Vacation Hurricane

We're finally here at the beach and checked into our condo. But, for the next few days we will be spending our time inside because there is a hurricane headed our way! This is somewhat exciting, but also a little scary for people who have lived in Colorado all our lives and dont really know how to handle this kind of weather!

According to the news, Hurricane Dolly will be hitting South Texas a little after midnight tonight but will be hitting a town pretty far south from us called Brownsville. We will get some intense rain/thunderstorms and wind here tomorrow and the following few days but it should be gone by Friday.

As of now though, we're just sitting here waiting and watching. In some ways it will be kind of interesting to watch the major changes in the weather since I've never seen or been around weather like this! Could be interesting! I'll keep this updated!

Best Friends

My best friend and I met when we were three years old. I was with my friend Matt at the time riding my big wheel when I saw her down the street and she was also on a big wheel. Matt and I decided to go down the street to meet this girl, but every time we got close she would run up her driveway and hide. She'd peek out, but always run and hide. After a few times Matt and I got bored and went home. Soon after Brooke's mom was knocking on our door wanting to meet us because Brooke had said there were kids down the street. We've been friends ever since and that was seventeen years ago.
(I'm on the left on my bigwheel and Brooke is on the left.)

We both lived a few houses down from each other and we walked to and from school together everyday all throughout elementary school. I went with her every summer to Taylor Reservoir to go camping since I was in second grade. We loved going camping and even created our special spot. We came across this tree with some strange disease and has been known as the "butt tree." Here's two pics from when we were little to when we went back at about fourteen/fifteen.
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Every Christmas morning after opening presents we would call each other to tell one another what all we got and then meet up as soon as we could to play. We each became apart of each other's family.

When I was thirteen I was invited to go with her and her family to Texas where her family is from. I begged and begged my Dad for a week to let me go on this trip and he finally gave me the okay. Since then I've been going with her family to the beach every year. It's tradition!

When we were sixteen she was invited with my family to spend Thanksgiving in Cancun Mexico. We had so much fun that year! It was another fantastic memory to add to our list. While we were there we snorkled, did excursions, went in underground caves, found a starfish, and of course ate the best Mexican food ever! We even snuck into a club with my family and were there with my family and parents until 2am! It was a blast.


Brooke later moved from our hometown to good ol Denver when we were in our teens. That was one of the hardest things for the both of us. But we've done a great job and scheduling trips to see each other. It was only a five hour trip. But then we each got older and soon Brooke went off to college and is now eighteen hours away! Still, we have managed to remain best friends.


Brooke and I have shared so many things and memories with each other we're close enough to be sisters. She is the one person who has been around me since I was very small and she knows me so well. The same thing goes for my side. We have our differences, thats for sure, but in the end we remain as close as ever.

Vacation is Coming Up!

In a week I will be heading to Denver to start my long trip to South Padre Island Texas with my best friend and some of her family.

Normally we stay for a week but this time we're staying for ten days! And I am so ready for this vacation! I'm ready to not care what time I go to bed or wake up in the morning. Or not having to get ready in the morning! All I'll have to do is throw on my swimsuit and spend my day by the pool or on the beach lying in the sun. :)

And isn't it true that time flies when you're having fun? I'll definitely be having a blast, meaning that two whole weeks will FLY by and the closer it'll put me to seeing Paul. These next few weeks will be so much fun and I'm so excited!

We stay at this resort called Port Royal that is amazing! And such a family place too. It has four pools that are all connected by waterfalls, two swim-up bars that serve awesome hamburgers, and a long boardwalk that meets right up with the white sandy beach!



The small town also has an amazing Jetti not too far from out resort. I had never heard of a jetti until I started going on this trip, but they are pretty cool. They're basically just a very long, wide rock sidewalk that goes out into the ocean. Last year we all got up really early before the sun came up and walked to the end to watch the sun rise. Brooke and I complained about being up so early but it was so worth it. We watched the sun rise and got to the end and sat down to rest and this huge huge cargo ship was just leaving. So we were watching this humongous boat leave and there at the front of the ship were about four dolphins jumping! And of course none of us had our cameras, but they stayed right at the end of the jetty even after the ship left! They just swam around coming up every once in awhile and playing with each other. Oh they were so awesome to watch. I think we'll do that again this year, but WITH our cameras!



