Enjoying Life...

I know I have been absent from my blog…but honestly I am truly enjoying life right now…and finding it hard to pull together posts.

With the boys in school and sports, fall family birthday celebrations, a quick weekend getaway with my honey, exploring Cincinnati any chance we get and work…life is blessing me and it’s been hard to sit and blog.

I do try to catch up on reading some of my favorites but I just haven’t been encouraged to post!
Here are a few snapshots of The Dean happenings…



OKTOBERFEST Zinzinnati

 

I got my hair straightened! 

 

 The hubby and I spent a few days in beautiful Louisville for my 30th birthday...just the two of us. It was nice!

 

 

 A lovely afternoon tea with my closet ladies...

 

Sports of all SORTS!!!

 

 

 

Visiting daddy's high school...he so wants them to be Eagles :)

 

 And celebrating this guys birthday with a bourbon and brews party for him and his friends...

 

Can't forget exploring our beautiful city!

 

 

Hope you all are enjoying your fall. We have been. You can always catch me on Instagram, where I post a bit more!

Looking ahead to the holidays, what a wonderful time of year.

xoxo,

Ronita

{MD TO DC: Friends, Food and Festivities}

I took Scott to visit some of our very close friends in Baltimore and DC.

When I say I haven't partied like that since undergrad...

I need vacation from vacation but I think Scott (and I) enjoyed ourselves tremendously.

Thanks to all our friends for showing us so much love!!!

A special thanks to Dorian and Corrine for housing us, feeding us and entertaining us!!!

Night #1: Manhattans in Maryland

Night #2 Hooka and the Homies

A little sight seeing... Capitol Hill Market

I fell in LOVE with this dog!!! Barnabus!!

Monuments and The National Mall

MLK monument

Night Sites: We spent the last night in DC driving around viewing the monuments.

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We relaxed the last day catching up on Martin reruns and rehashing our trip.

Right before we boarding the plane to head home, Dorian, took is to

Timbuktu, a lovely restaurant that specialized in lobsters and crabcakes!!!

We have decided that every fall we are going to take a trip...just the two of us to celebrate our birthdays and each other.

Year 1: KY Bourbon Trails

Year 2: MD and DC

Year 3: ?

xoxo,

Ronita

NYE 2011

Cupcakes and Champagne by mrsrjdean on polyvore.com

This year I will be with Scott's family celebrating our dear cousin's 21st birthday.

To celebrate this milestone for such a fabulous young lady, I plan on baking these delectable champagne cupcakes and bringing a bottle of pink sparkly!!! Add a pot of shrimp etouffee and a couple rounds of Dirty Minds and we have the makings for a fun night.

Looking forward to 2012

CLINK CLINK

xoxo,

Ronita

Too Tipsy for LOVE: The KY Bourbon Trail in Pictures

The hubby and I took a two day hiatus from our very busy lives to spend time together and reconnect (blushing) and to celebrate our birthdays together. Anyways we wanted to do something that was different, close to Cincinnati and inexpensive. We headed about 100 miles south to a little town right outside of Lexington, KY called Versailles. What a beautiful place. We lucked out (through the LivingSocial coupon gods) on a two night stay at this wonderful BnB! The distillery tours were free and at the end of each one you got free samples (shots) of bourbon and some delectable bourbon ball truffles!!!

We spent one whole day on the bourbon trails and oh what fun!

Here is our trip in pictures.

The lovely BnB: The Montgomery Inn

Woodford Reserve Distillery

Buffalo Trace Distillery

Four Roses Distillery

Wild Turkey Distillery

On our final day we went to Keeneland Race Track to see the horses warm it!

They are such beautiful creatures!

We had such a fun experience and it was the perfect getaway for the two of us! I recommend doing the bourbon trail if you are ever in the area!

Happy Traveling

xoxo,

Ronita