NYC Trip...better late than never.

Recap from the girls weekend! :)

Mariellen and I headed for our annual girls weekend to NYC in May this year! My sweet friend Jeane and Mariellen's cousin Karridi both came this year as well! We had so much fun, and established our first annual "sister's trip!" Mariellen's MIL and Karridi's mother do a sister's trip each year...so we are following their footsteps! :) Our running joke for this trip was that we were all 4 sisters, it was so funny.

We had such a fun time together and enjoyed talking, walking, people watching, EATING, shopping, LAUGHING, and solving all the worlds problems.  :) One fun fact about our NYC posse, is that Mariellen is on the east coast, Jeane and I are in Arkansas, and Karridi is west coast....we literally cross the entire continent.  Just some fun trivia about our trip.

It was also a very exciting trip because Karridi got engaged the night before we left! So we definitely had to celebrate that! We were just 4 "not single girls" out on the town for the weekend!

We enjoyed some excellent food at Dos Caminos and Buddakhan! We also had lunch in Little Italy, Heartland Brewery and some random places in Greenwich village. Yummy!

It was also fleet week while we were in the city. Here's Jeane and I's new friends, some fellas from The United States Navy!  We have been in NYC twice during fleet week, and since last time we nabbed a picture with some navy fellas...this time we just had to keep up tradition.  It IS tradition.

This is one of my fave spots in the city, Hotel Gansevoort.  They have a decent view from the top!  

Our last meal in NYC was at the steak place in the Time Warner Building. We enjoyed a beautiful view of the park and columbus circle AND New York cheesecake! The perfect way to end a VERY fun trip!

And some VERY exciting news....

Mariellen, my new york city lovin' best friend is having a B-A-B-Y!  I am so excited for their little family to become a family of THREE!  God truly blessed me when he placed Mariellen in my life, and I'm so excited to watch her journey into motherhood!  I know she will take on this new chapter with grace, and I have no doubt it will be a blessing to watch her and her hubby raise kids to love God, family and others! (Mari- I used kids in the plural form, I must just be thinking you'll have more than one! )

Myself and the little-momma-to-be!
And, in the words of Rachel Zoe, this is going to be SO MAJOR.