New Car

I guess you can say that I went through my mid-life crisis early, ha ha! I traded my Altima in & got this Toyota FJ Cruiser. The day I got my Altima 2.5 years ago I actually went there to look at an FJ Cruiser but I talked myself into getting the Altima instead. So I have wanted one of these for a while & I wanted some excitement in my life so I guess here I go! It is way bigger then my little Altima but I love it! It has 47,000 miles on it!
Here is a glimpse of the inside, there is 5 seats!

The steering/radio!

The front!

The back and yes I finally got an AL license plate so now I am a true Alabamian, :( Ha!

It has a nice roof rack too in case we ever got a kayak or something. The trunk is huge too! Well, that is it for now I just wanted to share my spontaneous side.

Birmingham Botanical Gardens

The other day I went to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens and it was beautiful and very hot. They have so many neat flowers and the best part about the park is that it is free! I love the center of this flower, super cool.

Another neat flower! People thought I was really wierd because I was getting on my hands and knees and taking my time getting the perfect shot, hee hee!

This flower was my favorite because it is just so crazy yet beautiful!

I am fascinated with the inside centers of flowers, can you tell?

A Lovely Rose!

This flower was really neat too and there was some sort of voting contest for whoever grew it.

They also had all sorts of cool cacti

I like this one because it looks like a shamrock

A close up of Mr. Bee eating lunch!

This huge rock looks like part of a face.

There was a section that was Japanese inspired and it had neat architecture and a pond with Japanese fish.

I was waiting for these neat blue dragonflys to land and trying to get close to it without it flying a way. It took a while but these turned out pretty cool.

I liked this one the best!

Here it is in black & white which I thought looked really awesome! Well, that is it for now!

Las Vegas Trip

So I know this post is really overdue because we went a month ago but here are some pics from our Vegas trip. This is by the famous sign.
This is after I lost some money & sponge bob was trying to comfort me, hee hee.

In the Paris casino there was this gorilla and every time we passed I made every one give it dap.

Here is a pic of Sean, me, Steffanie, & Zack with our funny drinks.

Me & Sean

Sean & I at night with Eifel tower in background.

Me!

The statue of liberty at the New York Casino

We saw the Bellagio fountains many times!

We saw this sign on the way to Hoover Dam, ha!

We got to stand between two states at once, Arizona & Neveda.

This was at the top of Hoover Dam & that is the new bridge they are building, it is sooooo huge!

Looking across & down at Hoover Dam, so neat!

Looking down at the dam! The trip went by too quick but it was lots of fun! We also went and saw a hypnosis comedian which was really funny & entertaining and we bet on some horse races at the sports book which was fun. I picked my horses based on name only, if they had a unique name I picked them & you'd be surprised how many times I chose the right one.

Aislynn's Recital & Kieran's 1st Birthday Party

A few weeks ago I went to Pamella's for Aislynn's first dance recital. Look how cute that little ballerina is. She was def the best in the class by personality alone, one of the only kids smiling & having fun the entire time, loved it.
My favorite girl & I

I love those big eyes!

I was also there for Kieran's first birthday! It seems like Pamella just called me the other day in the middle of the night saying I think this is it, ha!

Love the hat & shirt you got him Pamella. He sure did love that cake as much as I did, hee hee!

Here is a pic of mommy and K and he is drinking out of this really cool cup I got him that he can hold up himself.

Sean & I, Sean has had a mustache for about a month and a half but he finally just shaved it off which made me super happy.

It was so good to see all my siblings, I miss hanging out with them. We had a fun goofy time when the kiddos went to sleep.

Do we look like gansters or what? I'm sporting Kieran's new summer hat & Pamella is rocking Aislynn's sun glasses.

Here is a normal shot of the girls! I know I haven't been posting in forever but hopefully now I will stop being so lazy and my next post will be about my Vegas trip which was a month ago!
Chow for now!

AL Nature

The other day I was walking to GoodYear to pick up my car after having the A/C fixed and these trees are every where. They have little white flowers on them and the petals cover the ground from all the wind, but these particular trees are in the front of my neighborhood.

On Easter I din't have to work till 5pm to unload a truck so I went to check out Oak Mountain State Park and it was awesome. They have a golf course, horseback riding, a beach (haha it has sand and lake water to swim in but it was still pretty cool), lots of hiking trails, mountain top views, camping and picnic areas. you can also rent canoes and paddle boats. But this is a pic I took while hiking on one of the trails ( next time I will be able to go further if I don't where flip flops (what can I say I'm a florida girl!)

This was at the very top of a mountain. I felt like I was driving forever to get there because the roads literally wind around and are not very wide and you can only go like 15mph ( it was kind of scary when another car was going the opposite way because I was like on the very edge and then to look over, hee.

The long drive up the mountain was worth it though, look how pretty. I think the next time Sean comes we may go eat lunch up there. Lots of people had chairs and were just hanging out up there with their families, it was cool.

more moutain top pics

On my walk on one of the trails they had all different kinds of owls and hawks. This little guy below was too cute every where I went his eyes followed me and I thought I was alone so I was talking to him and I saw a man not too far away sitting on a bench and I felt really silly, ha!

Hopefully next time I go I will have someone here to share it with. I hope every one had a Happy Easter!