Boot Scootin'....

....BOOGIE!

Brooks & Dunn came to the Shoreline Amphitheater last weekend on their Last Rodeo Tour. Ken had mentioned to me months ago that he really wanted to go. So I started making calls and got 12 of our friends together...and we boogied all night to country. It was so much fun!

Ken's co-worker has a car that they spray paint often (don't ask me why)...and they found this to be the perfect occasion to paint the hood. They painted it with the 'look-a-like' cover of Brooks & Dunn's greatest hits album. It was a HIT when we got the stadium. Everyone was loving it!

The painted car..pretty good for 20 minutes!

We were stuck in traffic for an 1 1/2 hours, waiting to park. So I found it the perfect opportunity to snap some lovely pictures.

Me, Ronnie & Bobby

Jarrett & Ashley (She just had her last day of Law School this week! Go Ashley!)

Ken & I

After a long time stuck in traffic, we finally made it. It was a great concert & it was fun to see Ken having such a good time with everyone.

Brooks & Dunn

Ken & I part 1

Ken & I part 2!

...I only wish my awesome sister would have been able to make it. (She was camping with Shawn) That would have made the concert even better!

...A video for all of those Brooks & Dunn fans..."My Maria"!

YEEHAW!

Tahoe Trip

We went to Lake Tahoe this last weekend for a short getaway to South Shore. It was so much fun to spend time with my family and the boys. We stayed in a great condo right next to the Casinos. Here are some pictures of our little trip...

The boys had to start the fire...very involved.

They also played online poker getting ready for the casinos

The girls did lots of reading (Well mainly my Mom and Sister, I don't read too much LOL)

We met Guy from 'Minute To Win It.' He told us he needed some girls like us on his show, totally made our night :)

We danced

and had a great time.

I was so happy to spend the weekend with my favorite people. Ken, Natalie & Shawn won lots of money in craps, while I won $50.00 on my favorite slot machine 'Wheel of Fortune'! I tend to stay away from craps because the crowd around the table makes me a little nervous. It was a great way to start my spring break.

One of my best friends Ian is back from the Navy. He is stationed in Japan and is back for a whole month. I have been hanging out with him a lot lately. (I will post a better picture of him smiling when I get one; he looks ridiculous, I know!)

Ian and I

School starts back up for me next week. I am going to enjoy this weekend and rest a lot. I am getting excited for my summer!

Happy April :)

Catching Up

I have not blogged in a while, so I am going to do some catching up with this one! This is going to be long...!!

Since it is winter time we are L-O-V-I-N-G this snowy weather. About a month ago Ken & I went up to Sugar Bowl for a weekend of skiing with friends. It was fun (besides the ride up which took us 7.5 hours, really bad traffic!)...

Ken's truck had a hard time starting up in the cold weather...

We had to use bins to put our luggage in since it was so rainy & snowy...

We even ventured out into the snow to grab a picture...

I got to hang out with Ken's sister Ashley while the boys dug sledding tunnels...

My Nana had two heart attacks, so my Aunts came out to help care for her. It was nice to see them & my Nana is doing well in her recovery.From left to right: My Aunt Ali (From Kansas), My Aunt Susan (Nevada City) & My beautiful Mom...

We have been able to spend some nights out with our friends playing pool, shuffle board, and ping pong...

Ken and I

For Valentine's day, Ken and I went out the Thursday before to celebrate (since we would be out of town..see below). We went to a really fancy dinner at Bridges in Danville. We had such a great time!

Before Bridges...

For President's day weekend we went up to Tahoe. We skied four days at Heavenly. I have never skied at Heavenly before and it is a beautiful resort. The views are amazing.

We got to stay in a cute condo...

That was super close to the lift...

It was GREAT weather for skiing...true Spring skiing!

We had to stop for this picture!

I am back to working three days a week & I am in school two days a week. I am hoping this is my last semester of pre-requisites for nursing school. Fingers crossed!

Happy 2010 everyone, hope you year is filled with happiness & joy! :)

Happy Birthday Dad!

Yesterday was my Dad's Birthday...The big 5-3! hehe...Anyways this was a special birthday because the girls we were supposed to be in Kansas visiting my Mom's family for a week or so. But due to bad weather we stayed in California. So we were so excited to get to spend my Dad's birthday with him! We got him a police scanner, I have an application on my phone called 'Emergency Radio' and he always takes my phone to listen to all of the police activity in the area (sooo funny!). So his very own REAL police scanner was the perfect gift for him. He uses it all the time!

On his birthday, I dragged him to Best Buy with me, because I wanted to buy a flat screen for my room (a reward for FINALLY cleaning it). Turns out I didn't leave with a TV, my Dad decided to get himself a huge 58" plasma for my parents bedroom! Looks like I will have to venture back to Best Buy and try again soon...


We made pizza's and lounged around all day, it was super fun.

Happy Birthday!

My Mom is off of work for the entire week, so my parents have been having the best time spending time together. In fact, they started the show '24'. They have all seasons on DVD and keep trying to talk me into watching it with them...we will see! (see above for '24' watching evidence..i.e. COUCH! ^^^^^)

Together 25 years & happy as could be, I love them!

My Family

Happy Birthday Dad!

SNOW in Danville?

Well, it wasn't really that much snow...but it was snow!

I woke up this morning to SNOW outside of my house. This is a happy day, except for the mess my Dad has to clean up. Check it out below.

The view down my street, snow on the roofs!

Our front yard, LOOK at the tree branch that fell to the right

I hope it snows more so we can sled on Mt. Diablo. (wishful thinking)

It is officially winter!

Fall - OVERLOAD!

I went over to Ken's house this afternoon to watch some DVDs. When I walked into his living room and looked out the window, I saw leaves EVERYWHERE in his backyard. I started laughing so hard, because it looks like they have never cleaned their backyard...EVER. But the truth is, it looked spotless last week. I guess the rain and changed of weather caused this. Check out the pictures below...haha...

Can you believe THIS?? (that is a pool underneath all of those leaves!)...(don't worry the pool has a cover over it!)

Guess we won't be using the fire-pit anytime soon...haha

WOW! (that big tree to the left is the main culprit!)

It is going to take a LONG time to clean up all of those leaves!

Fall Decorations

My Mom loves to decorate for special occasions & holidays. Since it is Fall, she has made our house beautiful, with Fall themed decorations. Here are some of them..

Our front porch area (cute little hay & pumpkins!)

On our kitchen breakfast bar

In our kitchen, the window above the kitchen sink

EVEN on top of our family room TV, little pumpkins lined on top!

(I think this is my favorite: on our living-room table in front of the couch) How pretty!

On our dining room table, pine cones & candles

And our dining room table, what a cute table runner!

Oh...these decorations bring me such joy! I love walking through my house during Fall, it is so festive. Thank Mom for making a beautiful house to live in!

You all are going to LOVE my Christmas decoration blog!