California 2009

This past week Kara, Cooper, Sophie, and I went to California. Thanks to Rand and Bradley we had a wonderful place to stay. The weather was beautiful and we had tons of fun. I took tons of pictures and didn't want to post them individually so I made collages to post instead. Picasa is AMAZING!!!

Hollywood Boulevard, Santa Monica Pier, Third Street Promenade, and the beach in Carlsbad were some of the places we went to. We, of course, had to make a stop at Pinkberry as well. Cooper loved taking his picture with Batman, but Sophie wouldn't even consider it. "They were all too scary!!"

We played at the beach one of the days. I spent another day at the beach while Kara and the kids went to visit her friend Angie. I love the beach!

We walked the canals in Venice which are awesome. There are so many amazing, yet expensive, houses there. Plus a few random pictures of the airplane/car.

The Butterfly Jungle at the Wild Animal Park. This was probably my favorite part. It was this big jungle like thing with butterflies everywhere. They would land on you and just hang out. One of the workers said that they are attracted to the smell of beer and we saw many people with butterflies on their lips. It was pretty awesome!!

More Wild Animal Park

ICP

So now you are probably wondering...."Who is Insane Clown Posse?"....well you're in luck. I happen to find a VIDEO so you could check them out.

P.S. If you don't want to hear bad language, turn it off before you get to the chorus.

Ice and Hammer

So I'm sure most of you attended as well, but last weekend I went and saw MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice in concert with my sisters. Wow!!! I think Kara, Kristen, and I decided we are very old because by the time Hammer came on at 11:45 we were ready to go home.


Vanilla Ice was way better than MC Hammer. I did turn to Kara at one point and tell her that I felt like I was at an ICP concert. Then about 15 minutes later Kristen turned to Kara and said, "Doesn't this remind you of Insane Clown Posse?" So basically what that means is Vanilla Ice was definitely trying to be ICP.



We were so BORED by the time MC Hammer came on and he was so BORING himself. He took about 45 minutes to come onto stage (did I mention he didn't even have a stage to set up) and then he would do a song and then leave stage for what seemed like forever. He would come back on, do another 4 minute song (that no one knew), then go off stage for another 10 minutes while the dancers regrouped. We lasted 4 songs and left about 11:45. We decided that our sleep was much more important.

I bought a new car and LOVE it!

Well, last minute Wednesday night I decided to buy a new car. I was going to wait for a while, but my sister's mother-in-law was selling hers for a really great price. It is a car that I was going to buy when it came time so when the opportunity came up I decided to go for it.

I love every second of it!!! It is very roomy (front AND back seats :) JK) and it drives super fast. It definitely has juevos!!! Not to mention I got an AMAZING deal. (Thanks Dian)

Here is the view of the front from the back seat. It is black on tan interior. It has both a sunroof and moonroof which I am super excited about when it finally gets warmer outside.

Here is the roomy backseat. It also has a pretty big trunk, but unfortunately doesn't have a handle inside the trunk. (In case I ever get shut in I won't be able to get out.) I can't wait to roadtrip.....Vegas and Cali here I come!!!

Snowboarding and Superbowl

Yesterday was my first ever snowboarding trip. We decided that for our Girls Night Out we would go snowboarding since everyone else LOVES it. I decided to be a trooper and try it. It was fun, but one of the most PAINFUL things I have ever done. Now I don't know how I compared to other people on their first times, but I thought I did pretty good. I only went down the mountain once because I was so tired, sore, and frustrated, but I feel really great about that one time down. I will go a few more times to decide if I really like it or not, but here are a few pictures documenting the experience.

Me and Alicia riding the shuttle from the parking lot.

Char and Val...sorry the sun is shining right on Char's face!

Rachel and I bundlling up while we wait for the other girls....it was freezing!

This is one of my many bruises I received during the day....this one actually began forming before I officially made it all the way down the mountain.

As for the Superbowl....I've cried a few tears tonight because, as you can see, I was cheering for Cardinals and they lost. They played a good game, the food was amazing, Rachel and I definitely had some awesome head gear, and Kurt Warner is hot so all in all it was a good night!!!

Sundancing

Saturday I went up to the Sundance Film Festival with the fam for some celebrity Gawking. We don't usually go to any movies, but this year we at least tried to get movie tickets and no luck. We walked around for a while and then headed over to the Outlet Shops and did what we do best....shopped. It was definitely a good time like always.

Kara, Me, Kristen, and Rach

Linda Hogan and her newer/younger boyfriend. They were so ghetto in their matching leather fringe coats. Not to mention matching hair.

Adam Duritz from Counting Crows

Russel Simmons and Rachel

Tom Arnold...he looked pretty haggard

Me, Mom, Kristen, and Rachel

Rachel and I also talked to Jane Lynch in line at the Java Cow, but I got too nervous and didn't take her picture.....To my defense she was standing about a foot away from me and it would have been awkward to pull out my camera, Kara!

Rachel's Birthday aka Gas Station Phenomenon...

Two weeks ago it was Rachel's birthday and she decided she wanted to have a gas station birthday party.....I stole these pictures from Rachel's blog (thanks Rach!) so I could document this fantastic event! Rachel and I spent all day Saturday getting "gas station" food (items for her hot dog roaster, nacho ingredients, packet condiments, nacho and hot dog trays, etc.) We had tons of awesome food, who doesn't love gas station food?, slurpees, sodies, corn nuts, etc.

Nate, Rachel, and Jared

Girls in their "gas station" attire....thanks to Ben for giving me a Big O shirt years ago!
Me, Rach, Heather, and Bobbie

Me and Jason

Rachel's hot dog cooker....Isn't it AMAZING???

Notice the Nascar decorations in the background? We went all out!