Fourth of July weekend!

Every year (well almost every year) I go to the beach with my family and a few friends. We always stay in Edisto Island, SC. It's a quite little place, but we always have a good time. This year was no different. Me, my mom, dad and Murray drove down on Friday afternoon. Once we got to Charleston, my friend Nicole who was going to meet us in Edisto told us she didn't know how to get there from her house in Charleston, so my parents dropped me off with her. We finally got there later that night and met up with everyone else at the house. We just hung out Friday because it was late when everyone got there, but we did get surprised with awesome cornhole!

Yeah, it was awesome. Be jealous. Even though I am a botchi ball champ, I am not so fabulous at cornhole. Oh well. I guess I can't be "winning" at everything in life. :)

Murray was my little beach bum all weekend. She absolutely loved it, unlike me who hates the sand and water at the beach! Here she is doing a little pose. What a ham!

I love this bathing suit. In fact, I love it so much that if I could find one for adults I would buy it for me. Anyways. Saturday we went and ate at a gas station in Yemessee. Yes, I did say a gas station. It was weird, but so good! It was called Harold's Bar & Grille. They say they can't sell you food, so they sell you the plate. Weird, yes. Tasty, yes. Later that night after almost everyone else went to sleep, Nicole, Matthew and I built a card house. It was a great card house until Murray knocked it down the next morning. Just look!

It was Elmo's castle. It was so intense building that. Not even kidding. We didn't breathe looking at it; we didn't speak. It was fabulous. Monday we watched a flyover at the beach and we saw these amazing people. I am doing this next year. I just love crazy patriotic people like myself!

Monday night I went to Charleston with Nicole, Emily, Matthew and Anna. We went to eat dinner and then we went to Patriot's Point (the USS YORKTOWN) for fireworks. The East Coast Party Band played and they were so good! We danced until time for fireworks and had such a good time! After the fireworks were over and we danced a little more, we decided to hit up downtown and go to Kaminsky's! Kaminsky's is an amazing bakery that stays open real late, for those that haven't been before. While we were in there enjoying our late night snack, Matthew asked me what would complete my favorite holiday. I told him that dancing with a military man before the 4th of July was over would be fabulous! He said that if I do this, then I would win the game we had going on (to dance with the most random men). Now, at this point in time it was 11:42pm, meaning I had 18 minutes to do this. To be honest, I did not think that this would be possible. How the heck was I going to meet a military man in the middle of the street at 11:50 pm on a Monday night?!? Time was running out really fast, but I kept on. I was about to give up at 11:57 when I saw a guy and I thought in my head "HE'S MILITARY!!!!" So, I asked him "Do you happen to be in the military?" The look on his face was priceless. I wish that I had a picture of it. He said "Yeah" with a really confused look on his face, but he smiled anyways. I asked him what branch and he said Army, so I was like YES!!!! Epic win for me! I explained to him that I had to dance with him for 5 seconds to win a game and he was like Sure! Haha! So, I asked him what kind of dance he wanted to do and he said IDK. Well, time was wasting away so I just broke it down with the boy! It was pretty amazing and I won the game. More importantly, I danced with as hot Army boy on the 4th of July. Please tell me how it could have been better!!! :)

I hope you all had fabulous weekends! What did you all do?

Feel Good Friday!

This past weekend I was in DC for Memorial Day, which was awesome. For a patriotic person like me, there is no better place!!! We went to the National Memorial Day Concert dress rehearsal and it was soo good! Kris Allen sang "God Bless the USA" and it was so awesome seeing him thank the troops! So, since I didn't have a Memorial Day post, here is a video of Kris Allen. Happy Friday and God Bless our troops!!!

Thank You

To all those who are serving, have served, or gave everything for this country.

United States Army

United States Navy

United States Coast Guard

United States Marines

United States Air Force

I thank all of you from the bottom of my heart. Without you we wouldn't have the freedoms we have right now. God bless you and your families. I think I already did a post thanking the troops, but I honestly think they deserve a thank you every single day...not just a few days of the year. So today I am thankful for all those protecting us, past and present. My grandfather and 2 of my uncles are veterans, so thank you to them as well! Love you all!

Remembering 9/11

I can't believe that tomorrow will be 9 years since this happened. I'm sure I could think of more than just 5 things I remember about this day, but I'm just going to tell about the day I remember. I don't think I've ever actually told this from my viewpoint that day. It's interesting to me to read how people felt that day and how even though I might have been in a group, we all had different emotions.

 I can remember exactly where I was. I was in 8th grade at the time, sitting in Miss Holland's English class. I even remember what desk I was sitting in. It was the 3rd one on the 2nd row. We were talking about some story from literature and that's when Mr. Seiber (the principal) came over the loud speaker and announced that a plane had hit the first tower. I think at this point none of us really understood what was happeneing, but I remember the look on Miss Holland's face and I knew it was bad. We took a few minutes and prayed for what was going on, but we went back to work.  I think about 20 minutes after we went back to work Mr. Seiber came back over the loud speaker to tell us that another plane hit the second tower. I remember thinking "Oh my gosh, what is happening". I remember going to my next class, but I have no clue what it was. At this point I was in shock about what was happening. We didn't stay in class but maybe 5 or 10 minutes and all of the jr./sr. high started going into the cafeteria. Teachers were setting radios up so we could listen to what was going on. Somehow a few people got a tv wired so we could watch the news. People were crying, sitting in shock, talking because they didn't know what else to do. Eventually we all moved into the gym that afternoon to keep watching what was going on. The only class I had the rest of the day was my Government/Economics class with Mr. Nix. We talked about how this was changing history and how it would affect our lives, our children's lives, and the world around us. I don't think at this point in time we really knew the impact this tragedy would have on all of our lives. I can't think of one person who doesn't know someone out there fighting for us or that has fought in the War Against Terror, or even indirectly by knowing someone who has/had a loved one there. That afternoon we were supposed to have a soccer game. I had my cheerleading uniform on is the only way I remember that. Since it was cancelled, we (my brother and I) went to my grandmother's house like we always did after school. We were glued to the tv, watching the reports, seeing the videos over and over again of those planes flying into the towers. Without even watching it now, I can remember so clearly what it looked like. That night I remember begging my mom to let me stay up and watch President Bush speak. I think this is the day that I truly became interested in what was happening in our country. I remember later seeing a picture of President Bush being told of the attacks and I still see that in my head when I think about this awful day.



When you think about tomorrow, remember those people who lost their lives and who willingly gave them to save ours. Think about the ones who are still out there fighting to make sure we stay safe. Think about the families who have loved ones out there right now, right this second. Think about the families who lost someone because of the horrible attack on our country.