So, did I ever tell you that my daughter started competing in bikini competitions? Not like MTV Spring Break bikini gone wild madness, I mean like bikini fitness competitions. Actually, she only competed in one so far, but check this out… SHE WON!
Also new in her life is a very special guy, and I’ve been dying to meet him, so over the 4th of July holiday weekend, I set out on the 9 hour drive to hang out with my baby girl and scrutinize the fella who captured her heart.
Bonus: I got to see Mony, her ” brown bear,” as she calls her.
Mony only has one trick she can do, but it’s cute. I love her.
Then we decided to celebrate with some cocktails at TGI Fridays. After all, it was July 4th and I was hanging with my girl!
We ordered a Peach Honey Smash, Barbados Rum Punch and a specialty beer. TGI Fridays comes up with some of the best cocktail creations! (Did you know TGI Fridays invented the Long Island Iced Tea?)
We also nibbled on some appetizers.
Since my daughter has a pretty strict training routine, she’s pretty careful about what she eats, and she found the perfect meal in a sirloin, fresh broccoli and tomato mozzarella salad.
I’m totally obsessed with the Jack Daniels burger.
And my honey of a boyfriend went with his favorite baby back ribs.
Just for the heck of it, my daughter checked out the dessert menu, and when she locked eyes with the Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie, it was ON. I’m glad she allows herself an occasional indulgence — she has such a sweet tooth. 🙂
I’d been telling her about all the changes and menu additions TGI Fridays has made. As an ambassador, I’ve been able to taste oodles of delightful taste sensations, so I was super excited to be able to take her there and celebrate being together.
I love my daughter so very much!
Oh, and by the way, I met her boyfriend the following day and he received my official seal of approval. I really, really liked him!
Do you enjoy going out to eat when you get together with friends and family? Where are your favorite places to go?
Congratulations to you and your daughter! That kind of training requires such commitment! She looks radiant and I wish her all the best moving forward. That sirloin dinner looks fabulous!
I love how close you are with your daughter. It really reminds me of my mom and I and family is so important. How great that she won her fitness competition. I have a few friends who compete and know how difficult it is.
Yummm! Everything looks so delicious. Your daughter is just beautiful!
I wish we had a TGIFridays here. Sounds like you had a great time together. 🙂
That is so awesome congrats to your daughter and her “special” guy!
Two pretty ladies! Pretty kitty! I didn’t know that Friday’s invented the LI Iced Tea, I always figured it originated in New York!
Your daughter is beautiful, and it’s so great that she is confident and stands for what she believes in. It’s always a good day to celebrate the ones you love!
That’s awesome for your daughter!! That takes serious discipline I’m sure. By the way those Thai pork tacos look amazeballs!
I love mom/daughter dinner outings! They should happen more! Those Thai Tacos look good. I might have to find a recipe for those.
We don’t have many TGIs near us so rarely get to go to them. The menu looks good – that dessert – no wonder your daughter wanted to treat herself
She’s is absolutely stunning, and I am so glad that you had a wonderful time together.
Sooooo does this mean that we have to wait until another post to get more details on the new guy 😉
I love that you can get sides of veggies! I’m not a potato fan so I love that you can substitute veggies. And that kitteh is adorable!
What a great night out & whoa does that pie look delish! Congrats to your daughter on winning her competition, that’s great!
I also like TGIFRIDAYS. I am partial to the frozen mudslides. Interesting fact that tgifridays came up with the long island iced tea.
Very nice! Congrats to your daughter on the competitions and the great boyfriend!! Love all the pics of the food and I’m so glad you guys enjoyed it! I’ve almost never had a good dining experience at TGI Fridays, but I’m happy that you have. 🙂 You & your daughter both look beautiful!!
I love to go out to eat with family as well. Fridays is my hubby first choice! We just went there about 2 weeks ago.
I’ve said it 100 times, but your daughter is beautiful (like her momma). I really want to try those tacos and hang out with you 2.
Congrats to your girl! What precious times you shared! you must be so so so proud of her!!
I love going out to dinner with friends and family: some faves are Ouback and Legal Seafoods. TGIF also does have some great choices! Congrats to your daughter!
I wish we had a TGI Friday’s around here so I can try some of those drinks. Yum! When we want to celebrate, we go to either a local Italian place or a local Indian place, depending on who it is and what we are celebrating. But we would actually rather cook for people and have everyone over to our house.
That was a great trip to visit your daughter. We like to go to the Fresh Fish Company.
I used to eat at TGI Fridays all the time before I went gluten free. I LOVED their Jack Daniels steak. That sauce was incredible!
