Weekend Recap + Monday Madness Link Up 8.23.15

You guys, I had an awesome weekend. It's been over 2 years since Nick and I have "gone away" together. He's done some guy trips and I've vacationed with my sister and friends, and with work, school, and family obligations we let taking a trip together slip out of focus.

We headed to Northern Kentucky right after work on Friday to go to our friends Mark and Danica's. We made it in late after a 5 1/2 hour drive and got up early the next morning to make the short drive to Cincinnati to the Western and Southern Open.

So I'm obsessed with tennis. I have loved it since my family went to the US Open when I was 12 or 13. Also, in case you haven't read this blog before, I'm also a gigantic crush on Andy Murray.

We got the venue right as the gates opened so we had time to take in the grounds and catch some practice.

Mark, me, and Nick

Mark and Nick - best friends since middle school!

The great thing about practice is that you can go in any stadium and take any seat to watch. I ended up in the first row at Center Court to watch Andy practice!

Me and Andy.

Died and gone to heaven. Seriously.

Nick and Me with Andy in the background

We also got to see Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic practice. Novak is #1 in the world right now.

Novak and his team including his coach and tennis great Boris Becker.

Roger

The first semi final match we watched was Djokovic v. Dolgopolov.

Novak doing press after his win.

The second semi match was Federer v. Murray which was awesome! Andy is such an athletic player and Roger has this ease and eloquence to his game.

Roger doing media after his win.

After a long, hot day in the sun we headed to The Cheesecake Factory!

Sunday morning before heading back to Michigan we stopped at bakery in Kentucky and enjoyed our breakfast at a park with a great view of Cinci.

Hope you had a fabulous weekend too!