A few weeks ago Brian and I participated in the Dirty 30 5-k race. Besides the 105 degree weather and the hour wait for the shower-we had a great time! We are considering doing another one in Tulsa next month.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
The Dirty 30!
A few weeks ago Brian and I participated in the Dirty 30 5-k race. Besides the 105 degree weather and the hour wait for the shower-we had a great time! We are considering doing another one in Tulsa next month.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
Holiday Weekend!
Yes, he did...wear this to work.
Hudson and Chase going for a swim. Hudson loves the water. Future lifeguard.
Just had his first taste of chocolate milkshake. Loved it! That's my boy!
Hudson and aunt manda! I couldn't get enough of him. Sweetest baby!
Such a happy baby!Kim, Chase, Hudson, Mikki and Aaron came down for a long weekend. I LOVE when we have visitors. So, to all our readers (all 10 of you) please come visit. OKC weather did not disappoint. It was 105 degrees every day that they were here. One day it reached 109. It was awful. We spent most of our time at the pool or inside. I captured a few pictures from the weekend. Our camera has seen its better days and is no longer working.
I enjoyed spending time with the little huddy buddy. His aunt manda took him shopping to baby gap and got him a dancing elmo. He is getting so big. Makes me sad to know, the next time I see him, he will probably be walking. Thank goodness for videos and pictures that allow me to experience all his new milestones.
Happy birthday Charlie and America!!!!!!!!
This is Charlie right after everyone left. He was worn out. He did great with Hudson. He was a little jealous, but by the end of the trip, he was letting Hudson pet and love on him. Charlie would cry when Hudson would cry. It was funny. He destroyed several of Hudson's toys. No surprise there. Any ball is his ball. :)
Happy birthday to the big boy! 3 years old!
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Scottish Wedding
We had a wonderful time at Laura and Matthew's wedding. I have posted a video of some Scottish dancing that Brian and I attempted. It was a blast. They had traditional Scottish dancing for over two hours. Most all of the American's participated in every dance. Boy were we tired and sweating. It was literally like a two hour training session.
I didn't realize how funny I look dancing. haaaaaaaaa enjoy.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Dungiven castle, northern ireland
We have had a great time here in northern Ireland. It is beautiful here. I love the scenery, the feeling of family and their accent- of course! Bob has been the best tour guide. He lives in rural northern Ireland. We were able to see and do a lot of things most tourist would not get to do.
Brian surprised me by booking a castle, honeymoon suite, for our last night stay. It included dinner and breakfast with over 22 acres of gardens to explore. We arrived around 5:30pm, to find out that they no longer serve dinner Monday through Wednesday. The castle restaurant is called, "longhorn grill". the owners are from America. Classic Americans! They took 30 pounds off our price and thought they could call it even. But bob, was not satisfied. He made them pay for our taxi and book us a dinner at a nice restaurant. As we were getting ready to go to dinner, Brian tried washing his hair in the sink. Come to find out, there was no hot water. With no time to waste, we finished getting ready and headed downstairs to wait on our taxi. We informed the front desk guy of the hot water. He said it should work by the time we get back. How he would mange that, I had no clue. But, We were staying in a real Irish castle.
Our dinner was great! No complaints there.
Once we got back to the castle and to our room, we discover there is still no hot water. Brian
called down to the front desk-no answer. Gavin, front desk worker, had just let us in,
so we knew he was around there somewhere. Brian was not gone to long, before he came back up to our room. This is where it goes down hill. Gavin had left us a note that read, "dear
residents, if you need any assistance through the night, please call me at this number." this
is when we realized we were in the castle by ourselves.
We tried calling Gavin from our room phone. like all other dumb americans- could not
figure out how to use the phone. After we tried several times, we headed down to the front
desk. We still could not get the phone to work. We looked out the windows, to see if we could
find a pay phone. None. Tired my cell phone, but we did not upgrade to the international plan because we didn't need it. Yeah right! After, what seemed like forever, I asked Brian if he had tried 9, then the number. He said, "he had upstairs, but not at front desk." I tried it and it worked. We later find, our room phone does not work. We talk with Gavin and he is sending some one over to look at it. We decided to call bob,Ed and Ann to let them in on what is going on. Bob was not to happy.
