Home again, home again jiggity jig!

As previously mentioned....May was my month of travels. After Atlanda and San Diego, I went home for Memorial Day weekend to go camping with my family!

I miss my family so much. They honestly are my favorite people in this entire world.

I was able to get together with some old friends for a few hours the night before we left. It was good to see them. I don't get home much so it's nice to see some familiar faces. So much has changed since high school, it's interesting to see who is still around.


Rebecca, Alicia, Me and Rebecca's Baby Audrey.


Me and Shane.



Audrey, Rebecca, Me, Alicia and Michelle.


Friends Forever.



The drive up to camping was...interesting. Tanner has decided he likes country music, so I was stuck listening to that the whole way up!


Beautiful Mt. Hood


Ha...my sweet outfit. Everyone was embarrassed by me, but it wasn't worse then Tanners!


Wow.



Me and my dad.

Brody...and Heather in the background.

Me & Brody

Me & Tanner aka Chip

Me & Ty.

We had fun with the guns.

Gangsta.

AR-15.

Dad and Brody goin for a ride.

My mom's dog loved the Quads...and this is a picture of my manly dad giving the dog a ride.

haha.

Then my camera died...so that's all the pictures I could get. I love my family!

Stay Classy San Diego

Well, I'm not very swift on updating my blog lately- but here's what's been going on.

May was my month of travels! First Atlanta and then we went to San Diego/La Jolla.

It's always bittersweet when I go to California. I always have the time of my life there, but always get depressed when I have to leave. Mark my words...I will move there someday.

My favorite part about road trips are the random stops along the way. We stopped in Dateland and purchased these awesome headbands.

If you've ever seen the movie Semi-Pro....haha.

Our view from our hotel! Beautiful.

Our first night there we got ready really fast so we could go get some food! We drove around La Jolla cove for a while and found a place called Jose's. It was so fun and they played fun 80's music.

I was weirdly obsessed with this mirror.

The whole purpose of going to San Diego was to watch the Men's Footy tournament. The guys are so fun to watch. A bunch of our players got really beat up- broken ribs and collar bones, etc. The guys get brutal..it's awesome.

After we watched the boys footy games we headed of to the beach. I LOVE the beach!

Rebecca, me and Sophia.

We just wanted a picture with our feet in the water....then a tsunami wave decided to sneak up on us. Brrr.

Again with the mirror...

This was our second night out and we met up with the men's footy team and hung out with them.

Our last day we decided to go kayaking. Such a great decision.

Me & Sophia.

Before Kayaking!

We went through these caves. It was awesome.

Side note: When kayaking, make sure you have a partner who knows their right from left and can actually paddle or else you will go in circles and bump into everyone else and run into cave walls. Next time, I will be kayaking alone.

Were those helmets really necessary?

I loved kayaking so much.

Not sure if you can see this but there are some seals on that rock that are gettin' busy. It was kind of awkward....but I couldn't help but snap a pic!

On the drive home we were getting pretty sleepy so we decided to get off track and find a Wal-Mart or something so we could buy Queen's greatest hits to sing and keep us awake. The navigation took us about 10 miles off the freeway...we were 15 miles from Mexico when we finally found the Wal-Mart. We purchased the greatest cd of all time and stopped to try on these beautiful outfits.

We both fit into one!

I love traveling and I love it even more when you have good company.

Proud of Momma!

I don't know if all of you are aware, but my mother has been very busy lately! She has a killer sense of decorating (as you should know!) and she finally put that to good use. She has started a time worn collectibles business with her friend, Kat, called- Duchess.

Their first show was in December and ever since then they have been invited to many shows around the Pacific North West to show their stuff. This weekend they are in Spokane at the biggest show to grace the PNW- Farm Chicks!



Map of all the vendors.
I wish I could be there so bad!

I'm very proud of my mom & Kat. They have worked very hard for this and deserve every bit of greatness that comes from their endeavors.

Good luck Mom!!

P.S- Their homework this weekend is to get me some good pictures of their booth so I can build up their blog. The next big show is July 18th in Battle Ground...so mark your calendars. More info to come!

Great Southern Footy Tournament

I just posted about my new sport of choice, Footy. It's not a very popular sport yet, but it's popular enough to travel! This last weekend we went to Atlanta, Georgia for a big Footy tournament! There were teams from Arizona (we had a few players come in from Denver and Maryland to join us as well), Milwaukee, New York and of course Atlanta.

I had a GREAT time on my trip.
We played a lot of Footy.
We went to a Braves baseball game.
We went to Six Flags!
I got to cross another state off my list of 50 to visit!

Enjoy these pics from my trip!




ca work together.
We went to a Braves game as soon as we arrived in ATL!




The girl in the middle is on the USA team
and is going to Australia this summer!


Before - clean.


After- Dirty


The Lady Hawks!


Girls play footy too!





The Great Southern Footy Challenge!!!

Footy!!

So, a few months ago a friend of mine at work sent out an email and asked some girls if they wanted to play a sport called "footy". I had no idea what it was, but I was searching for an extra-curricular activity to keep me busy and maybe waste some of my infinite supply of energy. The first night of practice I went with 2 other girls with the intent to just "watch" and see how it was played. The coach convinced us to play and now I'm hooked!

Here is the gist of the sport:

• Australian Rules Football (also "Aussie Rules" or "footy") is a physical contact sport. It is a form of football with roots traceable from early forms of Rugby and Gaelic football, but it is uniquely Australian. Its rules were codified in 1858, and probably predate all other modern forms of football.
• The primary aim of the game is to score goals by kicking the ball between the middle two posts of the opposing goal. The winner is the team who has the higher total score at the end of the fourth quarter.
• Players may use any part of their body to advance the ball. The primary methods are kicking, handballing and running with the ball. There are restrictions on how the ball can be handled, for example, players running with the ball must intermittently bounce or touch it on the ground (at least once every 15 meters), throwing the ball is not allowed and players must not get caught holding the ball.
• Australian rules is a contact sport in which players can tackle using their hands or use their whole body to obstruct opponents.

It can be a pretty aggressive/brutal game. I've had jammed fingers, scratched up knees and a bunch of bruises, but it's well worth it! It looks like of chaotic when you're watching it because there are lots of random rules.

Here are some pics from a recent game:

This is me about to get tackled.