L.A. Trip!!

Here are just a few of many(Many as in 150) photos from the trip to LA with my cousin's. It was a lot of fun in a few short days! Thanks to Rae and Tony once again for being our chauffeurs and showing us around the town, we couldn't have done it without you. It was nice to finally meet you Rae!! We did all of the tourist things, walk of fame, HOLLYWOOD sign, Grauman's Chinese theatre, and the beaches (Santa Monica and Manhattan) We drove Tony's car, Thanks again Tony, with the help of the Garmin navigator guy Daniel. We went to a GREAT restaurant Asia De Cuba and a fun bar in Santa Monica for St. Patrick's day, with a stop at a brewery in Manhattan beach to have a green beer and get a glass for Zak's collection.I forgot we went to Pasadena and ate at
a really cool Mexican place and visited the rotating bar in our hotel, with a souvenir mug to go with it!

Steph and I at the theatre!


Look what I found....actually I think Steph did!


Cool view of Kodak theatre area and HOLLYWOOD sign in the back


Me and Mickey Mouse's star, I heart him!!


All dressed up for our dinner!


Sunset Blvd at Sunset, SO pretty. The restaurant that we ate dinner at was on Sunset, it was inside the Mondrian Hotel. It was a really awesome atmosphere inside with a lot of white on white and of course I don't have any photos. Really cool we heard Kate Walsh was there....well there last week not when we were:)http://www.mondrianhotel.com/mondrian_hotel_asiadecuba.asp


Fred's Mexican in Pasadena

These are some pictures from Santa Monica Beach, it looks really pretty all though it was REALLY cold, Steph braved it without her jacket and as you can see it was windy. Also I picture of the beach from the pier.



Okay here are a few pictures from St Patrick's Day, Tony took us to a fantastic Sushi place for lunch and then mochi balls for dessert or Pinkberry for Jess but, most part of the day was spent at Manhattan Beach and back in Santa Monica for the party. I had been looking for a brewery the entire time we were there so that I could drink a beer and get a class for Zak's pint glass collection (which we are going to have to build an addition onto our house for :))Finally I found one while Jess was shopping! Stephanie and I drove from Manhattan beach to Santa Monica to go to O'Brien's Irish pup, well Tony or Rae had put the address into the Garmin so that we would be able to find it, we followed it paid the valet guy 10 bucks and then paid the guy at the front door $20, which I said was weird because Rae said it was only ten. We get in the bar and Rae is NOWHERE to be found, after a phone call we discover we were at the wrong O'Brien's Pup....we finally found the right place and all was settled over a frosty beverage, or two!


O'Brien's,the one on Main Street that is ;)


Famous guy we met at O'Brien's, seriously Google him Brad Horne

It was so much fun and we are already starting to plan our next girl trip we are thinking New York or maybe Vegas, I think everyone should definitely make a trip to Colorado for sure! Thanks again to Tony and Rae. Of course thanks to Jessica and Stephanie for making my first girls trip a blast! Hope to see you again soon!

There are so many more pictures if you want to see leave me a comment and I can email you the link to them!

Birthday Weekend!!!

All I can say is this was a very eventful weekend/birthday! Matt and Sandra came to town for the celebration on Thursday night and that kicked off the events! I will just start by saying 25 has been a little hard for me to swallow, so thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate you really pushed a lot of thoughts out of my mind!
Friday started with breakfast, minus Zak, a little shopping and then Sandra colored my hair! Looks awesome, as you will be able to tell from pictures, Thanks Sandra!! We then decided to do a little Brewery Tour and I was going to take some pictures but forgot my battery to camera. After the New Belgium and Fort Collins Brewery stops we went to JJ's Lounge for some good ole' redneck fun...no offense to anyone! Here are a few pictures from that. Well I guess technically they are from before and after JJ's

Matt and Zak in the kitchen and Sandra and I before JJ's


Saturday was a beautiful day in Fort Collins, 73 degrees to be exact, so of course we spent the day shopping in Loveland at Centerra, which is an outdoor mall and outlets stores with lunch at Rock Bottom Brewery.Of course I didn't take any pictures of this because it would have been boring.After shopping it was time to let the party begin! Matt, Sandra, Ocho, Shawnelle, Jolene, Jeff, Lynn, Zak and Myself ended up at Daisy Dukes in Loveland. You will see in a few pictures that the girls dress true to the name!


Jolene and I just like old days!

Okay so I probably should explain the above photos! Since it was my birthday they made me get on the bar with Zak and a couple other birthday folks and pop the glove with Zak on his hands and knees. Thanks to Sandra for taking the great action shots!!


Group shots!(Real mature Ochie!!!)

Okay so next is a picture of Ochie on the bar with the Daisy Duke chick! I can email directions to this bar, if any of you wish to go there!!!

NO, to answer the question a few of you are asking right now!!! LOL

Okay so Sunday was my actual birthday and so of you know the morning was a little rough for me and a few others, so it didn't really feel like my birthday and I was feeling a bit like a Debbie Downer. But, Neon and Matt came up and we went out for dinner at Zak, Matt, Sandra and I's favorite sushi place in Fort Collins, so that helped. Also, Sandra had Zak buy me an ice cream cake(Reese's peanut butter cup no less)to surprise me for my birthday, so that was AWESOME! Here are the pics from that.Oh yeah and a singing candle :)



Also, here is what I got for my birthday from Zak, along with Cadbury cream eggs, Thin Mints Girl Scout cookies and a card.

Matt and Sandra got me a new One Touch can opener,I broke mine two days before, and Sandra did my hair! Pretty cool can opener I recommend them to everyone!!!Neon and Matt got me a coach wristlet that matches my new purse.
Thanks again to everyone who hung out and called me on my birthday, I really appreciate you all so much there are no words that will ever express it!! All and all it turned out to be a weekend of beer, good food and GREAT friends! Love you Guys!!!!