Key West

Virgie and Dacia have this time-share thing and we used it in Key West, FL. I have been to one of the keys, Islamorada, but not Key West. Luckily the weather was good the whole time we were down there. It was sunny and nice and therefore I got a great tan! Most of the time we were down at the beach. The Atlantic Ocean is much better than the Pacific Ocean and it was pleasantly warm. We went on a glass bottom boat and went snorkeling in the 3rd largest coral reef. When we were out on the boat we saw lots of dolphins jump in and out of the water. During my snorkeling adventure I swallowed way too much water! Other than that I had a good time doing it. You can't leave the Keys without having some key-lime pie. That was yummy! We all had a great time.

California LOVIN!!!

I had this thought about Easter a few months ago. For the fun of it I figured why not go to Caifornia and have Easter with my mom and brothers. After that thought I had the thought why not do it for the a month long. That's a long time but why not do it. I ended up getting my ticket and yes it was for a whole month long. My vacation was good. I had a good time with my family and even squessed in time with a friend. I ended up staying with plenty of family. It started off with my mom then my Grandma, then my dear Aunt Jody, then my grandma some more, then my mom some more, then my other Aunt and cousins, then my mom some more then my Grandma some more. I guess you could call me the traveling nut. I had a good time there in California. I saw the ocean and some more!!!

From my cousin's background, you can see Petco Park

in San Diego which is where the Padres play.

I'd like that as my back yard!!!

I have never seen anyone do this new water sport before.

I kept seeing people stand on surfboards and paddle through the water.

Pretty funny. Maybe I'll try it someday?!

Happy Quarter of a Century Birthday to Kelly!!!

I had a good date with Grandma and Grandpa

for my last day in California.

Grandma and I had some good lunch dates right

on the ocean. That was fun to do!

Wine Please!!!

Grandma, Uncle Mike and I went to this really cute

Danish town and they were having an old auto show as we were there.

It was fun to see all the old cars. I'll have that one please!

My little brother Josh was having baseball games as I was in town.

They were fun to go to and cheer on my little bro!

Christian was having some fun rolling around

in his roller blades.

Andrew's the new karate kid and

I hope that he doesn't try and get me!!!

Zach's a new karate kid...watch out!!!

I went and stayed the night with my cousin

Megan. I had a wonderful time because I

haven't seen her in far too many years!

Sleepy little Angelina is so precious and cute.

Megan has one ham of a baby!!!

I was SO happy to see my dear friend Jon on my vacation.

We had a great day out and about Laguna Beach!!!

Dinner date time for my last California day with

Grandma and Grandpa. Had a great dinner date!

Terrell Owens, from the Buffalo Bills, paid

a visit to LAX while I was there. I got a little

star struck but not too much. I could've and

maybe should've tried to talk to him and get

his autograph.

NFL star is SO popular that the paparazzi were at the airport to get

pictures and video of Terrell Owens. That was

fun to see because I've never seen paparazzi before.

I had to sign a piece of paper if I didn't want

my picture covered to see me so I did it.

I ended up staying the night at LAX's arrival

area to wait for a friend to get there. I thought

I was gonna have to just sit in a chair all night

but ended up seeing some other people sleep there

as well and so they gave me the idea of sleeping

on the floor.

This was my bed for the night which worked

out good.

Bad decision?

So I made a decision and might regret it just a little. I kinda got a little syked for the opporunity to be on a reality show just for the fun of it. Well here's the kicker: I was told that I'll be flown out May 3-5 and have an interview with the producers. Well on May 3 we are having a graduation party for my brother's high school graduation. I felt as though I couldn't miss that and that it would be more important for me to be there to congratulate him for the work he's done. So then the other part is the taping part. The taping part is May 22 through June 12 (3 weeks). During this time, my family is taking this BIG family vacation to Key West. This is a vacation that we really have never done before and kind've a going away vaca because my brother Adam is heading to the Army in July. The vacation is June 6 through the 14th. During that week is some of the taping of the show. My problem was deciding if the vacation to Key West or the show is more important. I decisided to do the vacation and not the show. I am thinking back about it and don't know what to do or think about the decision I made. Did I make a good decision and could it be re-done?

More to LOVE

I might be your next reality star for the new show More to Love! Who would've thought?
My grandma was watching the news one night and heard about this casting call. They were going to have the casting call the next day at a Lane Bryant store and my grandma thought I needed to go do it. I couldn't say no and figured it wouldn't hurt anything to try it out. I thought it was a casting call for modeling in a Lane Bryant catalogue and figured "HECK YEAH, I'LL GO" I even already brought some business clothes along with me on my trip to California.
We drove kinda far away to the Lane Bryant store that the casting was at. Besides two other girls, I was one of the first ones there. This took quite a long amount of time to go through it.
The new show is a mixture of The Bachelor for curvy women. Take a look at http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/03/30/2009-03-30_fox_plans_reality_show_for_averagelookin.html for a little more information on it. They are making the new show because most all the other shows have thin girls in them and they want a show for what they call an average American girl that is a size 14 and above and has curves. I fit in that catagory at the moment. I was patiently waiting for my turn for the interview. It was my turn next. They called me up and one of the casting directors already liked me and told me I'm good for the show. After the interview, I was given a HUGE packet of papers to fill out that was, let me say, more than 30 pages of paper. My grandma and I went on over to the Denny's that was right there and I filled out the papers for more than about 30 minutes. In a couple days after filling the paper out I got a phone call and email to send them some full body and face picures.

Here's the kicker, I got a phone call again to come back for another interview with the producers. The taping will be 3 weeks long for the show. I have to go meet with the producers and then might get called up again for the taping. This won't hurt anything if I do it and you just might see me on t.v. Who knows where this will take me!? It's about timing right now and we'll see where this takes me.

Happy Easter!

Easter was a good Easter. I had Easter with my mom and little brothers in California. My brothers and I died the eggs the night before and had a good time doing it together. I ended up going to an Easter service at a nearby church but only I went to the service. I didn't mind going to church by myself. The service was good and I heard the sermon and sang some songs along with the bells ringing. I'm glad I went to the service and proud of myself for going alone. My mom made a quite yummy ham dinner for us all and boy did I enjoy it! After dinner it was time to hide the eggs. Mom and I went outside to hide the eggs and then the boys came out for their search. They had fun searching and I had fun watching because it wasn't too easy for them. We all had a good Easter!!!

All the eggs we died together turned out good. One has all our initials on it. If you look good enough, maybe you can see my egg. It's the one on the upper left corner with nothing else but sports ball stickers and a fire engine!!!

The weather permitted us to have a good time at the pool and fun time with H2O!The boys had fun on the egg and treat hunt!!!The searched so good for eggs they got some Easter treats on a hunt as well. YUMMO!!!