Isaac and a wedding

I have been longing for a beach vacation. When the opportunity presented itself, I jumped on it. The twin was asked to be a bridesmaid in a beach wedding and I was lucky enough to be her plus one. Destination: Florida Keys.

For months, I had envisioned how our week of pure bliss would be (no less than perfect, of course). I imagined us sipping on fruity cocktails with pink umbrellas while reading the latest romantic novel (think- fifty shades of grey...yeah, I read them all.) on the beach.

A week before I flew out, the weather channel was tracking a tropical storm heading for the Keys. Awesome. I was not going to let a tropical storm/hurricane ruin my beach vacation. I pretended it did not exist. Our first few days were great!

Abby and I rented  bikes for the week to get around the island. 

We hit up some bars.
Shea, Abby and Sharay (the bride)

The bride sang karaoke. 

Me and the Bride (Sharay)

I managed to get a fruity drink (no umbrella, boo!) and start a great beach book.

The first three days at the beach were great. I successfully, as usual, missed a spot or sweated off my sunscreen and got an amazing/embarrassing sunburn. Why can't my skin be golden like Abby's? Instead of porcelain and burn at the sight of sunshine.  waahhh!

The night before the wedding it poured. Abby and I decided to walk, instead of ride bikes, to and from  rehearsal dinner. It was a 2 mile walk down Duval Street to our house. About 1.5 miles in, it started to rain. Because we are cheap and felt we needed the exercise, we decided not to pay 6 dollars for a taxi ride. We opted to walk, eat ice cream and take pictures of ourselves getting soaked along the way.
Just making memories....

I am pretty sure Abby does not follow my blog. So, what she doesn't know, won't hurt her? Right? She would KILL me if she knew I posted this photo. But, she looks great! So I don't care. 

The day of the wedding we had 40 mph winds with gusts up to 60 mph. It rained most of the day and stopped a few hours before the wedding. This bride was not going to let the wind, rain or Hurricane Isaac, for that matter, ruin her beach wedding.

Beautiful picture. Father/Daughter

They do!
Made it through the wedding without rain!

The next day, little Key West was boarded up.

All 20 of us headed to Sean and Tracey's vacation home for the hurricane. There was a lot of  laying around waiting...and waiting... and waiting...



Luckily, the storm shifted west and missed the keys. Lots of rain and wind is all we got. We were able to go back to our house by 7pm. 

The aftermath... several roads were flooded.

But not to worry, our last two days looked a lot like this...amazing!

To end our trip, we went shopping.


I had an amazing time and was so thankful to spend quality time with the twin. I know I say this a lot, but it's hard living 14 hours away from my family. Any chance I can get to spend with them, I jump on it.