Sleepover at Aunt Aly's House

Last night I had Sophie, Cooper, and Kara over for a sleepover. We went to dinner at Noodles & Co., rented a movie, built a fort, played some nintendo, and ate lots of treats!!

Sophie and Cooper posing inside the fort. We were going to put up my tent for the chillins' to sleep in, but it was slightly too big for my bedroom. Maybe if it wasn't ice on my main floor we would have done it down there. The fort was still super fun though.

Playing some nintendo....Kara definitely needs to work on her nintendo skills. Mine, of course, were amazing!!!! (Okay, not really. I need to work on mine as well.)

Kara eating some treats. What's a sleepover without potato chips and cream cheese dip?

Sophie and Cooper watching "The Last Unicorn" inside the fort. They had to watch their movie on the small laptop while we watched ours on the big screen. Cooper did manage to make the movie full screen all by himself. He surprises us everyday!

Girls Night Out

Last night was our monthly GNO.....Bre, Dianna, Alicia, Char, Rachel, and I went to dinner at Chili's and bowling. It is always fun to get together with these girls and hang out. I didn't capture any photos from dinner, but I did pull out the camera at the bowling alley.

Bre, Dianna, and Rachel

Alicia and Dianna

Char and I

We missed you Val and Angie!

California

About a month ago I went to Southern California to visit my Uncle Rand and his Partner Bradley. I thought it was about time to update everyone on my trip. Rachel and I drove out there on a Thursday and then headed back home the following Sunday. It was a very short trip, but it was extremely fun. This was actually the first time in about 4 years that it hasn't rained when I've gone to visit. I think the curse has been broken!

We stopped just after Vegas to fill up the car with gas and they had this weird pay station thing. Usually you pay at the pump, but not at this gas station. You had to go to a central credit card station, put in your pump number, and then pay. Rachel was super confused!!

We stopped in Vegas and ate at Pink Taco in the Hard Rock Casino. We actually stopped to play "War", but the table was closed both times we stopped so we ate dinner instead. We were very disappointed with the "no war", but the food was delicious.

We spent all day Friday laying out on the beach, but we forgot to get some pictures so we headed down Saturday night to get a picture. We wanted one of both of us so we asked some other tourists that were taking pictures to take one of us. Unfortunately we found one that didn't speak English and has apparently has never worked a camera. This is the picture we got!

Sunday morning, Rachel woke me up screaming that there was a critter in our "condo". I had a shopping bag laying next to her bed (luckily I had taken the clothes out!) and she kept hearing something moving around inside. I didn't want to grab the bag so she went in to get Rand and Bradley and this is what they found inside.....a Jerusalem Cricket. The really funny thing is Rachel was sleeping between the door and the shopping bag so I'm sure it crawled right up over the top of her. It made the trip home with us because I had to bring Tim and Cooper a present.


Bradley, Rand, Rachel, and I standing in front of Diddy Riese. It is a place where you can choose two freshly baked cookies and any type of ice cream to go in the middle. Very delicious!!

Thank you Rand and Bradley for letting us come and visit. Hope to see you again soon!

Halloween 2008

Hope everyone had a great Halloween. I, of course, did because I absolutely love this holiday! Here are a few pics from our night out on the town.

Rachel, a vampire, and her sister Rebekah, a tootsie roll.

Kristen (a black cat), Rachel, and Me ( a 60's flower chick)

Rachel and Angel piano man, Troy

Shane sported Kristen's toga from last year! It was pretty hot!!

Me and Colt (dressed as a nerd)