I love the Thai taco they looks so delicious, I have not been to TGI Fridays in a long time. There is one right by my office. I always though thought they only have mostly fried foods it looks like they have some different options now.
Your daughter is gorgeous! Congratulations to her for being fit and healthy! My only daughter is almost 14, and I’m dreading the whole first boyfriend thing. My husband is in complete denial that she is growing up and can’t even handle her wearing a bikini at home! haha! If my girl competed, Daddy would probably drop dead!
My husband can’t either! She’ll be wearing rash guards and sun hats for the rest of her life! I guess the silver lining is she’ll never have any wrinkles!
What a great weekend! I never go to TGIFridays but those look like great meals. I have a craving now!
I love that she won! WE love to eat out but being a family of 5 it doesn’t happen very often.
Congratulations to your daughter on her win! I think it’s great that you went to spend some time with your daughter. I haven’t been to TGI Friday’s in ages. I would love to try the Thai Tacos.
Mony the “brown bear” looks fun! I don’t even care about the food…
Wow that is actually awesome – congrats to her! <3 You both definitely deserve a treat!
I love TGI Fridays! Congrats on your daughter’s success. She is very pretty!
Glad you had a great night out with your daughter and glad you also liked her boyfriend. Good times! Those drinks look amazing!
That kind of fitness is crazy impressive. Congratulations to you girl!
I love everything about TGI Fridays! I especially want that peanut butter pie you have them. umm yum!!!!
I spy delicious cocktails! I need to check out their drink menu!
That is great she is involved in fitness competitions! I always wanted to get into that when I was younger, just never happened. The TGI Fridays food looks delicious, we get out there at least once a month for appetizers. Looks like a nice trip.
Glad you had a nice date with your daughter and the cat looks adorable as well.
I haven’t been to TGI Friday’s in forever but it looks like they have a little something for everyone!
Congratulations to your daughter for winning and for having a boyfriend that you really really like. 🙂 You’ve just told the whole world so I’m sure he feels extra special now. 🙂
I love all the foods you chose! That steak looks delicious!
Does the dessert and your daughter go well together? I’m sure both are lovely though 🙂 IN their own ways!
It looks like you had a nice time with your daughter! So glad you approve of her man.
She is beautiful. And I’m glad you liked the boyfriend.
Dinner looked good too!
Your daughter is beautiful, congratulations on winning the contest! All the food looks so good, we haven’t been to TGI Fridays in ages.
We haven’t either. I really miss it!
We just went to Friday’s to celebrate my BFF’s 30th! It was a ton of fun! So glad you approved, Mom!
One of my favorite places to eat out is TGIFridays. I used to work there. I miss all the flair we were required to wear. Whoever got rid of the buttons should be fired. Your daughter is GORGEOUS by the way!!!
We do love to eat out together, yes! TGI Friday’s is one of our favorite places. The Jack Daniels burger is my husband’s favorite, and I like pretty much everything on the menu. When I would travel for business frequently, I always crossed my fingers for a Friday’s to be near my hotel!
Your daughter is gorgeous! Man, that dessert and congrats to her winning the contest!
Congratulations to your daughter. – And those Thai tacos have been drooling. I want one right now.
Awww I loved your story and how sweet to drive that far to visit your daughter.. and TGI Fridays.. ahhh my favorite restaurant, why oh why did ours close…?? Thanks for sharing I need to take a trip to Orlando for a date night to the nearest TGI Fridays and enjoy some of the delicouses dinner ideas you shared… looked amazing
I love going out with my friends and family. Any excuse to celebrate has me running out for food! That PB pie looks amazing!
I love TGIF. I also love Ruby Tuesdays. There’s a local restaurant here called Sails…it sits on the water, overlooking a small harbour…it is my favourite place to eat over here.
Congrats to your daughter. She is gorgeous and so are you! Love the kitty too!
Congrat to your daughter! That is so awesome. I loved your post and your hang out at Friday’s! I need to get back there and order those Thai Tacos! yum
It looks like you had a fantastic time and what a cutie her new kitten is! x
All of the food and drinks look great. My favorite is the sirloin, fresh broccoli and tomato mozzarella salad. It looks like y’all had a good time.
Looks like you guys have had some good quality time!! All that food looks amazing, and your kitty is SO cute!
I could not imagine being that far from my kiddos! Well- right now they are little- so I guess that I have time!
The food looks great TGIF is my sons favorite place to eat!
YAY!! Love that she won!! I wanna have a dinner with you… soon!!
That is so awesome, good for her 🙂 I have a friend who does them. The transformation she has went through is amazing.
I don’t agree with the idea of fitness contests at all but congratulations to your daughter. Effort is effort and it should be rewarded!
