We Know Why God Loves Texas!!! (Part One)

I will start off with saying that I had the best vacation ever. Texas is amazing and the Rowles family are the coolest. I'm so glad that I got a chance to really get to know them. Of course I took a lot of pictures and I will post as many as I can and talk about them.

We left for Texas super early and arrived around noon to begin our ten-day stay with Alyssa and her family. I will just say that their house was always exciting and I loved it.

Jack really loved being with Carson. He needs more men in his life. If you can't tell this is a picture of Jack wearing a power ranger mask and Carson wearing a power ranger suit so who's the bad guy, your guess is as good as mine.

On the second day Alyssa took me to a Tastfully Simple event. I of course enjoyed myself and it gave me time to get to know Alyssa better. She is an amazing women. hopfully what I have learned from this event will help me to do my own party for her.
One of the resturants that we went to was called Mighty Fine Burgers and the of course were mighty fine. The burgers and fries were awesome but the best part for me was the hand washing machine. You stick your hands in this metal box and soap and water starts to spin around your hands it is so exciting. After you wash your hands you get a sticker that says "I HAVE CLEAN HANDS"

While in Texas we went on a double date to this pizza place called Pizza with a Jersey Attitude. It was so cool. They only had one size which made it easy. Not to the resturants fault two things happened there that I could have done with out. First I bit into a green olive and realized after my teeth were trobbing that they have pits, and sencond I tried anchoivies and let me tell you that they are absolutly disgusting. It tasted like I was eating a raw, salty fish. At least I won't ever have to try them again.

After dinner we went to the Domaine (probably spelled it wrong) It was fun to look at the shops and just spend some quite time with Alyssa and Chet. I really liked the decorations around the windows of a purse shop we passed but I spent so much time looking at them that I didn't catch the name of the store. This vacation I tried really hard not to buy to many things for myself so it was able for Jack to get the things that he wanted. During this particular outing Jack purcashed an MP3 player and he really enjoys it.

Chet and Alyssa also bought Chet and Carson matching t-shirts. They both looked adoreable.

After the shopping we went to this amazing dessert place called Viva Chocolato! They have so much chocolate and they also had gelato, which is what we all had.

I will end this blog here because I have been on blogger for an Hour and Half and my foot is alseep. Im not sure how many parts there will be but please stay tune. I will try not to drag it on too long.

A First

Jack and I made our first strawberry pie together today. It was a wonderful time and I got some pretty good pictures of Jack in his Superman Apron. He is so adorable. I tried to make the pie yesturday but I could get the pie crust to stick together, it was all crumbly. So today I got a store bought one that I just rolled out and we cooked and the strawberry sauce stuff. It was fun and Jack always adds his humor which is great. I love when Jack cooks with me. Thats all I have to say here are the pictures.

No Underdogs for me!!!

Jack and I found our fourth letterbox today! All the letterboxes seem to be in parks which gives us a chance to walk around nature and look at things. Well this time the letter box hunting lead us by swings. I love the swings I always have. I was swinging having fun when Jack tells me he going to give me an underdog. I said no it did not sound fun to me. Since Jack thought I would love it he did it any ways. I still didn't know what an underdog was and I was scared so as he is pushing me up I kind of sort of freaked out and I noticed that my butt wasn't on the seat so logically I just let go with my hands too. Then I proceded to land flat on butt with sand in all the wonderful places. I hurt my fingers so bad and I was embarrased. When I got home I forgot to take a picture of my battle wound so I drew it with paint shop. This is how bad my finger hurts..

OUR SUNFLOWER

So one of the gifts I recieved for my Birthday was sunflowers. On my Birthday Jack and I planted them right away (so they would have the same birthday as me of course). Jack took great care in picking out the seeds that looked the healthiest. Then we agreed that the growth process should take place outside because we have this cat who likes to eat flowers. She is a real scary cat. So the directions said that it could take about two weeks for growth but On the exact one week date our three oldest flowers sprouted and now Jack and I are the proud parents of Nine sprouts. thats right all the seeds we planted have started to grow. We will get back to you guys about the names. Just kidding. Although I can really tell that Jack is proud of his seed picking talent because he loves, watering and looking at the Sunflowers.

Letter Boxing

After looking for four different letter boxes I finally had success. I was beginning to think that it was me. Here is Jack and I's letterboxing stamp for all to enjoy

My Very Happy Birthday!!