There are also some very good restaurants down the highway that we make a point to go to. One is called Virginia's and the actual dining room is on the water right where the boats dock. Another favorite is The Pelican's Landing, or a new one we tried just last year called The Big Kahuna. I'm not a seafood person, so I stick to the land food side of the menu. :) But each of those restaurants have awesome food!


I have been going with my best friend Brooke and her family for five or six years now and we can't stay away! It's become a tradition that's for sure! But a good one, because it gives us time to catch up since we're both getting older and we each have our own lives. We've been on a bunch of family trips in the past and we always have a ball. She went with us one time to Cancun Mexico for Thanksgiving and we were both just 16....oh yeah that was fun. We have some great memories from all our trips, and we always add new ones each year.

Sounds Good To Me!

What the Beach Test Says About You

You like people, but you're careful about who you get close to. Friendship is important to you... so important that you aren't just friends with anyone. You fall in love with ease and confidence. Even if you've had bad experiences in the past, each new love is a reason to start completely over. You are deeply passionate about several things in your life. You're not passionate about much... and the few passions you have are truly obsessions. Your sense of humor is very physical. Your facial expressions or spot on imitations of people are hilarious.

http://www.blogthings.com/thebeachtest/">The Beach Test

My Plant

This....is my plant. I just got it yesterday evening. I was over at my sister's, I saw it, felt bad for it, and so here it is at my house. I'm really not a green thumb type of person, but I figured I'd give it a shot. Let's pray to God I don't kill it, because at this point if I kill it I will be so upset and even more depressed!





I brought it home and it sits on a little end table at the end of my couch by the window where it can get some sunlight. It just looked so sad and lonely at my sister's, so we'll see if he's happier looking out the window.





The only other plants I've had were ones that looked like small palm trees at my dad's house, but he always watered them for me. So they always were full, green, and lush. Hopefully I can make this little plant look a little better. It kind of reminds me of the Charlie Brown Christmas tree! Dont you think?!


Well we'll give it a shot, and see how it turns out. Once again...lets pray it doesn't poop out on me!

What I've Always Wanted to Tell You

Tonight when I was getting re-settled into my room from being gone all weekend I came across this book. It's a book I bought about a year ago for Paul and I and it's called Couples: A Record Book About Us! It's just something cute and fun to do together. When we sat down to fill it all in we came across a part that was titled, "Things I've always Wanted to Tell You." We decided to each come up with a page telling each other this. I was nervous, but Paul wasn't at all.

So back to my original story...I came across this book tonight and skimmed through it laughing of things we wrote down and I flipped to the page of "Thing I've Always Wanted to Tell You." I had totally forgotten about this! Our dropped a yellow piece of paper with his writing on it saying this:

"I have always told you that I love you and that you're the prettiest girl I've ever known. I should have always told you that you are the air in my every breath an the reason for my every thought and that you're more beautiful than any sunrise. I should have told you that when I look into your eyes, I see everything I've ever wanted and the only thing I'll ever want again. I see the reason to be everything I can. I see the best thing that has ever happened to me and a lifetime of oppurtunity to be even happier than I am now...."

Am I not the luckiest girl alive?! Stumbling across this right after hearing his voice on the phone just made me smile so big. He is a keeper, that's for sure. I dont want to be too sappy around here so I cut the end off ,but I just had to share my happiness!

Because

Because your nose wrinkles when you laugh,

Because your face laughs when your heart smiles,

Because your eyes light up in the sun

And talk even when your lips do not.

Because your ears listen to more that what is spoken,

And your eyes see more than what is shown,

Because you speak before spoken to,

And care without meaning to.

Because your head tells you what you need to do,

But your heart tells you what you ought to do,

And because you always listen to your heart first.

Because you look your best just for me,

Because to me, you always look your best,

And because for this one, you're the only one,

Is the reason I love you.

Paul wrote this for me last fall and had snuck it in my school binder for me to find later. :)