A Very Blogger Vacay {Part 1}

I'm back!

Have ya missed me?!

Don't answer that.

Well, I've missed all of you regardless

of your answer from the previous question.

First, let me say thanks to Erin and Kristin

for guest posting while I was gone and keepin' it real here on KC&CO.

Second, thanks to everyone who went to their blogs and followed them or left a comment.

You won't regret it - they are both amazing gals.

Are you just dying to know how my vacation with Billy

and

2 complete strangers went?!

As most of you know, we went to Naples, Florida with Steph and Beau.
I'm here to report that it was one of the greatest times of my life.

Now-let me start by saying, if you are planning on going on vacation with a random couple you meet on the internet {I do realize how cahrazy I sound right now}, at least do your research. By research, I mean Facetime with them, have phone conversations, you know...make sure they are legit people you could see yourself hanging out with. That I recommend. I don't recommend just winging it. That might be scary.

Luckily for all of us, we did our research. And we did it well.

;)

OK, back to the vacay.

Things could have not gone more perfectly, you guys...

There is no way I can possibly sum up all of the laughs we had and inside jokes that were made because honestly, you would be here forever.

Steph was exactly who I imagined her to be-caring, gorgeous, sweet, fun, a pink zebra obsessed blondie. It's really hard to explain, but I felt like I've known her my whole life. Actually, me and Billy both felt like that with Steph and her husband, Beau {to me, BBFT}. Billy and I had to have said to eachother over 10 times how natural hanging out with them was and how it felt like we had always been friends. How cool is that? It gives me chills thinking about it.

Me and Steph got really lucky because our husbands got along so well. Maybe even too well. Like to the point where they mentioned going to the chapel...together. ha ha.

Can we all say......

Blogger BROMANCE?!

Seriously,

they love eachother. Pics with proof to come soon.

{admit it, boys.}

Alright, so let's get into Part 1.

When we picked them up and the first couple days.

Billy and I arrived in Florida around 9am on Thursday morning so we had all day before we had to pick up Steph and BBFT from the airport - they got in at 10pm. We spent time at the pool (hello 80 degrees..I miss you mucho!), went and got groceries for all of us, and the goods...goods meaning wine, liquor, beer. We were meeting strangers, afterall.

Got a pretty decent tan on the first day
...I love me some Vitamin D.

I wish I had some akward story to share when we picked them up from the airport, but I don't. We hugged like we had been friends forever and hit it off instantly.

 It was so surreal to finally meet Steph!

We were all a little nervous, but that was gone after about 2 minutes or so after we all realized we had the same sense of humor awesomeness.

When we got back to our condo, I had placed 2 Ohio State shirts on their bed...a pink one for Steph (if I got her any other color she may have just killed me), and a grey one for Beau. They will be wearing these daily in Texas, obviously.

Steph and Beau came bringing unnecessary gifts, too.

They got me an awesome camera bag with 2 lens caps in it!

 Steph knew I hadn't got one yet...

how thoughtful is that?!

Since their plane got in so late, we decided to just booze hang out at our condo that night. After a few glasses bottles of wine (thank you Beau for literally pouring a half bottle of wine in my glass at a time), Beau came out of his shell and busted out handstands and his yellow pants that I constantly make fun of. We had a dance party with the pants and somehow, I ended up with them on. Good times.

We knew right then and there this trip would be epic. :)

Friday morning- Billy and I scheduled a 2 hour boat cruise for all of us to go on.

We had perfect weather (we were LOVING all the sun!) and the boat cruise was a great way to show them some of Naples. On the boat cruise, you see multi-million dollar homes (I'm talking 10 million here), yachts, and the beautiful blue waters. Absolutely breathtaking.

We got lucky because at one point during our boat cruise, 4 or 5 dolphins swam

at the back of our boat and were doing turns and flips!

how would you like to live here?!

Yeah, I'd take it too.

...let me just say, I thought I took a lot of pictures.

Steph takes the picture taking cake.

Girlfriend was snapping away all over the place.

Lucky for me, she just transferred all her pics on my computer so I have them all.

 Reason #96 why I love her.

After the boat cruise, we grabbed lunch and drinks at Tommy Bahamas

in downtown Naples

and then walked around the beach.

That night, we got all dolled up and headed out for dinner

and to a local casino!

we made friends with a server named Nene

some of us lost $60 on The Hangover slot machine

(cough cough Beau)

but had an absolute blast together!

.....stay tuned for Part 2.

I promise not to drag this out

too tooo long ;)


*and make sure you go to Steph's blog tomorrow
to read her recap of our first days together!