Happy Birthday Domenic

Nick celebrated his 27th birthday this past week on Monday, September 8th. He had night class so we decided to meet up and go to Toby Keith's resturant. It was a lot of fun, and definitely a place that we need to get a group of our friends together so we can two-step! Here are a few pictures of Nick on HIS day. Love you!!

No Fear of Needles for Me!

Today was my fourth acupuncture treatment. And..............I FEEL GREAT!!! Skeptic no more I guess you could say. I have tried to research what it is about acupuncture that makes it 'work' but no one really knows. One theory is that the needles in various points release so many of your endorphins, which in turn are what repair your body and relieve pain. (Hence the reason why I always feel high as a kite when I leave the appointment). Since my second treatment three weeks ago, I haven't taken any pain medication!! I have learned so much about natural medicine and what essential oils can do for you. Don't worry I am not turning into the voodoo lady, but they are working for me! I have been doing a few other things as well, such as daily stretches (I am officially an old lady), nightly lemon detox, dead sea salt baths, and twice daily essential oil rubs on my back. But the verdict is in........IT WORKS! I hope to keep feeling on the up and up--and then back to the gym I must go!

She's Baaaack!!

In case you missed it - today was the 24th season premiere of Oprah. I do love her. This is no secret to most of you, since I quote her as most of my sources on things (hahah---but so true)! I must admit, that I thought after a long summer hiatus she would come back with a totally rocking body--but not so much the case. (Made me feel better about my summer hiatus...lol). Great show today, so you should check it out, especially the show opening performance by the Black Eyed Peas. I am glad to have my girl back on the air. :)

Lake Powell Trip

What a fun time! We went to Lake Powell August 16-Aug 23rd with our good friends The Evans' (John, Jeanine, and Mark), our best friends The Badger's (TJ, Michelle, and Brandon), and our new friends The Cannon's (Ray, Kelly, and Courtney). We stayed on the houseboat "The Powell Pleasure" ( I think I laugh every time I say that name), and were so fortunate to have awesome weather, except for the storm during the docking the last day. So many pictures, so I sized them small (click on the picture to see them larger) and the captions should give all the details of the rest of the trip. We had a blast with everyone and hope to go again.

Here she is--The Powell Pleasure in all her glory: 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, living room, slide, BBQ, theater--what else would you need?

Nick giving the passing houseboats an eye sore! We all were hysterically laughing. (side note-Nick only wore the speedo for about 20 minutes the whole trip, but so many hilarious pics)
Nick out of a wakeboard run. Such great water.

One of the many nasty fish Nick caught. He was using NY strip steak as his bait, no wonder he caught so many!

I even gave fishing a try. Not too much luck.

When all else fails-there is always redneck fishing! Huge fish at Dangling Rope Marina, but fishing isn't allowed, so Nick decided he was just going to be a "man" and grab one with his hands. He had quite the audience while doing this.

Slot canyon that we swam through. Glad I had some strong men with me because there were some huge rocks that we had to climb over .

Nick and TJ as getting ready to swim the canyon

Us on the ski boat exploring the slot canyons

Rainbow bridge with TJ, Michelle, and Us

Nick with a catfish he caught one evening.

Always time for a little kiss

This tree was sticking up out of the water. Thought it made a great picture. At one point we had seven people climb up the tree for a group picture.

Gregory Butte behind us. Right next to where we docked the houseboat.

We never got tired of looking at such beautiful landscape. The sunset was amazing each night. We slept under the stars and the bats!!

Such a great trip. We played cards, learned a few new games, watched movies every night under the stars, slept on the top deck of the houseboat watching shooting stars, ate way too much food, ate M&M's for breakfast, saw a crazy storm and watched two ski boats sink!!! So wild. And way too many laughs with great friends=great vacation!