brady is leaving today to go on a white water
rafting trip in WV with some of his friends. he's done
this the past 3 years and always has a blast.
i'm glad for him to go cuz it gives me a weekend
of me. that's very exciting. at one point
i thought it would be sooo fun to go on this trip as
well, but i'm too afraid of this happening.

and it does several times while on the river.
so needless to say, i won't be white water rafting
in West Virginia anytime soon, but have fun brade!!!

last weekend a couple of my girlie friends and i went camping in va beach. we slept in tents, made our own fire, got eaten alive by mosquitoes (at least i did), laid out on the beach, swam in the waves, made sandcastles (well, darla did), did lots and LOTS of talking, told stories, ate smores, and watched project runway on my laptop in the tent. that last thing was the only non-camping thing we did, except eat both dinners out. haha, but all in all it was a great time had by all. and i have to mention that it did take us 2 hours to get the fire started the first night, but we learned from our mistakes and got the fire started in 45 minutes the second night. and we also didnt shower all weekend so we were nice and stinky for our husbands by the time we got home on monday evening.

here we are right before departure. the truck is

loaded up and ready to roll.

elissa and darla getting frustrated
with the non-existent fire. well, truthfully
elissa was the driving force behind that fire
even making it past 20 minutes, because i
was frustrated and too impatient to try to keep a fire
going at that point. so all the credit really goes to
elissa for her determination to get it roaring.
and she was successful.

blowing, blowing, blowing. fire
making takes LOTS of blowing.

darla and her sandcastle.

me, being cute in that hat while talking to brade.

elissa and darla, my cutie friends on the beach.

i usually dont work on fridays, but last friday

i went into work for a bridal updo. i had a lot of errands

to run that day and had planned things out just right.
or so i thought. my last stop before the salon was the gym.
i didnt want to go to work all sweaty and stinky so
i had prepared to take a shower there and clean myself
before going to do the bride's hair. the only thing i didnt bring
was a towel to dry myself. luckily i realized this
before walking into the gym so i stopped by walgreens hoping
to see a beach towel or something. well, the only thing i
could come up with were these 2 cheap dish towels. so there i was
standing in the shower drying myself off with these 2 little towels.
fortunately they did the job, but i felt pretty silly.

i ran a 5k this morning. brade was supposed to do it with

me but bailed out a few days before so i got my friend
darla to take his spot. it was really fun and although
i didnt run the whole time i felt very proud of myself.

got my number, im ready to go.

darla and i before the race.

it was a small race, but can you find us?

here i am nearing the finish line with
my two race made friends, diane and lucy.

and im done!!!!!!!!

brady was bullying me into jumping off the top.
he kept telling me it would make me tough, but
i said i would only do it if he would
get out in the water and document it.

brade's first time wakeboarding. he got up
on his first try, SHOCKER!!!

brade and kev getting ready to take off.

please excuse the no make up'd faces.

in honor of football season starting up im posting this lovely picture taken of me at a little rinky dink grocery store at smith mountain lake. its the redskins newest player. me lindsay andersen #9. lets hope this year brings more victories than defeats. GO SKINS!!!!!!