While we are waiting on Gavin. We are afraid to go out for a nice walk through the gardens because we have no idea if there are alarms and we do not have a code to get back in. Apparently, Dungiven Castle is the cool hangout spot. In the front of the castle, we had the 13 year olds hanging out on the patio of the castle. In the back, it resembled the citizens bank parking lot on a Saturday night. Who has the loudest car?? There were at least 12-15 cars out there at a time. So, needless to say it was not a good idea to prop the door open and take a stroll.
An hour passed and still no one had shown up. I was pissed. Brian called Bob back and spoke with him. Come to find out Bob had already spoken with the owners and we got to stay the night free. But there is still no hot water. I have to take a hot bath. That is one of the main things you do in a castle, right?
So, 15 minutes later we decide to just leave. We called for bob to come get us. Then who shows up? The owners! They saw our bags were packed and insisted that we stayed, because " they were going to stay with us." I told him, " I'm over this whole thing. You have no hot water. You left us here by ourselves. The phones in the room does not work. We were told dinner was included. We could not enjoy the gardens, because we had no code to get back in. Kids were blocking all entrances. There was no free Internet ( Brian informed him on what he needs to do to fix it) and you fax machine is out of paper and you have been getting faxes."
He puts paper in fax machine and what to you know??? More reservations. One guy is stay five nights. Boy was he excited.
He continued to ask where our friend Bob lived because, " word travels fast in small towns. Now don't you all go on bashing me on trip advisor." this is for real, you can't make this stuff up! He then decided that he was going to leave because his kids need to go to bed. It was around 11 pm. So, Brian told him he could leave. Just told us to shut the doors behind us, it will lock on it's own. Don't you worry, we will close up shop!
I'm starting to hate my night shift job.
5 minutes later he comes back in and says, " I probably should wait on Bob to get here." my response, " yeah, it's better to face the music. "
I informed him that he was very lucky it was us he did this too, because it could have been a lot worse. Open bar,7 other rooms, kitchen-steaks anyone? Brian wouldn't even let me get a diet coke. And I needed one!
Finally, bob and Ed made it.
Bob told the owner, " I am so upset that it is better I not speak. This is uncalled for."
The owner said, " see you soon"
I feel like I should note that...
The guy reminded me of someone and on the car ride home, I figured it out! A killer off of a
lifetime movie. Seriously. And we all know those types of men do not like women...
Brian surprised me by booking a castle, honeymoon suite, for our last night stay. It included dinner and breakfast with over 22 acres of gardens to explore. We arrived around 5:30pm, to find out that they no longer serve dinner Monday through Wednesday. The castle restaurant is called, "longhorn grill". the owners are from America. Classic Americans! They took 30 pounds off our price and thought they could call it even. But bob, was not satisfied. He made them pay for our taxi and book us a dinner at a nice restaurant. As we were getting ready to go to dinner, Brian tried washing his hair in the sink. Come to find out, there was no hot water. With no time to waste, we finished getting ready and headed downstairs to wait on our taxi. We informed the front desk guy of the hot water. He said it should work by the time we get back. How he would mange that, I had no clue. But, We were staying in a real Irish castle.
Our dinner was great! No complaints there.
Once we got back to the castle and to our room, we discover there is still no hot water. Brian
called down to the front desk-no answer. Gavin, front desk worker, had just let us in,
so we knew he was around there somewhere. Brian was not gone to long, before he came back up to our room. This is where it goes down hill. Gavin had left us a note that read, "dear
residents, if you need any assistance through the night, please call me at this number." this
is when we realized we were in the castle by ourselves.
We tried calling Gavin from our room phone. like all other dumb americans- could not
figure out how to use the phone. After we tried several times, we headed down to the front
desk. We still could not get the phone to work. We looked out the windows, to see if we could
find a pay phone. None. Tired my cell phone, but we did not upgrade to the international plan because we didn't need it. Yeah right! After, what seemed like forever, I asked Brian if he had tried 9, then the number. He said, "he had upstairs, but not at front desk." I tried it and it worked. We later find, our room phone does not work. We talk with Gavin and he is sending some one over to look at it. We decided to call bob,Ed and Ann to let them in on what is going on. Bob was not to happy.
While we are waiting on Gavin. We are afraid to go out for a nice walk through the gardens because we have no idea if there are alarms and we do not have a code to get back in. Apparently, Dungiven Castle is the cool hangout spot. In the front of the castle, we had the 13 year olds hanging out on the patio of the castle. In the back, it resembled the citizens bank parking lot on a Saturday night. Who has the loudest car?? There were at least 12-15 cars out there at a time. So, needless to say it was not a good idea to prop the door open and take a stroll.