Aww, she is a doll! Great photos!
What a great way to celebrate. She’s beautiful like her momma. Glad the male friend got the stamp of approval.
Gosh I haven’t been in ages! Glad you got to have a fun date with your daughter!
She is so pretty! So are you. I’m glad you like her boyfriend.
Where do I like to go out to eat? These days I like checking out different kinds of foods. I’ve been to a few local Mediterranean places that I LOVE!
Those Thai Pork Tacos…and that pie! I’m going to have to make a TGIFrida’ys trip ASAP!
Awww. I LOVE my 3 girls.. there’s something about moms and daghters.. just priceless! Congratulations to you daughter! That takes dedication!! That steak and broccoli looks fabulous.. yum!
What a great time you had, that cat looks very cute.
Wow, good for her, your daughter is beautiful We lived super close to a TGIs when I lived in FL and had way too many fun evenings with long island iced tea’s! I wish we had one near us here.
Sounds like a great time! I Iove going out with my kids it is a great way to catch up on news.
What a great time out with your daughter! That peanut butter pie…oh my word!!!!
I’m glad she is dating and how wonderful that you got to spend time with her. Your meals look delicious and how awesome that she won her first contest!
Congrats to your daughter on the win and the new boy. Glad he got your seal of approval 😉
Looks like you all have so much fun together! That cake looks insanely good!
So so so glad things are going well for your beautiful daughter! The cat is adorable!
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Okay, first I’d like to say thanks for not rubbing it in with all that awesome food you got to eat by taking pics or anything 😉 and congrats to your daughter. I think that’s fabulous?!
Looks like you had a nice time with your daughter. That peanut butter pie looks delicious!!
I love TGIFridays! So awesome you got to spend time with your girl. It’s good that you like her boyfriend too!
That’s SO neat!! I know you’re very proud of her! I love going out to eat for special occasions – especially when there is something to celebrate!! =)
This is a fun place to have friends for drinks. Looks like you two had a great time.
So fun to get to have a visit with your daughter! I still haven’t tried these drinks- I need to!
I like TGI Fridays! Looks like such a fun time and I’m glad you got to spend it with your daughter!
YUM! I love TGI Fridays and their Mai Tai is delicious! Mony is such a little cutie pie!
I love getting together with my friends and family. It’s always nice to catch up over drinks and appetizers.
It’s so nice to spend alone time with our daughter’s, isn’t it? That’s so important to take that time together. We no longer have a TGIFriday’s near our home, but I wish we did. I really enjoyed dining there.
How awesome for her! I’ve been seriously considering upping my workouts and shooting for a competition for next year. But I’m just so hesitant. Congrats to her. And my oh my how I do miss TGIFriday’s. It’s been 3 loooong years since I’ve enjoyed their food.
I worked with a girl many years ago that did fitness competitions. I remember she ate a lot of roasted chickens at lunch time. I try to eat a low carb diet because too many ick carbs really make me sick. The meal she picked would be perfect for me. Nice to know TGIF has that option. I have not been to one in ages because they are quite a drive from me.
Hurrah that you liked the boyfriend. Double hurrah that she won the competition. That’s an even sweeter victory since it was her first time in!!
We like Friday’s. There’s one on the way home from the airport that we stop at when we take trips. 🙂
We love TGIF, especially the Jack Daniels chicken sandwich. Glad you had a fun time visiting your daughter!
That is awesome! Your daughter is gorgeous, there’s no wonder that if she’s taking her fitness serious she’ll win any contest she enters! Looks like you guys had a great celebration!
Congrats on her win in the bikini contest!!! I bet you are proud!
Congrats. That food looks so tasty. Great way to celebrate
love TGI Fridays and those tacos looked so good! The whole menu is delish and so cheap!
Mmmm tacos!
That’s amazing that she won in her first competition! Congrats to her! Looks like a great family dinner too. I had no idea that TGI Fridays invented the Long Island Iced Tea!
That peanut butter pie looks amazing!!
You guys can pass as sisters! Congratulations to your daughter for winning the competition.
I always love spending time with my Mom on days that I don’t have work.
Heck ya I like to go out to eat! I had no idea TGIFridays invented the Long Island Ice Tea – it’s one of my favorite drinks!
Looks like you guys had a great time, and hey iifym! Lol I have lots of friends who do fitness competitions. Those thai tacos looked amazing. I want to make a copy cat of that for sure!
That food looks sooooo good! Congrats to your daughter on her win!!!
Those Thai Pork Tacos look delicious!!
I used to work at Fridays. Unfortunately, they left Kansas City altogether. But I did love their food.
