A Vegas Birthday Getaway..

At the end of January a group of us jetted off to Las Vegas for my friend Chase's birthday! We all stayed at the MGM and enjoyed a couple nights out on the town! It was an awesome group of friends and we had a blast! Don't worry, there were no quickie weddings, stealing of tigers, or missing teeth involved! Phew! ("Hangover" reference. If you haven't seen it, do it!)

All the ladies with the birthday boy!
Vanessa, Adriane, Me and Alisha

Enjoying dinner at the Grand Lux
Alisha and I posing for pics in the bathroom at XS lol
The whole gang headed to Tao!

Let it Snow..

With all of this 70 degree weather around here, my friends and I decided to take off up north for a snowboarding trip last weekend! Let me tell you, its been about 2 years since my last snowboarding attempt so I was pretty nervous! Not quite like riding a bike, but after a few hard falls I decided it was easier to just try to stay upright!

Our beautiful cabin we rented!

The gang getting ready to head to the mountain!

The girls!

Alisha decided to keep cozy in the lodge for the day!

Me, Chase, Jennifer and Rory

I'm sure 2 seconds before this picture was taken I was actually sprawled out on my stomach!

Making our way to the top!

What a gentleman he is!

Even though my knees are a nice shade of purple and blue, I had an amazing time! It was nice to escape the "heat" and see some snow! We are hopefully planning another trip for Feb...which is good cuz it might just take me that long to recover!

*(most of these pics are courtesy of my friend Jennifer who has some awesome photog skills!)

I MELT...

Watching the ducks after a Sunday lunch date with Momma, great-grandma and Auntie Lou Lou at Valle Luna! My nephew is such a big boy now! Aww!

Here's to 25!

So this year I was really bummed out about turning the big 2-5! But, being the wonderful friends they are, my roomie Alisha and my good friend Chase surprised me with a party bus! All of my friends came out to celebrate and we had an amazing time!

All the gang getting ready to board our "Pink Floyd" party bus! Ha...not sure what that was about but whatever!

Even my married friend Amy made it!

The "West" cousins! These girls are a blast!

My bestie Erica! The only one who was missing was Lisa! :(

Nick and Megan

Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate! You all made my birthday extra special!

Wedding Bliss

On Oct. 10 my mom married her beau! The wedding was beautiful and Ive never seen her happier! I was so happy that some of the Rickerd family from Chicago were able to attend. Their love and support meant so much to us kids and of course my mom. It was an emotional day for all and everything turned out wonderful!

I love this pic cuz my sweet nephew is hugging me!! Aw! He loves his Auntie Lou Lou!

Grandma Rickerd and my Aunties!

Congrats to the happy couple!

Summer nights...

Celebrating Alisha's 27th birthday! Not a year older but a year better! ;) I finally had a night with both these loveley ladies! It's been a while since we have all gotten together! We watched LP's boyfriend play in a battle of the bands. Their band Nix of Pheins played an awesome show!Enjoying our summer nights before they are gone too soon!

Here's to great girlfriends!

So being a single gal now and all, Ive been enjoying spending time with all my wonderful girlfriends lately! I'm very lucky to have such great friends! I'm officially done with school and for the first time have no future plans or anything to hold me back! The world is truly my oyster these days! I'm loving every minute!

Megan - Megan is the GF of my good friend Nick and she is now also a great friend of mine. I met her about a year ago and we hit it off right away! She is soo much fun and is a great person to talk to!

Alisha - Alisha has been my roommate for over a year now! We are great friends! We had only met each other once before I moved in with her and we clicked immediately! I'm so blessed to have found someone so sweet to live with! Don't know what Id do without her!

Crystal- I met Crystal through some mutual friends a couple years ago! She is a little ball of fire and we have so much fun together! She is a funny and beautiful friend!

Danielle- Me and Danielle have known each other since high school! We are both single gals these days and are having a great time together lately!

Rachel- Rachel is also a friend from high school! We have so many funny memories together! She is also single so fella's watch out!


Lindsay, Amy and Erica- These three are some of the best friends a girl can have! Lindsay and I have know each other since Jr. high. We re-connected and became great friends towards the end of high school. Ive known Amy since high school and I have her to thank for making me a better person! Erica and I have known each other since we were 5!! She is like a sister and will be a part of my life forever!

Lisa- I have also known Lisa since we were 5! Lisa, Erica and I were all neighbors up until Jr. high! These girls are like family to me and I love them dearly! There is never a dull moment with Lisa! She is living in Boston now and I miss her sooo much! I cant wait for her to move back!

Thank you girls for all being so wonderful in your own way!