tHE CELEBRATING FOR MY bIRTHDAY ACTUALLY STARTED THE sATURDAY BEFORE MY bIRTHDAY BECASUE MY BIRTHDAY FELL ON A mONDAY. oN sATURDAY jACK TOOK ME TO THE MALL AND LET ME PICK OUT AN OUTFIT THAT i COULD WEAR TO mIDEVIL tIMES THAT NIGHT. tHIS IS WHAT i PICK

pLEAS MAKE SURE TO ESPECAILLY NOTICE THE SHOES....iLL HELP YOU

jACK'S GIFT TO ME WAS AWESOME SINCE HE NEVER WANTS TO GO TO THE MALL, AND SPENDING 3 HOURS THERE IS JUST OUT OF THE QUESTION. hE DID SPEND MOST OF THE TIME PLAYING BRICK BREAKER ON THE PHONE AND i ONLY FOR GOT WHERE HE WAS ON TIME SO ALL WAS GOOD. aFTER SHOPPING WE WENT WITH TWO OF OUR FRIENDS TO mIDEVIL tIMES. tHE SHOW WAS PRETTY GOOD AND THE HORSES DID SOME PRETTY COOL TRICKS, BUT i WOULD DEFINITALLY HAVE TO RECOMMEND THE pIRATE DINNER SHOW OVER mIDEVIL tIMES. wE DID HAVE FUN AND i HAD NEVER EATEN "BABY DRAGON" BEFORE, IT TASTES A LOT LIKE CHICKEN!!!!

a QUICK NOTE ABOUT THIS SWORD THAT I BOUGHT FOR jACK THAT LIGHTS UP AND SPINS. iT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME VERY HUMORUOS MOMENTS SINCE WE HAVE BROUGHT IT HOME AND iM GOING TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO SHARE THEM.

fIRST jACK WAS WATCHING 300 FOR THE 300 TIME AND HAD BEEN WAVING HIS SWORD THE WHOLE TIME BUT IN THE FINAL PART OF THE MOVIE WHICH I HAVEN'T SEEN SO i CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT HAPPEN jACK DID THIS

sECOND jACK TRIED TO SAY THAT HE WAS A MAGICAN WITH HIS SWORD AND SAID THAT HE COULD GET A FAT CAT IN TO A LITTLE BOX. tHEY BOTH TRIED PRETTY HARD BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL

oK BACK TO MY BIRTHDAY.

oN MY bIRTHDAY mY mOM TRIED TO WAKE ME UP AT 6:15AM WHICH IS SUPPOSEDLY THE TIME i WAS BORN BUT i DON'T REMEMBER THAT SO i DIDN'T WAKE UP. jACK WOKE UP BEFORE i DID AND WENT AND GOT ME BREAKFAST WHICH IS BETTER THAN HIM ALONE IN THE KITCHEN. hE IS SO cUTE. hE BOUGHT ME cINI MINI'S FOR BURGER kING WHICH ARE MY ALL TIME FAVORITE, a BEAUTIFUL bLUSH ROSE AND pRINCESS bUBBLE gUM tOOTHPASTE. jACK KNOWS JUST HOW TO MAKE ME HAPPY.

mY MOM GOT ME TWO MORE wILLOW TREE FIGURES THEY WERE VERY cUTE.

jACK HAD WORK AND WE BOTH HAD SCHOOL SO THERE WEREN'T REALLY PLANS FOR ANYTHING THE NIGHT OF MY BIRTHDAY BUT i DID GET A CAKE

fOR ALL THAT WHAT TO KNOW WE ONLY HAD oNE TWO CANDLE SO i BLEW IT OUT TWICE. iT WAS AN AWESOME CINABON ICE CREAM CAKE. wELL THAT ABOUT RAPS IT UP.

Wonderful Day!!!

Today was a wonderful day! I don't have any pictures but I'll tell you about it anyways. Jack had today off so he course slept in. It was cool with me since I had reading to do for school. The book Im reading is Plain Song and it is not really interesting yet. So I read for a while then deciced to go to the gym. I had a good work out except for the part where my radio wouldn't tune to the television that I wanted to watch but I watched I love Lucy instead. Then I went over to Michael's the craft store and bought a stamp, ink and a little note pad to go letter boxing. We were not successful in finding a letter box today but I intend on going again tomorrow to look for another one. Even thought the letter box was not found Jack and I still had a wonderful walk in the Nature Center and it is also fun to just spend time with Jack. We also went to Mimi's Cafe for lunch and meet up with my friend who works there. Today was just an all around good day. Hope you all had a good day too.

A Day At Knott's !!

Thursday was a great day! We all went to Knott's Berry Farm and had a blast. We rode both the newest rides The Silver Bullet and Perilous Plung, which were both amazing. Jack and I ate great pizza and I got fitted for a coffin, yes that was creepy. We also rode this little train underground minning thing where I couldn't understand any of the jokes the driver was trying to tell. I got my face painted with little butterflies and glitter which of course I wiped on Jack.The Charlie Brown Hoedown was a funny experience which I understand was for the kids. Supereme scream was still fun, because you feel weightless for a second. The whole day was fun, just spending time with Janna, Dave and Ethan was fabulous. The weather was good and Ethan went hunting for gold. I of course could not end this blog without showing everybody how Jack choose to stick his butt out on the lower water fountain claiming the higher one was broken. It's still cute. Im so glad that Jack deicied to go with us it was just an all around wonderfulday. Plus in the morning I bought a new waffle maker and made waffles. When I opened the new waffle maker from its box there was a card inside. The card said to Amy as a shower gift. I found that to be quite funny.

Well i just dpent a half hour writing a blog with pictures and then it all got erased so i have nothing new. Im mad at blogging. Ill try again later.