I’m so jealous! We used to have one near. I LOVE T.G.I Fridays!
You’re such a great mom. 🙂 That food looks AWESOME!
Celebrating with My Daughter- what a special time! Sounds like much needed time together 😉
Congrats to your daughter! She’s had a great role model to look up to so I can see where she gets the strength and perseverance from . Looks like a wonderful meal!
Congrats to your beautiful daughter! And it was great finally chatting in Cali! 🙂
lol, you totally had me scrolling trying to find out what you thought of the boyfriend. So glad you approve!
I have so missed you!!! Awesome that your baby girl has a new love and that new love is pretty cute too!!! Congrats on winning first place on the bikini competition.
Everything looks absolutely scrumptious, and a HUGE congratulations to your daughter!
Wow, that food looks really fantastic. I live TGIF but haven’t been there in a long time. Our favorite place to go is Islands which I believe is a local franchise to California and Nevada.
Congrats to your daughter on her win!
I’m a major steak lover, and I am loving the look of that sirloin. And with that tomato and mozzarella salad and broccoli?! Oh my goodness! My mouth is watering! I know what I’ll be getting next time we visit TGI Fridays!
Tomatoes and Mozzarella are my favorite! If you just drizzle a little balsamic vinegar over the whole thing…perfection.
This all looks delicious! The steak with mozzarella salad looks great.
Huge Congrats to your daughter!! (And to you, the great mom)!! Honestly, I drive past a TGI Fridays every day and have never thought to eat there…but the food you showed looks really good and the drinks look amazing. I am really excited to go and try it out this weekend! I just might have a new place to go right near my home!
Wow, those tacos really looked good. I could eat all night now!
I love being out with friends and family. That pie looks ridiculously good!
You and your daughter are beautiful! Those drinks looks amazing and so does the food! So glad you had a great time with your daughter!
Those tacos look fabulous. I need to give them a try.
Those Thai Pork Tacos look so yummy! Sounds like you had some great time with your daughter!
I love Fridays and I’m a big fan of their petite sirloin! Reading this really make me want to visit our local TGI Fridays with my hubby, maybe this weekend!
Since I am not going to win any fitness competitions, I want to say that Peanut Butter Chocolate pie is my absolute favorite! Throw some whipped cream on it and I am in!
Their Jack Daniels sauce is outstanding.. thats what i go their for..
My son LOVES that sauce. TGI Fridays is his favorite place for ribs.
So awesome for your daughter… on the competitions… and her new honey 🙂
Glad yall had a great time..
You are an AWESOME MOM 🙂
What a wonderful visit with your daughter. =) I can’t believe my oldest will be moving away some day soon and will have to visit her as well, will feel so different.
I love that you can get steamed broccoli as your side with the burger. I’d save up those calories for that dessert too!
How exciting! Isn’t it amazing to watch your little baby grow up into a fabulous woman? Oh, and I will take a slice of that pie please.
Thats fabulous for your daughter!! She I so pretty she’ll keep winning!! I love spending time with my family.
I think she will keep winning as well. She is gorgeous!
Cute cat. Looks like he is enjoying his tricks. Thanks for sharing.
TGI Fridays is delicious. I love their burgers. They make the bacon crispy! Crispy bacon is a must on a burger.
I love TGI Fridays. Their food is so delicious. I’ve never tried their Thai Pork, but that’s next on my list.
Looks like you had a nice meal. What a great way to spend the holiday.
I’m so glad to hear that your daughter is doing well and that she has found someone who is treating her well! I’m glad you like him, too, and I’m glad you got to spend some time with your daughter over the holiday weekend.
Being that I’ve never had a bikini body (when I was younger, I was too skinny – no figure, and after I got older too, well, let’s say too curvy) I think that is AWEsome! Your daughter is beautiful! And Mony is too cute! Oh, and the food looks amazing, too! 🙂
I love the whole Jack Daniels line at Friday’s. Those Thai chicken tacos look delicious.
I am so full right now but this still looks so tasty. What a great way to spend time with your daughter.
We love TGIFridays… we have one down the road and go constantly. They have a huge assortment of items that everyone in the family loves… oh and their cocktails are great too.
This is very cool….my hubby and I were just talking about going to TGI Fridays. The pictures made me hungry.
That cat is so cute! I love T.G.I. Friday’s but I haven’t been in forever. All these food photos are making me wanna head out there instead of cooking dinner!
Glad you got to spend that time with your daughter. That’s cute that her cat has a trick. Mine never learned any tricks.
Congrats to your daughter as that is a great accomplishment. Also, I had no idea that TGI Fridays invented the Long Island Ice Tea. That is one of my favourite drinks.
