Dirty Thirty

Well... As of yesterday, I said "good-bye" to my 20's and "hello" to a new decade! I spent the day working; but not before getting my Tuesday workout in at 5:00am. 

We celebrated my existence on Saturday night with dinner at Bella Napoli in Brookside. Kansas Citians, I HIGHLY recommend this restaurant if you in the area. Some of the best Italian food I've had. It's very authentic, and the service is top notch. 

Babes and Beards at dinner

After dinner, we traveled to Funky Town. It lives up to it's name every time I go! Don't hate, congratulate. I love to bust a move...

Dress: Express (no longer available) similar Forever 21

First post of the New Year

Well... Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas and Happy New Yeversary, friends!

Apologies for the long absence. All of the above has kept Mr. B and I very busy!

Speaking of Mr. B... I'd like to dedicate the first post of the year to him. 2013 was both amazing and challenging, and it solidified that I wouldn't want to go through life with any other person. Dennis is my rock, my sanity, my comic relief, my voice of reason, my BETTER half.
Many people think you have to have everything in common to make a relationship work. I don't think that is the case for us... We are opposites in every way, but as Dennis always says; what one lacks, the other makes up for. Together, we make a complete person.

We celebrated the cotton anniversary (two years) by me starting a new endeavor (which I will reveal later) bright and early! Followed by lunch at our favorite Mexican restaurant and seeing the movie, American Hustle, at the best movie theater in town: AMC Ward Parkway 14! After a two hour nap, we had dinner at Avenues Bistro in Brookside. Yes, this is the same restaurant where Dennis proposed! We rang in the new year at the party of our friends, Ben and Laura. We were home by 12:30... Ahhh, the life of an old married couple :)

Happy Halloween!

<3 Mrs. B!

Happy Birthday times 2!

I took Tuesday off to celebrate the birth of my most favorite man in the world... Mr. B! I know; SHOCKER! I took him to breakfast at our favorite spot, The Classic Cookie. Then we did some shopping, and went to dinner with family.

How cute is this guy!?

Later that day... We received the news that Mr. B will now be sharing his birthday with my newest most favorite man in the world... Meet Baby Parker! His mommy and I have been friends since the 2nd grade. I have been anxiously awaiting his arrival. I haven't met him yet, but I think we're going to get along really well!!

Colorful Colorado

Over the Memorial Day weekend, Dennis and I traveled to the lovely state of Colorado to celebrate my friend's 30th birthday. All she wanted for her birthday was to spend the weekend with all her friends in a fabulous house in Breckenridge! 

The house was indeed, FABULOUS! It was 7 bedrooms, 5 baths, huge kitchen, massive balcony with an amazing view of the mountains (see pic), and a hot tub. 

I had never been to Breckenridge before, so on Friday night, we decided to have dinner at one of the oldest restaurants in town. It was called The Hearthstone. Here I am thoroughly enjoying my new favorite wine, Frisk Riesling! It is mildly sweet with just a little bit of sparkle.

Saturday, we decided to explore Breck a little further. The town is really tourist-y, to be honest, so we didn't find much that we were interested in... Aside from food, of course!

Lunch was spent at Giampietro's Pizzeria, said to be the best pizza in town... I believe it.

Me enjoying a NY style slice

Den with HALF a calzone. It was the size of my arm!!

More wedding bells!

My husband makes fun of me all the time, as I am a compulsive crier! I cry when I'm angry, I cry when I'm sad, I cry when I'm tired, and most of all, I cry at weddings! What can I say? I love LOVE!

Recently, two of my best college buddies tied the knot after 7 years together. I couldn't have been happier. It was a beautiful day, and my friend made a beautiful bride :)

Congrats Mr. and Mrs. Sutton

Me with the newlyweds!

Jen was glowing that day :)

Cool story, bro...

So, my recent absence is due to ACL reconstruction surgery on my right knee.

I injured it back in December, and proceeded to ignore it for the last 2 months. Well, after injuring it AGAIN doing the same thing, I figured it was time to have it looked at. After an MRI, my worse fear was realized; "a complete tear of my ACL, cease ALL physical activity until you consult with the surgeon". Awesome. Exactly what I was trying to avoid.

I wish I had a super cool story to go along with this injury; but the truth is, I hyper-extended it during my favorite class at the gym, Turbo Kick. I told someone I was going to start making up how I hurt it because the real story is pretty lame...

It's ironic, I lose all this weight to avoid knee surgery, and end up having to undergo it anyway because of my work out!! I can't win for losing...

Surgery was February 19th and I spent the last two weeks recovering. Poor Mr. B had to do EVERYTHING for me. Get me water, help me walk, wash my hair, you name it! I could barely use the bathroom by myself. He was amazing, truly amazing.

The recovery hasn't been too bad. Not much pain at all. I have to say the worst part is the swelling; check out my "cankle"!!!

The best part? Getting to use the super sweet motorized carts at the stores!

OH YEAH!!