Life Lately

I have seriously been slacking taking pictures this month! I'm going to try to update you on what's been going on lately. 

For the Kentucky Derby Tim and I joined his parents at Foxwoods Casino. Within three minutes of walking in I found a $100 poker chip on the floor! We traded it for a $100 bill and took it home since I wanted to pocket it rather then gamble it away.

We stopped for a drink at The Sugar Factory and I had the s'mores martini which was amazing! The drinks there are phenomenal and I am so glad I finally had the opportunity to try them.

We watched the Kentucky Derby and then headed to dinner at Guy Fieri's Kitchen and Bar.

The trashcan nachos were amazing! Tim and I stuffed ourselves with these.

I had the Motley Que Pulled Pork sandwich and it was delicious as well. All of our sandwiches were huge and definitely took some determination to eat.

Tim and I attended a couple of fundraisers last weekend. On Friday we went to The Rathskeller to attend a fundraiser for a former co-worker of mine named Danielle. Danielle was diagnosed with cancer this year and has been through hell. It was great to see so much support for Danielle and also great to catch up with my former co-workers.

On Saturday morning Tim and I walked the Rainbow Race 5K. This is such a great cause and we really enjoyed walking on such a beautiful day.

While we were there we both entered the basket raffle and I won an autographed picture of Dont'a Hightower!

Later on we headed to hang out with Derek, Ally and Ally's parents to celebrate Derek's masters graduation.

On Sunday I celebrated Mother's Day with my mom and the rest of the family. We had lunch at The Pizza Place in Westerly and it was great to hang out with my mom!

What have you been up to lately?

Bruins Game and a Fundraising Dinner

I'm officially on a week-long vacation from my job! I love having time off- everyone needs a little break from their work, especially when they work six days a week =) I however don't really know how to relax too well. The closest I come is when I spend some time reading a book, but usually you can find me emptying out a drawer, or cleaning out my closet....

On Friday night, before I was officially on vacation, I took a group of my dancers to the Providence Bruins game so they could perform! I had 4 groups of dancers with me and they did an amazing job- I am so proud of them!

It was a great experience and I highly recommend performing there if you have a group of young performers in the Rhode Island area. I thought they were extremely organized and made my little dancers feel so special! They even took professional pictures and will be sending them to our studio so we can share them with all the dancers! It was a great time for sure, and it made it a little sweeter that the Bruins won...not that I usually watch hockey... it was also sweeter because we got free hats! Sweet!

On Saturday, after I finished work and was officially on vacation I had a special event to attend. Remember when I talked about Rhana? We had a fundraising event that everyone at my work came together to help with. Over the past few months another dance teacher and I collected items for a spa basket and donated a ton of items ourselves. Many other people connected to our dance studio put together baskets and donated items to help raise money for this sweet girl. The pasta supper on Saturday night was a hit, with so many people there to support Rhana. My mom and I attended the supper and put in quite a few tickets into the basket raffle. Although my mom always asks me not show pictures of her on the blog- I can't resist posting this one since it is from the event....

I hope that you check out Rhana's website and if you can, help her in anyway possible. I have been writing to Nastia Luikin and other gymnasts hoping they might send her a message or possibly go visit her in rehab as she is recovering. Since she is a gymnast who looks up to so many amazing athletes I know that she would be so excited to see one of them caring about her situation!

On Sunday, there was nothing too exciting going on around here, just a few errands, some tv watching (while coupon clipping- got keep multitasking around here), and some projects around the house- which I will be sharing with you this week!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!