Monday, May 18, 2009

kenny chesney, vegas, newlyweds, and weddings

The highlight of my year, maybe my life (besides my husband and children) was seeing Kenny Chesney in concert. We tried to see him in concert almost 5 years ago in Spokane, Washington. But I was admitted into the hospital that very night and gave birth to Kaylee the next day. I've been a KC fan longer than I can remember. Five years go by and he hasn't once came to a town we were living in. Finally, my patience has paid off. Chris, Brian, Trisha, and I got tickets in the 15th row and they were awesome seats. But when I got up to get a beer during the opening acts a guy approached me and offered us tickets to the sandbar. Which is the area at the stage. I was literally right against the stage and looking up at him. It was the best concert I've been to so far and I doubt anything will top it. Lady Antebellum and Miranda Lambert were awesome as well.

Vegas... Chris is a lucky guy. He left this morning at 3am for Vegas. Its for work so thats the downside but he gets to go to vegas, sleep, eat, and play for free. I wish I could have gone with him. Neither of us have been so it would have been nice to experience it together. But I know he's in it to gamble and I am in it to watch shows and shop. Oh and eat the buffets. He does travel a lot and its getting harder to do since I know that time is minimal before he leaves in August. Its fairly easy to drop him off to work for his short TDY's but for some reason this time was hard. I cried when he left but I didn't let him see. I know he has a hard time leaving us so I didn't want to worry him.

So newlyweds... this story is a trip. I was watching Grey's Anatomy season finale and saw a preview for a show called Here Come The Newlyweds. To my surprise my cousin and her husband are on the show. It totally tripped me out because I've heard nothing of it. Her parents are coming to visit for Memorial Day Weekend and I called my dad to tell him about the show. He laughed and said he knew a long time ago. I guess while they were filming. I scoffed and said he should have told me because I would have hassled her earlier to see if they won. Haha.

Wedding and love is in the air and I am loving it. Dave and Tina are getting married this weekend. My cousin Katherine is getting married in November and I'm lucky to be a bridesmaid. I just wish I was closer to her so I could help her with anything she needed. But even more awesome, my best friend Christina just got engaged. They have been together for almost 10 years and it will be quite a change to call them husband and wife. I am so happy for her!

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

date night, girls night, pot holes, and fever

We spent last weekend in Memphis. Surprise surprise. Chris and I ended up having a date night on Friday which isn't typical but well needed. I love spending time with our friends and rarely pass on an opportunity to be with them but it is nice to be alone with my husband every now and again. Especially with August around the corner, we need more nights alone. Hopefully we'll be heading to St. Louis soon for a Cardinals game and a weekend away.

Saturday night was spent with some great girls. I went to Tina's bridal shower. I can't express how excited that her and Dave are getting married. I've been friends with David for more than a decade and its so nice to see him with such a great girl. I'm a sucker for weddings and love them. Even better, I'm not a bridesmaid or the bride. So I get to be stress free and watch two people say their vows then have myself a drink at the reception. Haha. Well after the shower Tina, Kellie, Trisha, and I took Tina to a bar for a couple of drinks. It was such a blast. I definitely can't get enough time with my girlfriends. I'm lucky to have such good ones. Just wish I could have seen a couple more girlfriends that I missed this weekend.

We left Sunday night and 10 minutes into our drive we hit a huge pot hole. We saw a couple cars pulled over afterwards with blown tires. We were concerned so we kept checking our tire pressure gauge. It would go down then go back up. We got home thankfully. But the rim was bent pretty bad and was causing a slow leak. We had to order a new rim and that was $400. Price gouging is ridiculous. I'm just glad we were all ok.

Sunday night was also the start of Ava's fever. That was the only symptom she had but she was pretty miserable. Last night was the worst. She got up to 104 degrees. I gave her Tylenol then put her in a luke warm bath. But because she was so hot the bath felt cold to her. She screamed and cried. I felt so bad. But I dried her off and put her into bed with me. Today she woke up like nothing happened. The fever broke and I guess she's all better. Only now my throat hurts... story of my life. haha.