coffee talk reunion

Ok, so this is kind of sad that I'm just now posting about my trip to kansas that was 3 weeks ago. but i know you're all dying to hear about it. so i got there on friday night (after a really annoying hour delay at the airport) and stayed with kirk and marisa that night. the next morning we got up and met at heather's house to drive out to amanda's parents house to meet up with all my college girlfriends. we got mildly lost on the way, stupid construction, but made it there none the less. we (we meaning heather and kristin) made pizzas for lunch- great idea marie! and talked and just caught up and had a wonderful time!what would a party be with a pinata!? so i brought a boot for nashville. i think kristin was the one who finally broke it open. lily (amanda's 3 year old) was so cute. she kept saying "the boot broke and the candy fell out!" the little ones sure enjoyed the candy! kristin and i had to leave a little early to make it to wichita before dark. it was really great to spend some one on one time with kristin and i wish i would have gotten to stay longer with the whole group, but i had to get down to see this beautiful nephew of mine! it was such a good time to catch up and see everyone who i hadn't seen in a long time. love you girls!!

california dreamin

Ok, so due to some technical difficulties (namely, me forgetting my camera everywhere we went and Meaghan's burned picture CD not so much working on my mac) I have no pictures to show you from my visit to the good ol sunshine state-is that even california's nickname? anyway, i had a wonderful time and it was the perfect amount of relaxation and running around.

I got into LAX around 10pm and randomly ran into Steve Knox (Kevin's brother). He had arrived about an hour before me and couldn't find his ride. Add to that he left his cell phone in Kansas, he was going to have to take a cab home. So, I offered my ride to him and when Meaghan and Jeremy came to pick me up, we took Steve home. That was a fun and completely random detour. Then since that day was Meaghan's school's graduation (which she planned beautifully) the teachers/administration were having a party. We met them all at Hollywood Billards and Meaghan and I spent the whole time playing darts. Can I just say, I am WAY better at darts than she is, yet somehow she won 2 out of 3 games. Stupid scoring system!

On Saturday we woke up late and went to the beach to Meaghan and Jeremy's normal spot-lifeguard station 3! We met up with their friends Al and Lottie and their daughter and just hung out and relaxed. It was wonderful. When we got home, Meaghan and I went shopping. Yay for Xi and H&M. These are the cutest and cheapest stores ever! Too bad they're only in LA :( When we got home we had hamburgers made from Koci beef, which were of course delicious!

On Sunday we went to the Crystal Cathedral to see Justin play with flood. It was an interesting experience to say the least. To get Meaghan's opinion click here. After service we went to The Block and huge basically out door mall. We ate lunch and walked around a little. Meaghan and I found Steve and Barry's whcih carries Sarah Jessica Parker's new line Bitten. It's pretty awesome. Justin had to head back with the band that afternoon. In the evening Meaghan and I went to this Mexican grocery store, which I forget the name of, and it was awesome! They play blaring Mexican music, have really cheap hideous decorations, and all the annoucements over the intercom are in Spanish. We bought stuff for carne esada-yummy! Then we stayed up way too late playing cards. Apparently I'm awesome at nerts and really bad at funtbucket.

Monday, Meaghan and I went and got pedicures at the mall and then met Kevin and Nikki for lunch. By that time we had to go to the airport. So all in all I had a wonderful trip. Thanks Kocis!!

dog park days

creyton john doll is here!

Well he finally made it! Abbe started her contractions at 3am on the 4th of July. She and Adam went to the hospital at 6am, minus their bags because Abbe didn't want to jinx it! This was no false alarm, she was in real labor! She was so happy to have gone in on here own instead of having to be induced. Creyton was born around 4:45pm. He is 7lb 2oz and 18 1/2 inches long. Much shorter and chubbier than Dakota. He's so adorable and big brother is so proud! Mama abd baby are doing wonderfully.

coming soon...

hey everyone! justin and i had a great time in california even though we only saw each other for a few hours on sunday. i had such a good time with meaghan and as soon as i get the camera back i will post pictures etc. If you can't wait and must see some highlights now, please visit meaghan's blog by clicking on her link to the right.

justin's in illinois tonight. sonicflood is playing at a baseball game and then they have to drive to st. louis to catch a plane to orlando. he'll be back saturday night. traveling musicians are crazy!

best friends

today i leave for california for the weekend+monday. i'm so excited to see meaghan! the last time we were together i got my nose pierced and she got her belly button pierced. this time we'll see what mischief ensues!

p.s. justin will also be there. flood plays at the crystal cathedral! it will air on july 15th. mark your calendars!

happy anniversary cruise

for our second anniversary we got to go on a free cruise to the bahamas. sonicflood played on the "cruise for a cause" and i got to come along for free! we flew into orlando on monday the 4th and left out of port canaveral. we got to nassau, bahamas sometime in the night. the guys had to play a show on the island for some school kids, so brooke, (the bass player's wife) max (their 7 week old son) and i spent the afternoon wondering around the straw market. It was pretty hot so we decided to find a beach. i had seen one from the ship and as we were trying to find it we realized it was for the guests of the british colonial hilton only. well, forget that! we said. so we walked straight through the looby and out onto the beach. thank you hiltons for allowing us to use your beach, your beach chairs and towls and sunshade free of charge! :) here is our boat from the beach. ours in the one in the middle. later that night the guys had a concert for the bahamian (not bohemian) people. it was pretty cool and a lot of people came. later that night as we were waiting in line to show our seapasses to get back onto the dock where the boat was, the best thing happened! i found 50 bucks!! 50! it was just laying on the ground-wahoo me!
well the next day we were supposed to go to cococay, an island owned by royal carribean, but it was too stormy, so the captain said we would go on thursday instead. we entertained ourselves with a card game called Joe! It's pretty fun, but kind of a long game. thanks to justin, who hates cards, for playing anyway! you're great. (and he won.) well we did get a pretty good storm with lightning and thunder and all. question...how close to do you have to be to a lightning strike in the ocean to get electrocuted? anyone who knows the answer, or just wants to speculate, feel free to leave a comment. anyways... we were supposed to go to cococay on thursday, but it was too stormy then too. so basically the one day we had sun, justin and i weren't able to hang out. i was really bummed about that, but at least we had an awesome room with a great balcony! we got back early friday morning and the wives flew back to nashville while the band went on to new york for another show. ahhh the life of a musician.

memorial day

We spent Memorial day afternoon at J. Percy Priest Lake/ Reservior/ Whatever. So fun. Riley loved swimming and we enjoyed the sunshine. We felt moderatly white trashy due to the fact that we like to go to a place where there are two rather large no swimming signs which every one disregards and it's free. The places you have to pay have actual beaches with sand and all. All in all it was a nice relaxing day.

summer hair cut

Well, Dakota got his first summer haircut and he looks so cute. He's definetly not a baby any more, but a little man. Abbe e-mailed these pictures to me. Dakota was complaining one day saying "head hot" and the next day he woke up with crazy bed head so he got his hair cut. When Abbe asked him what he wanted his hair to look like, he said like daddy's. So here he is ready for summer!!

air riley

I have to give you an update on our little girl. She is learning to catch the frisbee. She's getting really good, if only I could learn how to throw one, we'd be a great team! I take her to the little park/huge yard down the street and throw it for here where there are no trees to mess it up. She does some pretty amazing twists in the air. Unfortunately this is the best shot so far. Maybe I'll post a video later.