A Day in the Life of the Dodd's: June 2010

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Father's Day 2010

We had a very busy Father's Day weekend but it was definatly well spent. Saturday night we went over to Nana's house to grill with Stephanie, Jeff, and Reagan. We let the girls swim and that is always fun. And we were able to watch part of the Miss Tennessee pagent...you know the guys just loved that! Sunday, we went to church and went over to Mommaw's (Michael's step-mom) parents house in Milan to grill again! It was fun and we ate way too much! That night we grilled at my parents house...yes thats 3 times in 24 hours, lets just say I have had my feel of steak for a while! At least this time we had barbeque chicken with the steak!

I couldn't resist posting this...their faces are priceless!

Happy 2nd Father's Day!

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Almost caught up...

Ok, so I have almost caught up to whats going on "now"...I have to post a few photos from earlier this month. The first few are from a park visit we made. Of course we swang and we also took Briley down her first slide ride! I think she would have loved it if I had been able to fit through the narrow opening. Basically we got stuck! Pretty embarassing to say the least but oh well. We tried!

Before going to the park

She could do this all day

Posing before going down the slide

And we are stuck!

After our bath that night...showing Nana how we can walk with only holding one hand!

The next few pictures are Briley in her little swimming pool! I am so glad she loves the water. I can't wait to see her in a big pool!

I thought this one was funny because it looks like she is taking the picture herself!

Her favorite thing to do is "spish" the water into her mouth!

Taking a peek at the grass!

May Madness!

I'm just going to say we have so many holiday's in the month of May and 3 in the same week! Mother's Day was May 9th, my birthday was May 14th, our anniversary was May 17th, and Memorial Day was May 31st! Holy Cow. Hopefully I didn't leave anything off! Of course I don't mind because 3 of those 4 holiday's involve me!!! :o)

2nd Mother's Day with my sweet baby girl!

Hanging out with mom!

My birthday!

Surprise birthday dinner at Dumplin's!

My Family!

Happy Anniversary to us!

Memorial Day cookout at Nana's the day before Memorial Day!

Where there is food, there is Briley!

Swimming with cousin Reagan!

I LOVE to swim!

Memorial Day May 31st

In our patriotic colors!

Nosotros fui a Mexcio! Lo era excelente!

Not really sure if my title is correct or not...it should read "We went to Mexico! It was Excellent!"
Yes we went back to Mexico for our 2nd Anniversary! We left on Sunday May 16 and came home Thursday May 20.

It was a MUCH needed vacation that couldn't have come at a better time but at the same time couldn't have come at a worse time! It couldn't have come at a better time because we hadn't been on a vacation in 2 years, because we had our daughter in April the year before and we didn't feel comfortable taking our newborn daughter anywhere that summer. We missed Briley so much while we were away! I felt like the only thing we really talked about was her and how much she would love the beach! However, I will say it was nice to get away with just the 2 of us, but I couldn't imagine being gone any longer than we were!

It couldn't have come at a worse time was because we were in the middle of renting our house. The tenants were going to be moving in less than 2 weeks after we returned from our trip. We had already been to work on the house and to get everything moved out 3 full weekends prior to the 1 we took off that month (we took off the weekend before we left for our trip). So the day after we returned from Mexico, we headed back to Nashville to work on the house yet again. They ended up moving in the Saturday before Memorial Day so we went back that last time to do some finish touches and to give them their keys. WOW! That was alot of traveling and very exhausting! When it was all said and done, we would have much rather 1) had the house totally done before we left or 2) taken the trip after it was finished. But of course when we booked the trip we still had the house on the market hoping it would sell.

Now back to the fun stuff...the trip was amazing. We ended up going back to the same all-inclusive resort we went to for our honeymoon because we loved it so much! http://www.eldoradosparesorts.com/hotels/el_dorado_royale/

One of the best parts about this resort by far is the fantastic food! Michael and I love to eat so it suits us perfectly. Literally the only thing we could think about weeks before we left were the mini chicken tacos, nachos, omlettes, salsa, and sushi that we loved last time we were there. We discovered several other dishes/resturants that we hadn't tried last time that were amazing as well...lobster lasanga, Cocatal, buffalo chicken wrap, mango chicken, just to name a few!
This time the resort was only at 50% capacity, last time is was at 100%. I definatly like it better when there aren't as many people there just because it seems like everyone was more personable this time around. We got to know several couples while we were there, unfortunatly we can't remember any of their names! lol
I am horrible with names!

We opted not to go on any excursions this time and to just stay on the resort. Last time we took a cab into Playa Del Carmen and did alot of touristy things but we found that to be a waste of money. It was neat but we are perfectly fine with laying out/swiming all day and eating all day/night in between! I highly recommend this resort to anyone!

I think probably the only negative was that it rained almost everyday while we were there. But weather is not something you can predict when planning a vacation. I also feel like we should have stayed one less day or one more day. I felt like the last day we were there was sort of a wash because thats the day it rained the most. Mexico would make for a great long weekend trip too because it is only a little over a 2 hour flight from Memphis, which is awesome! I think next time we go, we will go for a long weekend and maybe invite some friends! Here are some photos of our amazing vacation!