My most favorite boys in the world!!!

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Last month I was able to see my most favorite band! I love them and they sure put on a great show! I never wanted it to end. I could have stood there all night listening to them!

Balloon Fest at Chatfield

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Unfortunately it was a little windy so they took the balloons down early before the lighting ceremony. But it was still fun!

Hawaii/2008 - Nikki Visits!!

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I'm so glad and so lucky that my mom and Nikki were able to come and visit me while I lived in Hawaii!! It gave me a nice 2 week vacation! Poor Nikki had quite the experience she will never forget with how it is to really live in Hawaii. We had some nasty critter visitors while she was in town. Yep, those damn caca-roaches! We had to sleep with lights on. I actually don't think she got any sleep while she was there. I could barely either, since I had the floor. I think Nikki wanted to sleep with her umbrella up over her thinking this would stop them from falling from the wall and ceiling to her oh so cozy spot on my half sized twin bed! I don't know what would be worse waking up to the noise of falling roaches plopping down on the umbrella or getting a foot massage from one of them crawling up your arm? YIKES!! Oh the joy of paradise! It's so good to be home again! I think we all still had a good time regardless! Thank you both so much for coming and visiting and making it a memorable experience!! Love you!!

April 2008 - Mom visits me in Hawaii

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Totally

Apparently I really like this word!?!?!

Trying to get caught up...

I have totally slacked off on this thing since I came home from Hawaii. Didn't think anything would be as exciting. If anything, I am kind of using this as a journal scrapbook thing. So if no one is reading it's totally okay! Well I am totally doing some catching up. I totally just remembered too I need to post pictures from when my mom and Nikki came to visit me in Hawaii right before I moved back home! More work still left to do! Here I go again!

Manitou Springs

Gary took the day off last friday and we headed south! We spent the day in Manitou Springs area. We had originally planned to take the railroad up Pikes Peak... but it was rainy and so cloudy that day. We did so many other things. Walked the town and played old fashioned arcade games. They had some 1, 5, and 10 cent arcades from the 50's I'm guessing. It was fun to see how they worked! We went to 7 falls, the cliff dwellings, and Garden of the Gods. It was a fun filled day. We were rained on most of the day but still had a good time. It's such a cute place and so much to do!!

Hiking at Cenitas above Boulder

My friend Jess and her sister invited me to go hiking in Boulder. Of course my first reply was YES! I love the mountains, love to hike, love the fresh air, and could totally take in some beautiful scenery! We left around 10am. I now know this is too late to start a hike in the middle of summer. We also couldn't find it right away, so we started later then we thought. We park the car and all I see are stairs up this mountain. Now I am thinking, "Holy Hell, what did I just get myself into??" I can't even remember the last time I worked out! We begin to hike or should I say stair step. I'm taking in my needed breaks and trying to control my breathing, all the while trying to enjoy the beautiful gosh darn big mountain I am trying to climb. We get up to a stopping point and take some pictures (shown here), when suddenly I begin to start feeling dizzy and light headed. I tell the girls to go on with out me and I will catch up. I just needed to sit and rest here for a minute and drink some more of my water. Suddenly... it came. I was sick all over the nasty place. Way to go Shandra for helping to beautify our earth! I don't know what came over me... but once it happened felt better and continued hiking as far as I could. I'm glad I'm not the only one that messed up that day. Thank goodness Jess slipped a tiny bit and fell. I wasn't the only one looking like a jackass!! I haven't been hiking since... I suppose I should get myself back up there again!

This was fun! I wasn't sure I would get into it... and by no means am I addicted or anything. But it was a good time watching the monster trucks totally demolish the little cars. Good times!

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