Walking on Sunshine!

Greetings from beautiful Mexico Beach, FL!  I type this from a little slice of paradise with some of my my besties from college and it's been an amazing weekend!  But before we get to all that fun, we have to recap our not-so-spooky Halloween.

As customary in the Kirkpatrick household, our pumpkin was as happy as the boy who helped carve it.

Chester, ever the good sport, is probably the least enthusiastic about the neighborhood kiddos ringing our doorbell and getting their treats.

 My cute lil punkin wanted to be Spiderman this year.  After eating some of his candy, he really was trying to climb the walls :).

 But he gave me this cute little pitiful face when I asked him if he wanted to wear his spidey mask.  Needless to say, he was a an unmasked hero!

 We had two pre-Halloween soirees, so we definitely got our money out of his costume.  We got to go to Mama Cole's and hang out with all his buds, which is always a treat!

And our Church had a Trunk or Treat celebration for the kiddos as well.  

 Changing gears, on a whim I decided to leave on Friday to meet up some of my college besties at the beach!  I had no idea it was going to be sunny and in the eighties everyday!  Best. Decision. Ever.

 We took our selfie after dinner at Provisions.  If you're ever at Mexico Beach, you've gotta try it!

Love these girls!  We always have a great time together and usually spend most of the time laughing until there are tears in our eyes!

After a delicious meal, we headed to a local dive to sing some karaoke!  Katie stole the show with her rendition of Sweet Caroline bah bah bah!

I guess the birds on the beach are a little more hungry these days, since it's the off season.  We thought it'd be a great to eat our lunch on the beach.  Instead, we were harassed by a bunch of real angry birds.  Here's Jen under full assault and making a mad dash to save her fries!

We'll be leaving early tomorrow, but so thankful to squeeze in some girl time and funning in the sun!  Lastly, I just need to send a birthday shout out to Jen and Cara--glad we got to help you celebrate this weekend!