Birthday Parties, Barrel Races, Bonfires, and Big Storms

(Sorry this took so long! I was waiting on pics from Katie!!)

So I will have to say that last Friday and Saturday were the most FUN days I have ever had.
Friday night, instead of going to Derby Days with James (wrong weekend! lol) I was called to work for the MRC. I got to umpire a kid pitch baseball game with my friend Chance, which was nice because then I got to see my Twin Jazzmine (: Nicole's little brother was on one of the teams so we decided to go to pick up Katie and have a girl's night out after I clocked out. We visited Kelsey at Sonic where Nicole got some ice cream... but Katie and I wanted Cherry Berry (: Then we decided to go to Wal-mart to buy some girl's night out materials... face masks, nail polish, hair dye, Cosmo... you know, the works :) My car was sick :( It needed a new alternator and I finally got it Tuesday.. but Mom let me borrow her convertible for the night! It was BEAUTIFUL here so we put the top down and turned up the radio (:

After we picked up Katie and got Nicole her ice cream (:

Yes that is my always-attached-to-a-ponytail hand (:

Priceless <3

We met Kels at Katie's and did the whole mask and nails thing.. all while watching "Whose Line" with Jim Carey and the four funniest guys ever, and Jackass 3.5. (: I don't think I've laughed like that in forever! Kelsey and I snuck upstairs for food and ended up doing the typical canned-whipped-cream-and-potato-chips thing.. it was entertaining :) We ended up staying awake until three am! Now that is a great Friday Night (:

At sonic!

We snuck Kelsey out for a picture :)

Priceless :)

We couldn't smile! It hurt to try lol!

It was a great night :)

Saturday we all woke up around 11. Katie's mom had made us cinnamon rolls and we watched the horse races going on somewhere around the world. Katie's brother Chris was rolling through town and we all sat on the couch playing Birds 'n' Blocks forever and updating our Nooks/Kindles (: They even gave me a book to read... so I'll be plenty busy for a while! We all decided Cherry Berry sounded delicious right then, so we drove into Derby and had lunch (: Katie then brought me home where I got ready for Jess' Birthday Party! Nicole took me out there and that was an adventure in itself... lol. (No we didn't get lost... much :P)

We chatted, ate food, took a tour of her new house, and played volleyball... (: Turns out, even after playing for three years, I stink. But it was so much fun! After, as we were all sitting in the kitchen eating and drinking Mountain Dew (yeah, I drank two!), Sarah, Garrett, and I decided to go watch Katie at her barrel race right down the road. We drove out there and while Katie was warming up, Sarah and I walked around and talked about anything and everything. It was so nice to become closer to someone whom I will travel to school with. Neither of us can wait for the thousands of new guys waiting for us in the fall.. (: Major plus to a kick-ass education lol.

Katie and Ace are behind us! When we left, she was in first!

It was getting chilly (:

Garrett and Carson's cowboy hat (:

Afterwards, Sarah and I visited our friend Shelby at a bonfire and kept her company for a while. Then she dropped me off at James' and we played Sims 3 and watched the storms outside.. it was really pretty. Lots of lightning and thunder.. it was a beautiful Kansas storm :) When Sarah and I were at the bonfire, it was a HUGE open field, and if you stood behind the fire and watched the lightning, it was absolutely gorgeous. It made me realize just how much I love this place... and my friends <3

Shelby, Sarah and I at the bonfire :)