weekend!!!
xoxo
Kelly

SHOES

So my friend and I came across this website:

shoedazzle.com/home

Has anyone heard of this website? Do we think this is for real?! I always thought if its too good to be true, it probably is!

Basically its $40/mo membership which includes 1 pair of shoes per month and if you would like additional ones you have to pay for those. "Stylists" choose 5 pairs and you pick the one that you like best and they mail them to you, they pay for shipping.

Let me know what you think!

xoxo

Sara

Marriage...

Now I am kinda the opposite of Kel. At least right now, I love my life. Why complicate things with marriage. I love my boyfriend but am in no hurry to rush life! Someday I will look back with my 9283982 kids and the pictures from my Vegas wedding and wonder when I changed my mind but until then, I just enjoy attending the weddings!

The trouble with some women, is that they get all excited about nothing - and then marry him.

In Danish, the word for 'being married' and 'poison' are the same word... coincidence? I think not!

xoxo

Sara

Just because I am married...doesn't mean I have to have a baby!!!

Everyone and their mom wants me to have a baby lately. That is all I hear about. It is like the second you get engaged, that is the first thing people think about is the grandbabies. Now that I am married it is even worse. We just want a little time to enjoy eachother and get all our stuff together so we can focus on being great parents (when we are ready). Anyone else feel this way???

I think a huge part of my problem with the pregnancy thing is that we have no insurance to cover me being preggers so that is not even an option. Plus we don't have the income to be comfortable to have a baby. Idk...it is just a lot of pressure...

BTW...Happy Mother's Day Mommy's. I hosted Mother's Day for my whole family today and it went really well. I love any time I can spend with my family.

xoxo
Kelly

Reunited!!!

It is like the best month ever for Sara and I because we get to see eachother two weeks in a row!!! Last weekend I spent the weekend in MN, half with her and half with my gma. So much fun! We relaxed, shopped at my favorite MN only store Heartbreaker (oh why don't you have a website :( ), and played our lives away. I LOVE MN! I met Steve, Sara's dog that she posted about and fell in LOVE! It is so sad how these dogs get treated at these puppy mills because he was just so terrified, but he is so sweet :) It was so great getting to see Sara's new condo and some of her favorite places to go out.
The place we went on Saturday was German and they had these giant boots. The drink was $25 but you had to put a $75 deposit down on the boot! I just couldn't believe it...that is so much money! Is it just me or is this crazy? I mean I am just North of Chicago so it's not like I live under a rock, but I just couldn't believe that! What about you?

This upcoming weekend we are both heading to our college for our sorority's alumni weekend. There are so many people coming and it is going to be so fun to see everyone again. The week could not go by fast enough, can not wait for BBQ, Family Tree Olympics and Krush Dance!

Just saw Date Night and Bounty Hunter and they were pretty cute, anyone see any good movies lately?

xoxo
Kelly