Big Brother Has Started!!

I am a big reality TV show watcher (the Hills, Real Housewives of NJ- CRAZY episode this week right people?, etc..) and I'm so excited that Big Brother has started! My whole family loves the show from my brother in FL, to my mom in NY, and my sister in TX. To kick off the new season we decided to have a Big Brother party last Thursday. The theme of the house this year is South Beach so this was our inspiration. We cooked steaks on the grill and made strawberry lemonade adult beverages.

David blew up our rafts and we watched the whole show like this! It was actually quite comfortable. The show airs on CBS Wednesday, Thursday and Sundays! It's a great summer show since not too many things are new. What is your favorite summer show? I'd have to add wipeout to our list. We play drinking games with that one. Every time you hear yourself saying "ooohhhhh or Ouuuuuch" you take a drink. Give it a try.

My beloved Zucchini

This is my first harvest from the garden!! The zucchini looks way bigger in person. I won't have many more harvest, but I am so excited about this one. I haven't decided what to make with it yet, but it'll be the best $100 zucchini yet (cost of garden and building etc..). I am also going to pick the basil leaves and make pesto this week!

Lake Lanier & Botanical Gardens!

Last weekend we also got the chance to go out on Amber's Boat with the family. We had a great time swimming, floating and we even grilled out on shore for a little bit. It was perfect weather for fourth of july weekend. Our favorite part was coming in and out of the cove and finding our perfect lake house. My mom loved seeing our lake, but it doesn't compare in size to Lake Ontario in Upstate NY that she has. Thanks again Amber!!

Since my mom was only here so long we also got in a trip to the botanical gardens. It was a bit hot that day, but we still had fun walking around and looking at all the pretty flowers.

Notice our nice flip flops, looks aside you should definitely bring better walking shoes.

              Mr. Frog even wanted to be in our picture, or did michelle turn into a frog, JUST KIDDING!!

My favorite part was the edible gardens since I'm trying to grow my own. They had a wall of herbs and they were in there sideways! Speaking of garden, you should see my zucchini, it is huge and we are going to pick it today!!

Cookie Hat!

I've mentioned a few times about David's love for late night cookies so when we went hat shopping a few weeks ago we found the perfect one for David!

A cookie Monster hat!! Suits him well, doesn't it?

Top part of the hat

Cookies inside too!!! I couldn't convince him to get it though. It would have been pretty funny every time he put it on.

It's BAAAAAAAAACK!

My garden that is! It was a miracle and some of the plants are coming back!! Some are still dead, but I'm happy with anything at this point.

I added some cages to the zucchini, yellow squash and tomato plants.

Well, this is suppose to be broccoli. We figured out what was killing it.

Caterpillars! Apparently they were binge eating my broccoli leaves. You honestly can't see them until you get really close. There was tons. I'm talking in the 20ish range.  Anyone know what kind they are?

My Zucchini plant has gone crazy. The leaves are GIGANTIC! It has been like this for a few weeks.

Do you see what I see?!!? It's the start of a zucchini!!! I was so excited when I saw this, you have no idea. That's why my picture is blurry. Actually if you are Michelle, Mom and David then you heard me scream and squeal through the house.

Here is a better photo of it.

The other plants that are doing well are the cucumber, basil, yellow squash, oregano and tomatoes are doing okay.

The lettuce is also looking promising. If I can just produce 1 zucchini I will be happy, so grow baby grow!! We got to try David's Sister, Gina's, Mother-in-law's home grown vegetables this weekend and they were amazing! I'll keep you posted.

CNN Tour by Michelle!

Hello All! Greetings from Michelle! I am guest blogging today to share our trip to the CNN center. I love news and I thought it would be fun to see what goes on behind the scenes.

Can you guess who is who?

Wrong... I'm on the right!

It was very interesting inside CNN. It was very crowded as we went during lunch. Thanks also to James and Myself, I got in free for being military! I also got Jen and Mom in for $3 off their tickets.

The person said we were going to go up to the 8th floor. I didn't realize we were going to do it in one shot on this escalator. After a minute, I started getting hot, putting my face down and my body in a lunge position. I was gripping the sides for my life. Two and a half minutes later we were finally at the top. I didn't like that ride at all. During the tour we saw live anchors getting ready to go on the news and how everything works.

 Me and my bud Anderson, I told him he was looking a little thin. Overall it was a fun experience and you should definitely check it out. There was no cameras allowed during the tour so that's why you don't see many more pictures. Hope you enjoyed my post! I would also like to wish my husband, James a Happy 3rd Anniversary and infinity more to come!!

Sushi Night!!

Hi Everyone! I feel like I haven't posted in a while. My sister and Mom have been in town the past week and we have been exploring Atlanta. We went to the CNN center, Ikea, Lake Lanier, Botanical Gardens and much more! I will post on those this week. We had another homemade "sushi" party last week and the girls had lots of fun mastering their sushi rolls. 

Michelle and Amber stopped off before dinner at Olive Garden for wine. Did you know that if you buy a bottle and only drink 1-2 glasses, they give you a to go box and let you bring it home!

We took a quick picture using the timer before Ashleen and Audrina arrived.

A sushi party isn't complete without Saki! Ashleen had never had it before and she was not amused by the taste. She said it tasted like Lake Lanier. Shell isn't a big fan either.

Here is our setup- sticky rice, chicken teriyaki, avocado, cucumber and salad with ginger dressing.

Here is a montage of Michelle perfecting her sushi roll!

Ashleen also didn't like the seaweed wrap that you use, maybe thats what she called Lake Lanier.

Audrina was also a big help. 

Everyone had a great time and apparently everything was funny that night. We all had fun catching up. It's been a year since we were all in the same state. 

Before

After.