Halloween Weekend

What a jam packed weekend. Thursday night Lazo, Nicole, Tim and I went to a Haunted Hayride and Haunted House (Tim wouldn't go in the house, big baby). There was NO ONE there so we didn't wait in line at all. I actually think that's what made it not so fun. We were in and out within a half hour. I think part of the hype is waiting in line and hearing the people before you screaming and freaking out. Next time we'll go on a busy night lol

Friday Shannon, Elisabeth Grace and I went to Westview Apple Orchard. We had so much fun playing and feeding the animals. Grace wasn't a fan of the goats so she sat on top of the hay stack and a baby goat climbed up to her. It was so funny.
Friday night Tim and I took the four older girls trick-or-treating up and down my block then we all took them to Grace Church for there CandyTown. There was sooo many people there. Everyone had a lot of fun and got lots of Candy.

Saturday Brianna and I played all morning with Jaelyn and Jessica and then Shannon had Elisabeth's 5th birthday with her friends. It def seemed like a lot of work but Elisabeth was so happy it was worth it.

Sunday was RELAX day! Tim, Brianna and I went to church and then took naps. Now we are going to eat dinner and watch a movie. I love Sundays =)

Photos for the last post

*The Cattle Auction we missed in Oklahoma

*Toby Keith's I love this Bar & Grill*

*That's Me* =)

*My "You've got to be kidding" face*

*LeAnne's Car on the tow truck*



*All of our stuff since we had to clean out the car*

Here's where the Drama Begins!

So Tuesday we were planning on going to a cattle auction in Oklahoma but ended up sleeping in =) We did drive by there and take a picture tho (see below)

Then we found the "I love this Bar and Grill" that Toby Keith owns so we went in and had a drink. It was a really cool bar that looked like tons of fun at night.

We headed out of Oklahoma around 12:00-1:00 planning to stop in Texas to sleep and head to Albuquerque, New Mexico Wednesday morning. Before we got out of Oklahoma we stopped in Clinton, OK to get an oil change since we were about to hit 3,000 miles. We found a Goodyear Tire and stopped there since it's a well known place. Got the oil change and headed back on our way. While I was driving I got this crazy burst of energy (thank you Rockstar Energy drink) and told Leanne I think we should blow through Texas and drive straight to Albuquerque to get ahead on our trip. About 15 minutes before our exit at Albuquerque her low oil light starts blinking and I ask her if her car normally does this lol (mine does) and she's like "uh NO" so we get to our exit and we hear the car starting to sputter and at the top of the exit the car DIES. I call Tim and he walks me through somethings and I checked the oil and it was COMPLETLY EMPTY! We waited for an hour and half for the tow truck to get there. They towed the car to the dealership and Wednesday morning the dealership calls and says the drain plug is missing and the engine is shot and we have to get a new one. To make this LONG LONG story just long it ended up costing 3600 dollars to fix and we had to stay a whole extra day and night in New Mexico. I called Goodyear and they will DEF be reimbursing us for this!

So we decided to make what we could of it here in New Mexico. The dealership was really cool and gave us a loaner car for free so we went to breakfast (Cracker Barrel *3rd time this week) and took a well needed nap. Then headed to the mall to walk around before our hour and a half massage we scheduled at a spa =) After that we went to Red Lobster for dinner and had Crab, Lobster, Shrimp and their amazing biscuits. Stopped at Walmart rented a movie and stayed in at night.

Today (Thursday) the engine should be done and we can head out. Hopefully the last few days of RoadTrip 08 will be AMAZING that we don't even remember all the drama of the begining.

I have photos for everything but we're having technically difficulties so I will post them with captions later =)

Memphis and Oklahoma City

*LeAnne and I*

So the roadtrip continues. Sunday we went to Downtown Nashville which must only be fun at night because we were not impressed at all with it so we got in the car and headed to Memphis. The drive wasn't too bad since it was one of our shorter drives (4 hours). We got there checked in our hotel and headed out to go to Rendezvous a restraunt known for there ribs (we were super excited to eat real food and not fast food). It wasn't too far from our hotel so we decided to walk there. Once we found the place we also found out they aren't open on Sundays and Mondays so we had to move to plan B (walk down the street and pick a random place). We ended up eating at a place who said they had the best burgers for the past 25 years and a live band that night so we decided to eat there. We ended up staying there for 4 hours just hanging out which was the most fun we had on the trip so far. Oh sidenote at this place you can spit toothpicks into the ceiling and see if you can get them to stick. I had my heart set on going out on the town, dancing and having a good time so we left Huey's, went back to the hotel, got ready and headed out to the main street that has all the bars and night life. Nedless to say I was VERY UPSET. Every bar was empty, had no dancing and it was like a dead city. We walked by the Coyote Ugly bar and there wasn't a sole in there except the door guy. I was in such a bad mood (leanne was a good sport trying to cheer me up). We decided to go back to Huey's and hang out there for the night. The night ended up being really fun. We made friends at the bar and the bartender is a Family Guy fan so I got to sit, drink and watch family guy at the bar. I also got four toothpicks to stick in the ceiling (it's harder than it sounds). We were there until 3am until they closed.

Monday morning we got up and went to Graceland!! I love going to places like that but I hate not having a guide to ask questions. It was pretty cool to see his house and his private planes and cars. After graceland we drove to Oklahoma City to Stay for the night. This is where the drama begins but I will put that in another post since this one is getting lengthy.

I need Help!

Hey everyone,

Is there a way to make my blog private like how myspace does it so only specific people (like all of you) =) can see it?

Videos =)

Here is a video of Leanne and I singing Leader of the Pack =)

Let the Roadtrip Begin

We are on day two of our roadtrip and lets just say it's been quite a crazy start! Friday night we went out with Leanne's friends to go bowling for her last night home (she lives in Charlotte). Being competitive runs in our blood so my cousin bets her friend that she would win in bowling and then proceeds to bowl the worst game of her life. Needless to say she lost the bet. Oh I forgot to mention the terms of the bet. Loser had to singer Karaoke at the bar in the bowling alley. My cousin is terrified to sing kareokee esp in NC because they don't do Karaoke for fun like we do at home. The people who were singing were crazy good! So after begging me lol I decided to take one for the team and go up and sing karaoke with her (sober). We picked the song "Leader of the Pack" and it was a lot of fun. I am a HORRIBLE singer but that's the fun part of karaoke.

Saturday we got up and started our 8 hour drive for the day through the Smokey Mountains to Nashville. What a drive. We made a few stops when we thought we were ahead of schedule and then once we figured out we were actually behind all the fun began =) We hit crazy traffic, our map was wrong and we hadn't eatin a good meal in two days! We FINALLY got to Nashville with a half hour to get ready and get to the Grand Ol' Opry. We ended up missing the last shuttle to the Opry and walking there because it wasn't too far from our hotel. Again we got lost and once we finally got to the show we were a half hour late. We were planning to go out after the show but after our rough first day decided to go to bed and start fresh in the morning. We are on our way out to downtown Nashville to walk around and relax. Only three hours of driving today so it should be a MUCH better day =)