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cause i that all of my faithful readers *insert scarcasm here* are wondering what the heck is up with my blog...well this genieus decided to try to change the layout and messed it all up...so i'm working on figuring it out so please bare with me here. please excuse the mess!

Goin Back to Cali....

When we last spoke I was getting ready to take a trip to California, well I'm back now so...settle in folks this entry is going to be a long one...

Departing from CLT @ 7 pm Friday night, I had one layover in Dallas. A 2 hour stop, just enough time to get to the other terminal, hit the bathroom, grab a drink and a bite to eat, then time to board. My plan was going smoothly, until I found out that airport bars close...WTH? Plan B~ hit up TGI Fridays. I had a delightful chat with a guy at the bar and even shared my potato skins with him. Time to go board....or so I thought. My flight was supposed to depart DWF @ 10:40 pm...now we were delayed and not going to board until 10:40 pm. So now its getting closer to 11:30 pm and we still have not boarded. Finally they let us board the plane, which has been there the entire time by the way, just not the crew. I landed @ LAX past 1 am local time...can you say EXHAUSTED, it was 4 am for me. My fabulous and amazing friend (Amanda) picked me up from the airport. We played catch up on the drive back to the 909. I hit the bed a little before 3 am and was wide awake at 5:30, so much for sleep.

Mom and I loaded the kids in the car and headed out around 7:30. The drive was nice and mellow. Once we arrived in Lundy, it was non-stop. So many family member that I haven't seen in so long. That first night we had about 70 people at the camp. CRAZY, but a good crazy. My Grandpa, aunt Jill and cousin Lorie headed up into the canyon to do a little creek fishing and I caught my first Brookie ever, and my first fish in years.

The family presented my Grandpa with a journal that will be filled with all of our favorite memories about Lundy and being there with him. He is truly an amazing man and our family wouldn't be what it is today without him.


My fabulous friend Lacie came down from Reno to visit with me. She is the best.

Spending time with my cousins was a blast. It isn't often we all get the chance to hang out, now that we are all over the place. I do have to say that Oliver, Chase, Erin and Emily suck for ruining the SNIPE hunting adventure that I had planned for Adam...Curtis was the only one that had my back on that. Oh well...next time.

Here are some slide shows I put together of my trip...Enjoy:




We left Lundy on Tuesday just in time for the rain to start falling. It was a great trip and it made me realized even more how important family is.

Unfortunately the rest of my trip did not go as planned. I won't go into details on here out of respect for my family. I will say that as much as I would like to say what happened doesn't effect me or bring up some memories that I would much rather forget, it does. Things changed last week, big time. It will take ALOT of time and serious consideration for me to forgive and forget the things that took place. It didn't have to happen the way that it did, it didn't have to come to that, but choices were made and you can't take them back. It was heart breaking and very hurtful.

I want to say thanks to Libby and Pat for being there to listen and take my mind off of it even for a few hours. Your support means more than you know.

I'm going to end this now, but not without saying that I miss my mom already!

And I don't know if I will ever fly American Airlines again, although I did get to go to Chicago....

Priceless Insight

I just came across a quote that applies to most of my every day life....I'm gonna use it and stick with it for a while...


"Old enough to know better, Young enough not to care"

Odds & Ends

Just a post to catch everyone up on what's been going on...

~My best friend Erin is moving to Germany on July 1st. It has been over 3 years since we have seen each other. She has a beautiful little boy Alex, who I haven't met yet. I guess I need to start planning my European adventures, cause I am going to have to go visit.

~ I am getting ready to go to California for a week. Family reunion time. I will be spending 4 days in Lundy. I'm so excited to go camping and to see all of my family. Some of them I haven't seen since before I left for Charlotte.

~ My newest obsession (the gym) is fabulous. I really love going...who would have thunk. And I'm a total rockstar too...16 lbs in 5 weeks. YAY me!

I think that is all...I feel like I should have more to say. Oh well...until next time

Just A Girl

This post is way over due but I tend to slack a little when it comes to this stuff...

SUE ME

On June 6th, SP and myself took a venture out to Verizon Wireless Ampitheather to check out the NO DOUBT concert. See I'm a California girl through and through, even if I do live in the south now and say "ya'll", so I had to see one of my favorite bands and support my Anaheim (I was born there) roots.

We had originally bought lawn seats, but after about 4 days straight of rain, I was a little worried that they were going to be more like mud seats. Upon entering the venue, we spoted a sign that said $10 seat upgrades. SCORE! We, of course, took advantage of that offer. Our seats were just to the right of the stage and way better than lawn seats.

The Sounds and Paramore were the opening bands. I had never heard of The Sounds before, but I enjoyed them. They reminded me of a 80's band. Paramore was very good. They are another one of my favorite bands. SP and I were taking bets on what song they would close with..."Decode" from the Twilight soundtrack was the winner. SP won that one.

NO DOUBT hit the stage with "Spiderwebs" and continued to rock out with their biggest hits. They put on an FABULOUS show. I wish I had half as much energy that Gwen has. They closed the set with "Sunday Morning" which is probably my favorite song by them. I had a blast and most definently spend the money to see them again.

My pictures are the greatest, but I thought I would share them anyways...


And of course the shameless self portrait