kyle & kristen: Memorial Day Weekend

Ah, Memorial Day weekend. To me, it signifies the return of being able to wear white dresses, bottoms, and shoes! Ok, I'm kidding. It basically signals that summer is here, which I'm super excited about! After Kyle's graduation week, I headed back to DC. Man, it is HOT here. It has been constantly in the upper 80s-90s, with what feels like 100% humidity. Walking three blocks in my neighborhood leaves me a sweaty mess. So I got to Buffalo Friday night. My flight was delayed a good hour and a half, and I got in close to midnight. Needless to say, sleep was on my agenda. Saturday, Kyle and I had a great day consisting of shopping for our good friends Jesslyn and Tyler (graduation and birthday presents all around!)...we got Tyler these bad-assToms shoes. I will never ever stop advocating for these shoes, because each time YOU buy a pair, a kid somewhere in the world, who NEEDS shoes, gets a free pair. One for one. And, they are honestly the most comfortable pair of shoes that I have ever owned. Ever. Later that night, I went to the most epic concert ever- NKOTBSB!!! For those of you who are not well-versed in pop language it stands for New Kids on the Block + Backstreet Boys. It was pretty epic, but also a bit of a let-down, BUT ONLY BECAUSE they are clearly from two different genres. I did not know a SINGLE nkotb song, and so it was awkward bc it was essentially two different concerts. Regardless, had a blast with my favorite Pollacks and Nadia's friend Lauren :) GREAT times. Here are some awesome pics:

Backstreet Boys!!!!!

Insanely awesome!

The next morning, Kyle and I decided to make the most of the Memorial Day weekend. We got up earlyish and went down to the Buffalo marathon to cheer on Rob, who Kyle works with. Rob came in at an impressive 3:16!! For 26.2 miles! That is impressive, for real. After that, we picked up Jesslyn and headed to Niagara on the Lake, which is one of my most favorite places in the world :) It is in Canada, and is extremely cute, beautiful, and scenic, all wrapped in a little town. It also includes my favorite wineries for ice wine. Ice wine is really cool because it is sweet, and great for dessert. Because it's so cold up in Canada during the winter, the grapes freeze. I think it's something like 1-2 drops come out of a frozen grape, which then is made into ice wine. Niagara on the Lake definitely has the best.

On the lake. BEAUTIFUL view :)

In the little town of Niagara on the Lake. Gorgeous tulips :)

That night we got home, exhausted. Rented Gnomeo and Juliet and Black Swan. Loved the first, hated the second. I don't understand Black Swan. Really. Ugh. The gnome movie was SUPER cute, and went by pretty quickly. Highly recommended.

Monday, Kyle and I did laundry in the morning, then had brunch outside at Panos. It was a beautiful day in Buffalo, not too hot but just right. We then went to the outlets to get Kyle some new suits :) Success! And headed over to Jesslyn and Tyler's for some good chow! Early Tuesday morning, I flew back to DC. My flight landed at 7:30am, and the 80 degree heat hit me like a wall. It was disgusting :( Had a bunch of things to do during the week. I NEED to start on my dissertation. It WILL happen. Starting...NOW.

Anyway, here are some pics from graduation that I really wanted to share of Kyle and his family. Doesn't my husband look amazing? :) So proud of him...