Here we go again.......

I am SO behind on blogging! I'll have to catch up soon!

But, until then...


Oh yes! I'm there! And this time, I have more stalker buddies joining me! YUSSS! Lace up those stalker boots, girls!

(I'm such a jr high girl!)

Key West, FL

Well, now that it's been a month since our trip to Florida, I guess I'll go ahead and post some pictures from our vacation :)

Once I returned to Miami from my New Kids Cruise :) I stayed a couple of days with Debbie (Krystal's mom) until Jerrod and Bryson flew out to meet me. Jerrod said that Bryson was so cute on the airplane. He's been on a plane before, but was too young to remember it. He was so excited to go to the airport and step onto a plane...he was even able to visit the cockpit! The pilot asked him "have you ever flown a plane before?". Bryson answered "yes". :) Bryson watched out the window as they took off. Once they flew high enough to be above the clouds, Bryson asked "are we upside down". (haha) It just didn't make sense for the clouds to be underneath the plane!

As they were descending, Bryson's ears clogged up. Jerrod said that he started being really loud and shouted "la la la la la la la. Hey Daddy, I have to talk really loud to hear myself". Jerrod said that it reminded him of the video posted on youtube of the little boy still high after visiting the dentist (look it up if you haven't seen it!)

Once they landed, Jerrod said "Bryson, we're in Miami now". Bryson was confused and asked "but where's 'my' ami". Your ami, my ami...it's everyone's ami. :)

They rented a car and drove to Debbie's house. I was so glad to see my boys!

Debbie knew that she was going to miss Bryson's birthday this year, so she wanted to throw him a special little birthday party at her house. That was so sweet of her! She bought him an ice cream cake and a little guitar.

I offered to write "Happy Birthday" on the cake...take a look:
Happy "Birtday". I'm such a genius. Dork!

It was Jerrod's birthday the day before, so he got an ice cream cake too. Father/Son birthday party!

We stayed the night at Debbie's then drove to Key West the next day.

Bryson at the hotel pool.
(why do kids love to swim in the pool even when there is an ocean 10 feet away?)




Practicing snorkeling in the pool
He thought it was funny to see Daddy under the water


Our first Key West sunset

Building sandcastles

Hanging out on our balcony at the hotel

Us at the southernmost point of the U.S.

I love pink sunsets and palm trees!

This is my most favorite picture of Bryson right now! So handsome!

A little night swimming

Bryson and me on a boat that took us out snorkeling

Daddy and Bryson getting ready to snorkel.

Bryson did SO good! It was so cute the first time he put his head under the water. Once he had all of his gear on, he stuck his head under and through his little snorkel, I could hear him say "OHHHHHH"! He discovered that there is a whole new world under the water.

At one point, he was sitting on the boat looking out at the horizon. There was nothing but ocean for as far as you could see. Of course you could also see where the ocean met the sky. He suddenly turned to me and said "we are going to crash into the sky" :)

He thought this yacht was pretty cool and needed his picture taken next to it

Tired and in a bad mood at dinner. Look at that face!

Hanging out at the pier

Our last Key West sunset

He was exhausted by the end of our trip!

We had a lot of fun :) It was a great vacation with my boys!

Six Flags!!!

For Bryson's birthday, he received a Six Flags season pass from his Grammy & Pops (and one for me too. score!)

This would be Bryson's first time to ride the rides at Six Flags!

(he's been to Holiday in the Park, but he was only 1 at the time)

Bryson riding the Batman airplane! Remember folks, he's obsessed with Batman these days! We rode this ride 4 times in a row and stayed in Gotham City for about 2 hours!

Us riding the Batman airplane...probably our 3rd time on the ride :)

Bryson by the Batmobile

Up on the parachute ride

The next picture was taken as we were heading up the first big hill of the Judge Roy Scream. This was Bryson's very first time on a roller coaster. He LOVED it! (he's his mother's son) We rode it 3 times in a row...at HIS request :)

Video of his very first roller coaster ride! Hilarious!



And finally, he spotted Batman and had to have his picture taken with him!

It sure was hot outside, but we had a great day :)

Happy Birthday Bryson!

My baby boy turned 4 years old today! 4!!

Age 4 favorites:

food- ice cream

TV show- batman

toy- batman

desert- messy chocolate

drink- juice

clothes- anything batman

1st birthday- Hawaiian Luau

2nd birthday- Mickey Mouse


3rd birthday- Mater from the movie Cars


4th birthday- Batman


His party was at Monkey Grounds in Bedford. He had a great time and came home with LOTS of new toys!

Oh, George!

Last night, Jerrod and I went to the new Cowboy's Stadium to see George Strait! I love me some George!

I could do a whole post just on the stadium! It is NICE!

This screen is HUGE...this picture does not do it justice. You too can own a HDTV like this for a mere $40 million! The 600-ton Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Vision System has the world's largest HD video boards. Hanging 90 feet above the field, each screen facing the sidelines is about 60 yards long and 72 feet tall. It's kind of large.

Blake Shelton

Reba McIntyre

And finally, my man, George!

He was so good! Seriously, how many other people have 50+ #1 hits?!

Towards the middle of his show, he started a little chant. "Jerry, open the roof!"

(it takes 12 minutes for it to fully open)

Jerry listened :)

Below are a couple of videos of George singing my favorite songs! "Amarillo By Morning" and "The Chair"!



