bahama mamas

we have returned from the islands, and here is a rundown of what we did:

• ate a lot...as in six or seven times a day [my food favorites: cheesecake and caesar salad]
• played some casino slots and this totally addictive quarter pusher game
• took a surrey tour of downtown nassau
• watched the live shows complete with very impressive dancers
• laid in the sun when it wasn't raining...and a little bit when it was
• watched the spring-breakers sing karaoke
• sipped some strawberry daiquiris
• explored norwegians private island and laid in a hammock until we were totally drenched
• played shuffleboard
• made appearances at most of the night-time parties...and even got kim on the dance floor!

it did rain two days, which was a bummer...but we still had fun!

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the final countdown

kim and shelly's 30th birthday spring break extravaganza begins in just seven days!

i am so excited that i had to have not one, but two countdown chains. one at work and one at home. i love how little they are these days.

we're going on a four day cruise to the bahamas, and i think i may be most excited about the FREE twenty-four hour room service...pretty sure i'll have their phone number memorized by the time we come home.

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why i love my friend

it is kim's birthday today and she's three decades old. there are lots of things i love about her, here are thirty of them in random order.

i love kim because…

she is a great teacher
she loves the lazy river
she is really good at fake laughing
she is very passionate about the jayhawks
she screams a lot
she is an avid gambler
she gets very hyper about winter weather
she loves to help people
she is digging herself out of the hole
she is extremely generous
she smiles a lot
she experienced new life ranch with me
she loves Jesus
she listens to ‘gangsta’ music
she is really good at making new people feel welcome
she makes me laugh
she took me to las vegas
she is infatuated with chris brown
she likes to be spoiled
she likes to spoil other people
she knows what it’s like to lose a parent
she is really good at wii bowling
she is easily excitable
she is a good wedding date
she loves her students
she is really good at accessorizing
she makes life fun
she genuinely cares for people
she understands
she is there for me

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there's no place like home

after a busy couple months of travel and such, i'm glad to be home for a long stretch [well, long for me]. i love getting to visit and spend time with far away friends, but sometimes there's just no place like home. this past saturday it was so great to sleep in and lounge around the house...doesn't that just feel nice? here's a picture of home, and one of my favorite things about being at home [that would be kim]

another great thing is having time at home is getting to do random fun things, like be on american idol! yep, that's right...i'm famous again. [well, you probably didn't see me, but i can point to exactly where i was in the crowd!] we went down to the new power and light district in kc for the "official" david cook watch party. i must admit i am a total fair weather fan...i do not watch the show and i didn't vote once. but i can tell you i was doing a LOT of yelling and jumping when his name was announced!

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