JENNINGS: Kure Beach Bachelorette Bash!

My best friend, Christin, is getting married on July 24th and we celebrated her last big night out in Kure Beach this past weekend. It was a BLAST to say the least! There were 13 girls sharing 2 bathrooms, so it was very interesting and we all became very close! haha :)

Amanda and I rode together Friday evening after work down to the beach and we arrived around 9:30pm. Christin had gone to a late dinner with Danielle and Lydia, so that left everyone else at the house to put up some decorations! We had fun that night, staying up until about 2:30am, playing games and sharing stories. It was nice to catch up with friends that we hadn't seen in a while---Especially our friend, Shelley, who was in our wedding in 2008 and we have not hung out since then! A trip to Charlotte will be planned soon, girl! We need to hang out more often...I miss it!!

After sleeping in a little on Saturday morning, we all headed out on the beach to soak up some rays. It was very HOT but the water felt great. Later on, we headed back to the house to make sandwiches and cool off. Then it was time to start taking showers and getting ready for the lingerie shower. The bathroom situation was not nearly as bad as I thought it would be! Everyone seemed to be quick and considerate of everyone else's need to use the shower/bathroom and we all were ready by 5:00pm!

Chicky had a wonderful lingerie shower, and I think Jason will be pleased! :)
While trying to pose for a picture, I broke my cute sandals I was going to wear out (they were cheap, apparently), so I ended up having to wear my plain flip flops out. But that was just fine.

At around 6:00pm, we headed to dinner at the Ocean Tiki Grill & Bar. The food was great. Kelly Mac, Jessica, Amanda and I sat together and started creating "The List" for Christin to complete when we went out later.....we came up with a bunch of things....and I'm pretty sure none of them got completed once we got to the club.

After dinner, we headed back to the beach house and hung out, had some drinks, played some games and got all decked out to hit up the club. We rolled out to Tangerine's at about 10:15pm and stayed until after closing. It was sooo hot in there! We were all sweatin and dancin like crazy! But we had such a great time! The song of the weekend was "OMG" by Usher and I'm pretty sure it got played at least twice while we were at the club.

We all ended up walking the 2 miles back to the house afterwards, and when we finally made it back to the house, we stayed up for a while just hanging out. I think we went to bed around 5:30 in the morning?? Crazy. But it was such an awesome weekend! :)

Amanda and I packed up our stuff and left for home around 9:30 Sunday morning. It was Father's Day, so we needed to go ahead and head back. Once I got home, I went straight to the bed and slept for 6 hours! I was so exhausted.

I know Jeff was happy to stay home that weekend, because he got a bunch of stuff done around the house that he had been trying to get done for a while. But I'm sure he wasn't expecting me to sleep the entire day away on Sunday. It was definitely needed though.

We went to dinner Sunday night at the Homestead to celebrate Father's Day with Jeff's dad, Jay. It was a great dinner and a good time. My dad is working up in New York, and won't be back home until August...but we sent him a card and we definitely miss him so much! Both of our dads mean so much to us and we appreciate all they do for us and our families. We are very blessed to have such wonderful people in our lives.

This coming weekend, Jeff, Jake, Amanda and I are heading BACK to Carolina Beach for a relaxing time---we are taking a 3 day weekend! We can't wait to just chill out on the beach for a couple of days! It's awesome to have great friends to spend time with! :)

Below are pictures from this weekend! Enjoy! :)