Shawn And Brooke

Well, Brooke’s favorite time of the year has come and gone. Whatever the reason, that girl loves Halloween. This year we not only “went” to a party; we hosted it. We had our small group meet at our apartment for a little par-tay. Everyone dressed up (pictures to prove it). There were 18 people in our one bedroom apartment. We had themed food, music, video, and games. Definately a night to remember. Brooke was an orange crayon and I was a yellow chicken.

I am tired, Brooke and I ran a half-marathon today (13.1 miles). I am going to crash soon, so I'll just post the results:

Me: http://www.runpix.info/lbc06/21/finord.php?LastName=3117&lan=&aset=0 Brooke http://www.runpix.info/lbc06/21/finord.php?LastName=3109&lan=&aset=0

We didn't set any records, but we finished and had fun.

So I found a new interesting web toy:

http://bunnyherolabs.com/adopt

They are little flash pets (like the one on the right side of this page). The tiger is pretty cool too.

I’m slowly trying to get caught up on this weblog thingy. I have spent a little time on my small group’s website for church.

http://sg.shawnandbrooke.com

Get it, the sg stands for Small Group. I’ve also started working on an AJAX two player chess game, but that is going very slowly.

Any ways, the weekend of July 22nd, we headed up to Santa Barbara with our friends Mark and Nessy (Venessa). We stayed with Nessy’s grandparents. They are a great couple. Her grandpa is a painter and had some really cool paintings to look at. Their place was really nice and they made us breakfast every morning.

We went and checked out the pier there, the local beach, and went wine tasting. We went to three or four places to taste. It was SSOOO hot there though. We decided it was too hot to drink anymore wine! That night we went back to Venessa’s grandparents house and watched Sideways. That is a wierd movie, but it was shot at a whole bunch of the same wineries that we were visiting.

We took highway 1 on the way home, also known as the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH). The view is very nice and it’s a fun curvey road. Thanks again to Mark and Venessa for driving! Hopefully we’ll get some pics up soon.

It’s been a while since we posted anything, partly because there wasn’t anything big goin on, and partly because our site was broken.

Let’s try to catch up…

We went to Vegas for our anniversary. Since we had never been we just got a cheap hotel on the strip and spent most of our time exploring. We have some cool pictures which will someday make it up to flickr, but until then trust me when I say wow. Lots to do and lots of lights.

I got my first chance to play real blackjack at a table. Nothing to big, $5 bets, but a lot of fun. The chips were heavier than I thought they’d be. I lost a little money but pretty much broke even on a couple hours of play. My table was great. The people there were friendly and very helpful. There was one crazy guy that kept betting like $100 (max) on single hands. He ended up leaving the table eventually…. $400 up.

Brooke and I played some nickel slots and had a blast getting free drinks for spending 50 cents on a slot machine! There was one slot machine that I played one nickel in while waiting for Brooke to get out of the bathrom. I hit some crazy bonus thing and cashed out after one pull for $35!!

Enough with the gambling. Let me just say, Vegas was HOT! (110ish) We walked around all day. We had to dive in and out of casino’s and stores just to stay cool. Some places on the strip even have sprayers that mist onto the sidewalks because its so hot. We actually walked all the way to the HardRock Cafe. If anyone has been to Vegas, you know how far off the strip that is.

We met up with some friends there and caught breakfast with them once. They were staying at the Wynn. Let me just say that place is amazing, I think Brooke got a good picture of it.

When we go back, we will definately see some shows. And as a side note, we walked so much in Vegas, that I got Tendonitis from my sandals!

Hello everyone!!

Yes it's true, we are coming home to the great midwest in September over shawn's birthday, and its also my brother's birthday and labor, it works out perfect!!! and the plane tickets were a lot cheaper than over the 4th of July. Summer so far here for us is good,working and enjoying our weekends. This past weekend we had a wedding to do to, it was so beautiful! (more pictures of that later)It feels like we really have friends when we get invited to these kind of social gatherings :)

This summer we intend to go to disneyland, seaworld, maybe the zoo again, and maybe a short camping trip. Can't take too much vacation because of our holiday trips home and stuff. Just so you all know our dates of return are

September 2 - 10

November 22 - 26

December 23 - Jan 2

We are excited to be able to spend a lot of time with our friends and family, I have to admit I am a little homesick, but I love where we are also.

Our small group is going well!! We have a pretty big though I guess, its around 14 or so all the time.

Oh yeah, we are going to Vegas for our 2 year anniversary!! I am so excited, neither of us have been there before. We got a really cheap hotel!! That is always a perk also. Well enough of my rambling, I just want to give a shout out to my peeps!!! HEY YA'LL hehehe God bless and take care. write us some snail mail if you want 1440 23rd st apt 116 santa monica ca 90404

Love you all!!!

Travel plans: Arrive in GR 9/2 @ 4:13pm. Depart for LA 9/10 @ 4:30pm.

Keep in mind my birthday is the 8th. :)

Call in advance, schedules fill up quickly.

So I have heard that some people have actually been reading this thing. Soooo I thought I'd just say hi to our loyal readers, and leave this as a place to leave comments and responses, etc etc. Go for it!