I use to love T.G.I. F My brother use to work there so lets just say I know the menu well LOL And who knew they invented Long Island Iced Teas. Those were my favorite in my 20’s. Now I’m a Mom and a light weight 🙂
I love Fridays and I’m so happy they have an endless appetizer special going on right now. I just have to get in to take advantage of it!
Every time you post pictures of your daughter, I just die. She’s so gorgeous! The food looks amazing too!
I love TGIFridays most of the time, we moved a couple months ago and I’m missing having one close by. Your pictures look so delicious.
Congrats to your daughter on all of her hard work. Those TGIFridyay’s meals look delicious!
How cool! One of my good friends has been training so hard for a Bikini Comp in the fall. That food looks amazing. I’d love to try those tacos!
OneL Your daughter is a rockstar!!! Amazing! Two: I want those tacos right now!!! All of that food looks delicious!
Well I’m glad he got your seal of approval and congrats to your daughter for winning the first competition she was in! I do understand her need to splurge on the Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie though – yum!
I love TGIFridays and now you’ve totally gotten me in the mood to have dinner there! Looks like you and your daughter had a great time!
I think that is awesome she won her competition! it takes a lot of hard work to win those! The husband works and sometimes trains with Kathleen Tesori, a professional fitness model, so that is awesome that TGIF has meal options to meet the strict diet!
Congrats to your daughter for winning the fitness competition! I love to eat out with my family but it can be difficult deciding where because the kids are picky. My husband and I do love to eat at Fridays though when we get a rare date night.
Looks like you had a blast!
Awe, such a nice time. Good for your daughter, wow, that is amazing! I love to get out with family and friends yet we always like to try somewhere new. Well, try. But then we opt for our tried and trues! 😉
Love TGIF, we just ate there over the weekend for my son’s 7th birthday. I had the ribs, yummy!
Congrats to your daughter. I have been wanting to compete for the longest. I need to get more serious about it.
oh my yes, I love to go to Pepe’s . My SIL and I go out to lunch once a month and we always have fun. You look like you had a blast with your daughter, and the food WOW. Sure would love to know what those white balls in the salad was. Looks yummy! Your smiles are too too precious!
Those Thai Pork Tacos look super delicious! And its so nice that you can get some time to hang out with your daughter. My oldest will be moving away in the fall and I can hardly stand it!
I love TGI Fridays. I actually just got a gift card for there for my birthday, so I get to go back again soon!
I LOVE going out to places like Fridays! I am in love with so many of their dishes! The flat iron steaks really captures my heart.
Congrats to your daughter! I don’t have the body for that, unless they are looking for pleasantly plump lol
It looks like you had a great time. The food looks delicious!
Congrats to your daughter! What an accomplishment! Friday’s is always such a great place to go for fun and food!
That burger sounds nice.Congrats to your daughter on her win and many more to come :). Lovely that you got to spend some nice time together.
I Absolutely LOVE Fridays We Try To Go There A Couple Times A Month!
I enjoy going out with my son and seeing his excitement over different food on a menu.
That’s great you got to spend that time with your daughter! And Friday’s is a great place for good food and drinks to celebrate.
nice…we love fridays…and i have my stripes card…
its great because my boys like it too…
she taught her cat tricks?
i dunno if my cat would be willing…ha
Your daughter is gorgeous! (And congrats to her on her win!) The dessert sounds so amazing right now. I’m starving this afternoon. I love eating out with friends and family if they’re in town. If we’re in my town, we tend to hit local restaurants. We do enjoy TGI Fridays, though!
Oh yum that all looks so good! So both the cat AND the boyfriend met your approval, wow!
I love TGI Fridays! Glad you got to spend time with your daughter for the fourth of July Holiday! Family time is always the BEST!!
Your daughter is just beautiful! You are beautiful too, my sweet friend! How awesome that she won her first bikini contest, yay!!! Way to go!
That is great that you got to take a trip to see your daughter. Looks like you two had some delicious food too! Congrats on her win, that is awesome!
well congrats to your daughter! you both look amazing
so happy you got to see Moni as well and have the super summer Fridays meal. the ribs call my name
Those cocktails look amazing! I love TGI Fridays. Sounds like you had a great time with your daughter!
Such a cute kitty! The food you guys got looks absolutely delicious. I’ve never tried one of their Jack Daniels burgers but I want to now!
What a fun day! I want to try the pork tacos 😉
Oh, the pork tacos sound sooo delish!!!
Aww, So good to meet up with family every now and then. We don’t eat out a whole lot, but when we do we like to eat at a Japanese hibachi restaurant that is nearby.