one love. <3

Monday, April 28, 2008

~Diamond Ball ~

Our friend's dad works for a company that bought these tickets for a fundraising event called the Diamond Ball. The tickets were like $250 a piece and he gave 4 of them to Sara, Andres, Brandon and I! It was this fancy dinner, auctions (for charity), and funny James Bond stuff because that was the theme. There was actually a James Bond walking around with his women. They also gave out a diamond at the end. We didnt win :-( But it was a fun night! This was actually back in March..Im a little behind on our postings!

before we left

the gold james bond lady! she was like a statue but moved slowly every now and then

my auction card..this is how i purchased my $10,000 trip to europe! pssh yah right

brandon doing some bidding ;-p

we got monopoly money to play the casino. i was too chicken to play so i cheered for brandon!

us in the silent auction room

playing with dice at our table

part of out dessert was these awesome white chocolate guns that said 007 or something!

All of us!

Friday, April 4, 2008

Spring Break

So for Spring Break, Brandon and I went to Sedona with our friends Sara and Andres. Andres' parents have a time-share there so it was a pretty sweet hookup! On the way there we stopped at Montezuma's Castle. It was pretty cool but there isnt really much to see there execpt the 2 castles in the rock. Its worth it though because you always drive past the sign on the way up north and you've just gotta see it atleast once in your life! Next, we stopped at the Church on the Rock. Its exactly what its called.. a church in a rock! Pretty neat!

Then we went shopping around the touristy areas. We bought some prickly pear candy. mm! Haha. Then the next day we went hiking and found some vortex areas. Ok I looked up what exactly a vortex is so here you go...."they are believed to be spiritual locations where the energy is right to facilitate prayer, mediation and healing. Vortex sites are believed to be locations having energy flow that exists on multiple dimensions. The energy of the vortexes interacts with a person’s inner self." We didnt really feel much there other than the fact that being on the rocks is really pretty and peaceful. Maybe thats what they're getting at? :-p Then we stopped at slide rock and rested a bit. That was pretty much it, just a relaxing few days.

Montezuma's Castle

Sara going off the path!

Driving into Sedona..Bell Rock

lady with child rock

cool horse statue!

Infront of the Snoopy rock, its on the right next to the big one and he is laying on his back. See it?!

cool picture from hiking

looks like a spaceship!

hiking near Bell Rock

Sara and Andres

on top of the spaceship rock..we're flyin into space! this is supposed to be a "vortex" spot too :-p

near slide rock

slide rock! too cold to swim

the only GREEN McDonalds archs in the world!!

Sunday, January 20, 2008

quick trip to flagstaff

i wish i could say i made this, but really its a snow covered rock!

looking for a place to stop

the shopping carts at walmart! haa!

the wii

Brandon got me a wii for Christmas and its been a lot of fun. Well.. except for when I was playing him in boxing and they we started wrestling and I burst a vein in my right leg. It hurt sooo bad! I wish I took a picture of it to show you, but it was all colorful and bruised and I couldn't walk on it for a week. Its better now and Im getting an ultrasound at the docs soon. I might have some kind of procedure on it so the vei isnt a pain my whole life. Look what video games can do it you! Geeez. Well anyways, we played wii a lot over the break with my grandparents and my mom and dad. I took few pics of them because it was too funny :-)

Karli and Austin

My brother and I had some pics taken (by Brandon) to give to my parents and relatives for Christmas. We probably havent had a pic since we were little so it was fun..thought Id post this since most of you haven't seen or met him :-) thnx to Brandon for the good picture taking skills! :-)