A Lovely Sunday

Last Sunday our little family walked down to the park in our neighborhood for a fun afternoon!  The weather was glorious (especially in the shade), Copper was one happy dog, and Haven looked too cute in her first successful hat experience.  Here's some pics of our lovely afternoon!

Rockstar Birthday...Seriously.

Ok... I have to contain my excitement when writing this post.  B/c it is seriously overwhelming.  I was 20 feet from my rockstar crush, Bret Michaels, last weekend!!!!  Judge me all you want, I am giddy for this old, dirty, fake-haired?, not-the-best-singer, rockstar.  To me, he is sexy, silly, charitable, and a nice guy.  I only know a handful of his songs so most of my love for him comes from his several reality show appearances.  He was a hilarious skank on Rock of Love and I ate. it. up.  He was a hard-working, funny, creative, nice guy on Celebrity Apprentice and I love that he won that show, deservedly so.  He was so real on Life As I Know It and I loved watching him be a dad to his 2 little girls.  I am a little obsessed with Bret and not ashamed to tell the world!  Haha!  And just so we're clear... not so much obsessed with this Bret...

But definitely obsessed with this Bret...

Which now that I think about it... he has similar features and coloring as this guy... go figure!

Ok, let's get back on track here.  My AWESOME sister surprised me with tickets to Bret's show at the casino in Shawnee.  It was perfect b/c the show was just 4 days before my birthday!  What a wonderful birthday surprise! 

So of course I had to dress the part... push-up bra, sequins, smokey eyes, and all!  Haven, this is one time you will do as I say and not as I do.  Ha!  Wish I would have completed the look with some heels b/c dang, I'm short!  I actually stood on my chair a few times to get a better look at my man!

The show was awesome.  The crowd was...interesting.  Bret was oozing deliciousness.  Did I just write that?  Gosh, I love him.  It's bad.  My sister and I laughed at some things he said, laughed at some characters around us, danced to songs we didn't know, screamed the words to ones we did know, and I drooled... pretty much the whole time.  Check him out!

Brace yourself... the cowboy hat adds a whole 'nother level of HOT.  (You are allowed to think I am crazy.)

Blurry... but harmonica playing is also hot to me.  Weird?

So seriously, best birthday present ever.  Nothin' but a good time... pun intended.  The only thing lacking was a smooch from Bret.  Yes, I would have pecked him on the mouth and this was authorized by my husband.  But the meet and greet was $200!  All the proceeds went to the American Diabetes Association... again, love him.  Man, if only I had the money.  Kinda wishing I would have asked if they take credit cards.  Ha!  Oh well.  Still an absolutely glorious evening with my rockstar crush and fabulous, thoughtful sister. 

But wait!  The night isn't over.  We get in the car and the radio was on a Tulsa station... what is playing?  Every Rose Has Its Thorn!  Are you kidding me?!  We totally jammed on the way home.  Then we get back to my sister's house and decide to do some concert reenactments.

My sister's scary rock face...

Action shot of how I caught myself dancing at the concert... I am clearly a unique Bret fan...

Then came the end-of-song-jump that Bret would do almost every song.  Gotta love self-timer jumping pics and our several tries at a good one...

Pretty sweet right?  Lol.  Another tid-bit of information from the concert... Bret kept thanking us for supporting him in his 25 years in the music business.  I turned 26 on Wednesday.  This would be like Haven loving Justin Bieber when she is 26.  Comical.  Also of note... this was my first over-night stay away from Haven.  Daddy did fine, Haven did fine, and I got a better night's sleep than I have in a while.  Ha!  To recap, my sister is AWESOME, Bret is HOT, and I am HAPPY.  Happy Birthday to ME!





Life Is Good in LA

Life is good!  We had such a wonderful week with Gammie, Bozzy, Aunt Rissa, Nathan, and Uncle Spencer.  I just love when we get to stay at their house.  Not that I need a break because I love all of my motherly responsibilities, but I was happy to do some relaxing while Gammie took over bath time, some meals, some naps, and a couple middle of the night snuggles!  And I think Haven was in hog-heaven always having someone to play with!  We had an absolutely fabulous trip!  On the way back, we stopped in with Gran & Granpa in Bossier City.  I also LOVE that we have family at 2 different half-way points!  Makes the trip that much easier!  I unfortunately didn't take any pictures while we were there, but we so enjoyed the (too) short visit.  Here's more pics from the rest of our trip!

Spot the creeper...

Show us those teeth girl!...

Sweet kisses from Nathan...

One of many open mouth kisses for Aunt Rissa...

Bozzy's gonna get your toes!...

We must have brought the OK wind to LA... the patio umbrella ended up on the roof one day!

My dad, the volleyball referee!  He does several sports and I wanted to see him in action!

Love these girls SO much...

What a great visit!  I love Spring Break!

Picnic in the park!

Haven got to enjoy her 1st picnic while we were in LA... complete with an alligator!  See if you can spot it amongst the cuteness... I'm not kidding...