29th Birthday

For my 29th birthday, I was showered with gifts from friends and coworkers. I also got a very special delivery of my favorite color of roses from someone special who's far away.

I love these flowers! They're gorgeous!

It wasn't an exciting 29th birthday, but it was just right. Thanks everyone!

Springfield, Illinois

Springfield, Illinois is home to Abraham Lincoln. I was really sick during our stay in Springfield, but I forced myself to go to the Lincoln's Presidential Museum before we left. It was well worth it, even though we weren't allowed many pictures inside.

If you've been living under a rock the last couple of months, Twilight the movie was released last week. It's an amazing book by Stephanie Meyer that has now been made into a major motion picture. Greg and I went to the midnight premiere of it:

The movie wasn't as great as the book, but it was great to see with a full movie theatre!

Let's take a hot minute for. . . .

PANIC!!!!!

That's right folks, I'm having a bit of a panic attack. Nothing too crazy, but I am turning 29 exactly one week from today.

Reliving My Childhood

Last week we were in the middle of Iowa in a small town called Ottumwa. There was nothing to do there, so some of the girls and I rented a car and drove 4 hours to Kansas City to see the New Kids on the Block concert! It was AMAZING!!! I totally felt like I was 11!

I tried to take pictures and video, they are not the best, but it will keep the memories alive!

Little Rock, Arkansas

We spent a week in Little Rock, Arkansas. Here's a few pictures from around the downtown area.
Ooooh, pretty, the leaves are changing there!

There's Shioko, she's jaywalking!

William Jefferson Clinton Presidental Center

Inside

Replica of Clinton's Oval Office.

Here are some cute houses that I saw downtown.

Annual Halloween Party

We had our annual Halloween party on October 29th. Lots of people dressed up, which was amazing! I really wasn't feeling Halloween this year, so I just gathered up some things from my closet and went as a Goth cutie. Lame I know! But I really wasn't feeling it. Don't worry Mom, all those tattoos are fake. Funny little rub-ons for kiddies.
Tracy went as Judy Jetson. Sallie went as Kuromi, who is best friends with My Melody.

Rich went as a Blue Man, Karen went as some sort of queen.

Kevin went as the Green Arrow. I've never heard of him, but apparently he's a comic book super hero.

Jessi went as Jessie the cowgirl from Toy Story 2. Adrien went as Bobble the Tinker fairy from the new Tinkerbell movie.

Randy goes as a Ghostbuster, and Amy from FCP is a waitress.

Greg goes as Christian Siriano from Project Runway. It's "Fierce!" In the background, Mark wore a bed sheet as a toga.

Shioko dresses in Jason (her boyfriend) clothes and goes as him.

Shawn (left) and Dennis (right) go as sexy gay boy angels. Isaac (in the middle) goes as Beast from the X-men.

Krista (posing with Sallie) goes as Tree 2 from the show.

The crew guys have some interesting costumes. Jarred (far left) is Kurt Cobain, Dave (center) is a mop from the Swiffer commercials "Baby Come Back," and Shawn Carmen (left) is a really ugly woman.