It was a great show! :)

No Doubt!

No Doubt played in Dallas on Saturday night for the first time in years! I went with Jerrod, my two sisters, and my cousin. No Doubt was amazing! There aren't many concerts that you can go to and LOVE every single song that they perform! We had a great time! :)

She so does not look like she has 2 small kids!

Jenny, Me, Jerrod, Mandy and Sarah

Good times!!

NEW KIDS CRUISE!

Disclaimer: If you do not like long posts and/or you do not like reading about the New Kids on the Block....move on! This post is not for you!

Alrighty! As most of you know, Krystal and I had the pleasure of going on a cruise with our beloved New Kids on the Block May 15-18. To say that we had a blast is a major understatement! We had SO much fun! It was great to be in stalker mode for a few days straight! (although I did miss my stalker buddy...you know who you are!)

When we first boarded the ship, this is what we saw:

YEA! "Welcome aboard"!

Everyone on the ship was to decorate their cabin door. We were supposed to be "creative". We decided to go with an army theme...New Kids army. This was our door:

"Soldiers since 1986" haha


It was fun to go around and look at everyone's doors. There were some good ones and some really funny ones!


Our cabin was in a great spot! Right across the hall from us was Joe's daddy. We called him "Daddy Mac". And, about 10 doors down were all of the New Kids. ...and yes, we did spot them in the hallway several times...we just started keeping our door open! ha. I was tempted to sleep in the hallway! :)



Below is a picture of the atrium:
The picture doesn't do it justice...the banners were huge! Greatness!!!


Out on the deck, the guys held a "sail away" party. There were tons of people out there but we had a great time!

My favorite, Donnie

Krystal's favorite, Jordan







Joe



Jordan & Joe




Donnie



Joe (and no, I didn't touch up this picture. he really does look that good! haha)


After the sail away party, a group of us met in one of the lounges for a game of NKOTB Feud! All of the guys played...and Joe's daddy joined the fun! Joe's daddy is so sweet and friendly.


Daddy Mac & Donnie


Jordan, Joe, Daddy Mac, & Donnie
NKOTB Feud was a lot of fun...LOTS of laughs!

Daddy Mac, Joe, Danny, Donnie, Jon, & Jordan


Later that night, there was a PJ party out on the deck! FUN!

Krystal and me


Jordan

Donnie

Joe

Here is a picture of Krystal and me right before their big concert

Out by the atrium

OK, so after the concert, we decided to have a little photo session with a big cardboard cutout of the guys.

What's funny about this is....we didn't know that Donnie was about 5 feet behind this picture! Our photo session was held in front of the casino.

We took a few pics of us kissing the boys (haha...so jr high, I know!)

Suddenly, a girl walked out of the casino and said "Donnie is right over there (pointing) playing Blackjack". What!? Photo session over! We "casually" walk into the casino and sure enough, there he was. We didn't want to stand there and stare at him like he was a zoo exhibit, so we went over the the cashier and decided to play blackjack...at the table right next to him. I tried not to stare too much. A few minutes later, Jordan joined Donnie.

We all played for about an hour or so before the guys left. As Donnie was getting up from the table, he said "I need to go hug these girls at this table". He came over and hugged us and kissed us on the cheek! He told me "good luck" as he was leaving. ...I needed it.

What a great way to end the night!


The next day, the guys held a Q & A session in one of the lounges. Once again, lots of fun and lots of laughs. I couldn't believe some of the questions that were being asked!

Later that night, there was another party out on the deck. Tonight's theme: all white. It was kind of neat to look out and see everyone out there wearing all white.
...and yes, that is a Donnie necklace that I'm wearing :) and Krystal is sporting her Jordan necklace. (Thank you Stacey from NKOTB Stalkerfest!)

(This next video was not recorded by me, I found it on youtube)

The all white party was our last night on the ship :(

....and we never went to bed

Seriously, we had a total of 8 hours of sleep during the entire cruise! The earliest we went to bed was 5am! There were deck parties every night and we were not about to leave the party before the guys left! So, we didn't sleep much at all! It was so worth it though :)

Other highlights of the cruise:

• NKTV - a television station that played nothing but New Kids 24/7. It was great!

• One morning, while our door was open, Donnie walked by, stepped in our room and said "come over here and give me a hug". Ummm...OK! And yeah, I still had my pj's on! But I didn't care!

• Did I kiss Donnie again? Ummm, yes! Did I sit in his lap? Ummm, yes! hahahaha ...it was very innocent though! :)

• Breakfast with Danny's dad. We told him that we had met him 19 years ago at the mall. He asked us "19 years ago, did you ever think that we'd be here today?". No :) But I'm sure glad we were!

Here are a few more pictures:

Everyone celebrated Jordan's birthday on the cruise

So, that pretty much wraps up the cruise in a semi-small nutshell! Like I said, we had sooo much fun and are so glad that we were able to go on this trip. We are very lucky girls indeed.

And guess what? There will be a cruise in 2010. I'm so there! Who wants to join me? :) Super Stalker Cruise 2010!

Lady GaGa said it best in her song "Paparazzi":

"I'm your biggest fan
I'll follow you until you love me
Papa-paparazzi
Baby there's no other superstar
You know that I'll be your
Papa-paparazzi

Promise I'll be kind
But I won't stop until that boy is mine
Baby you'll be famous
Chase you down until you love me
Papa-paparazzi"