Digital Scrapbooking

I found these little boots at a consignment store in town for Madison to wear to a cowgirl-themed birthday party. She absolutely LOVES the boots and wants to wear them all the time. They are absolutely adorable and I will be completely sad when she outgrows them.

Picture Perfect Thursday... wait, Friday

It is truly rare when I find a picture of myself that I like. Lori took this picture of me on our way to see Kathy Griffin live last Sunday. I think this picture really captures me and my hair looks awesome hehe.

And yes, I know it is Friday. I forgot. Give me a break! ;)

Next week's picture should be much less narcissistic!

I'm Just Sayin'....

I think I am officially too old to party like a rock star. I am exhausted.

But, it was fun!!!

Lori's Birthday Extravaganza Continues... Day 3

When celebrating your birthday once just won't cut it, there is the Lori Brown Birthday Extravaganza! Before the bullriding occassion ever came up, we planned to throw Lori a wonderful all-day Lori-themed birthday event. It was to go something like Lunch, Manicure/Pedicure, Dinner, Slumber Party for the girls.

We had lunch at Gringos, which was really yummy. 21 people showed up, which is a pretty good turn out for Saturday morning. Most of the people there were either in the church choir, or were already awesome singers. When it was time to sing Happy Birthday to Lori, we automatically broke into 4-part harmony. It sounded great and the entire restaurant stopped to clap. It sounded really cool.

Me & Elayne Doug & Lori

Jeff & Me Jeff being Jeff

Lori & Elayne

After lunch, Lori, Maddie, Candy, and I went over to the nail salon for a little pampering. Even little Maddie got her nails painted. It was wonderfully relaxing.

Once we finished with the nails, Lori, Maddie, and I went back to their house to rest and wait for the other girls to show up for the pajama party. Once Amy and Elayne showed up, it was time to put Maddie to bed. We all helped her say her prayers and tucked her into bed.

Once Maddie was asleep, it was time to break out the Rock Band!

A great time was had by all.

Halloween... of Doom

It's that time once again! Remember everything is scarier when you add "of doom" on the end of it. We celebrated with a really low-key gathering at Lori's house. In attendance:

Me as Beth Chapman (Wife of Dog the Bounty Hunter) ... of doom

Malibu Ken (Doug) and Snow White (Maddie B.)... of doom

Lori as "Someone who should be in bed" aka "The Walk of Shame"... of doom

We had a really good time entertaining ourselves through photography and making over a small child into a princess... of doom.

And eating candy...

Urban Cowgirls

October 30, 2008 - Posted 4 days later


This past week celebrated my good friend Lori King Brown's 32nd birthday with an all out Birthday Extravaganza! It is always fun to go out and let your hair down. Lori wanted to go out and ride a mechanical bull, and amazingly enough... we found one!



Lori, Amy, and I met up at Lori's apartment to get ready for the evening:

Once we looked amazing, we headed out to dinner at Casa Ole. Once we got there, we decided to take a few pictures to show just why we love going there.

Please note that on "Holloween" (because apparently, spelling is not a prerequisite for setting up signs at Casa Ole), your child just needs to be with a costume... not necessarily wearing one.

After dinner, we headed into Houston to find the elusive mechanical bull, along with some of Lori's college friends. I do love the fact that once you get older, every conversation starts out like this:

Person 1: I am so excited to go out, but I can't stay out late. I have to work tomorrow.

Person 2: Oh, yeah. Me too. I just can't function without my sleep anymore.

Person 1: So, we agree... we will be home before midnight!

[fast forward several hours]

Person 1: Holy crap... it's 2 am! I have to be at work by 8!

Person 2: zzzzzz [passed out in back seat]

I hope you enjoyed that recreation. Here are some pictures from the rest of the evening:

A wonderful time was had by all. I got home at 3:15 am and was asleep by 3:20 am. I was awake again by 6:15 am. I was exhausted all day long, but it was still a lot of fun!