An hour passed and still no one had shown up. I was pissed. Brian called Bob back and spoke with him. Come to find out Bob had already spoken with the owners and we got to stay the night free. But there is still no hot water. I have to take a hot bath. That is one of the main things you do in a castle, right?
So, 15 minutes later we decide to just leave. We called for bob to come get us. Then who shows up? The owners! They saw our bags were packed and insisted that we stayed, because " they were going to stay with us." I told him, " I'm over this whole thing. You have no hot water. You left us here by ourselves. The phones in the room does not work. We were told dinner was included. We could not enjoy the gardens, because we had no code to get back in. Kids were blocking all entrances. There was no free Internet ( Brian informed him on what he needs to do to fix it) and you fax machine is out of paper and you have been getting faxes."
He puts paper in fax machine and what to you know??? More reservations. One guy is stay five nights. Boy was he excited.
He continued to ask where our friend Bob lived because, " word travels fast in small towns. Now don't you all go on bashing me on trip advisor." this is for real, you can't make this stuff up! He then decided that he was going to leave because his kids need to go to bed. It was around 11 pm. So, Brian told him he could leave. Just told us to shut the doors behind us, it will lock on it's own. Don't you worry, we will close up shop!
I'm starting to hate my night shift job.
5 minutes later he comes back in and says, " I probably should wait on Bob to get here." my response, " yeah, it's better to face the music. "
I informed him that he was very lucky it was us he did this too, because it could have been a lot worse. Open bar,7 other rooms, kitchen-steaks anyone? Brian wouldn't even let me get a diet coke. And I needed one!
Finally, bob and Ed made it.
Bob told the owner, " I am so upset that it is better I not speak. This is uncalled for."
The owner said, " see you soon"
I feel like I should note that...
The guy reminded me of someone and on the car ride home, I figured it out! A killer off of a
lifetime movie. Seriously. And we all know those types of men do not like women...
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Birthday surprise/final four
The last month has been crazy exciting! Brian surprised me for my birthday by flying my sister down to see. Best gift anyone could ever get me. I love when my family comes to visit. I was sad to see her go, I cried the whole way home. Poor thing stayed at the airport for 7 hours and her flight was canceled. I made the drive back down to get her and she got to stay an extra day. I was so excited.Brian and I were able to get final four tickets. We headed down to Houston for the big game. We were able to meet up with some friends from Morehead and spend time with them. We had a wonderful time. Wish we could have stayed for the final game, but we had to get back to OKC for work. So happy to be able to say that I have been to the final four.
We all know I am notorious for saying and doing things before I think. This time was no different. We were sitting at the VCU/Butler game. On the big screen, at a timeout, they showed President George Bush Senior and his wife. The next timeout, they showed this guy with all the Butler cheerleaders. I yelled with excitement, pointed at the screen and tried to take a picture of "HUGH HEFNER", or so I thought! After my excitement, I noticed people around me dying with laughter. Brian then informed me (real quietly) that it was George Bush senior. WHOOPS! I died laughing. It was hilarious! It looked just like him. I just assumed old man, nicely dressed and with a bunch of girls was Hugh. I was not quick enough to get a picture.
The laughter does not end there....
My friends dad was talking about going to this restaurant in Houston that sold "Truffles". He was discussing how hard it is to "find" them and how "expensive" they are. He asked me, if I had had them and if I liked them. I, of course, told him I loved them. I didn't realize they were that hard to find. I know several places here in OKC that you can get them. I assumed it would be super easy to find them in Houston. But, what do I know? (HA-nothing apparently)
The conversation kept going about these "truffles". I'm thinking to myself, they can't be that hard to find in Houston. 3 bucks for a little square of wonderfulness is not that bad, if you ask me.
I just continued agreeing with their statements and how "I would LOVE LOVE" to try these truffles out as well. It was at that moment, Brian realized what I was thinking. He leaned over and said, "Amanda, they are not talking about chocolate truffles."
"They're not?"
I had never been so confused in my life. I interrupted the conversation and asked, "you're not talking about chocolate truffles?"
Of course NOT! They started to explain what it is and they lost me at "pigs are the ones who find them". Whatever. I was no longer interested in the conversation.
Truffles will ALWAYS and FOREVER be CHOCOLATE to me.
-A :)
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