Ross' Surprise HIP HOP DANCE BIRTHDAY!

Ross 28th birthday was on Wednesday night and I planned a surprise HIP HOP birthday party for him. We went out to eat with Stephen & Lisa and then went back to Brian's house for 'cake'. As soon as we walked in the door, the music started playing and all of our crazy friends who were decked out in their hip hop gear came out in a line dancing at the top of the stairs. Ross quickly put on his costume and the party continued...

Here's Lauren & Kevin!

We had an instructional video--but mostly, we just free styled.

Becca & Ed. The wife beater crew.

Here's the whole thug gang.

this random guy who we didn't know showed up with his boom box!

I can only hope my first wedding dance will be like this...

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My Brother Thinks We're Rednecks!

Shortly after we made our last purchase (see previous post) my brother sends me this picture in a email with the caption "Redneck Guest Bedroom." Who wouldn't want to stay in our new camper when they come visit us in huntsville?

I'm a Sucker...

Just when we got down to 2 cars in the family....

Yesterday we were driving down to Denver to see Ross' mom and Ross turns to me and says, "Can I ask you a question?" (He has never asked me to ask a question before). Then he asks if we can go by the house in Littleton one last time to see his dream 4 door 1966 International Harvestor Pick Up. He had one of these trucks back in high school and ever since he can't stop talking about how badly he wants another one when he's older. Being that we were moving and extremely 'stuff' conscious, I figured it was safe to just look so I said, "sure." We had been by this truck multiple times b/c it's in a neighborhood pretty close to where Ross lived in high school. Ross has had his eye on this thing for over 10 years and had even talked with the old man who is the original owner about 8 years ago. Since then, he has never had the courage to go to the door but yesterday was different.

He went up to the door while I sat in the car and an older lady opened the door. Ross explained that he loves the truck and had talked with her husband about it many years ago. She then told him that her husband had passed away in May and she has been wanting to get rid of the truck but doesn't know where to start b/c it's not worth anything (or so she thought--Ross pretty much looks for these everyday on ebay and they always go for a couple thousand dollars in bad condition). Now, Ross is about the luckiest guy I know...the fact that he finally asks about the truck and the old man had just bit the dust is sad, but very lucky.

Anyways, to make a long story short....Ross ended up dealing with her sons later in the afternoon and offered $400 (Thats 40 $10 bills!)and it was a done deal. Can we go a little further with the 'lucky'? Ross is such a freak, he seriously would have paid like $6000 for his dream truck in perfect condition. Thank God he didn't! Now we have another 'project' and Ross has his dream car so he will never have to buy another one! (cross your fingers). I'm a pretty good wife if you ask me....how could I resist--it's his birthday!

Here's some pictures and some great things about the truck:

-The guy was the original owner, he got every bell and whistle that came on the darn thing, the paint is original, there isn't a rust spot to be seen (ok, maybe a few small spots), it has a wood-grain dash, it has 72,000 original miles....and THEY THREW IN THE CUSTOM CAMPER for free!

HECK OF A DEAL!

Getting our tree

Since there was absolutely no cooking to be done this Turkey Day at the Houks, we went to get our Christmas tree! There hasn't been a lot of snow yet this year, so we hiked instead of our normal snowmobiling. Our friends, Kallie & Steve, went with us. Here's the pictures...
Ross before we killed our tree!

Kallie, Steve & Tucker with their tree.

Hiking out!

Dragin it down the mountain!

Posing for a photo on Meadow Mtn.

Finished Product!

Rocky Mountain National Park

Ross & I went to check out Rocky Mountain National Park last weekend as a last minute "I have to see this before I leave Colorado" type trip. It was really beautiful.

Hairball

Today I was showing Ross Google Images to show him how I come up with images for my blogs....I told him you can find a funny picture for just about anything. So, we went there and I said, "pick any word." He said, "hairball." I typed in hairball and among the first pictures was this one and he said, "Gross, look at that guy pulling a hairball out of his mouth." Ross, "That is Hillary Clinton."

I found this on Facebook..

Can I even tell you why I love and miss this girl?

just stop talking now..GLEN BECK

That was the catchy slogan on one of the political talk radio shows on 105.5 which I listened to every minute in the car for the past year....until....they changed the station to Oldies a few days ago. I'm so hooked to talk radio, listening to music in the car seems so boring! I guess I will have to live with NPR until I move to TX.

Judge Judy

So, today I was at the gym trying to entertain myself by reading a book on the workout machine---that got old real fast. I mean, Judge Judy was on the TV...with that kind of drama and justice, a workout is bound the fly on by. So, there I was watching Judge Judy and getting totally wrapped up in a drugie cousin bringing a lawsuit against his cousin for hitting him during an intervention and breaking his face....when....a lady walks up to the T.V. looks at me and motions that she is going to change it. I mean, I was the only one watching any one of the 5 TVs. Every other TV had sports or the stock market....and she had to change the JUDGE! Being the "walk all over me" person that I am, I just kinda shrugged and waved like "Who Me? I'm not watching Judge Judy."

smelly office....

So, I have been having major Body Odor Self Consciousness at work lately---but only in one part of the office--when I'm at my desk I feel as if I smell powder fresh. At the same time, an office mate is continually complaining about how this one guys' office lets off a really bad odor--she has asked me to order all kinds of discrete air fresheners to put around the door to his office. Then one day I just brought it up to her that I felt I needed to change deodorants or something b/c I always feel like I smell when I'm packing things up in this one part of the office. Today, she was helping me wrap and discovered she gets the same body odor feeling when in this part of the office. Coincidentally, this guy's office is the only thing near this "body odor complex" part of the office. We decided this boy has a major problem that is invading the office and making clean people feel nasty dirty. What do you think?

Fat Camp

So, I joined the gym again for my closing winter months in Vail. I've been trying out some of the classes to see if they can jump start this rump shaker.

Today I went to a class called "Power Lunch Boot Camp." Ok, BIG MISTAKE. First of all I walk in and no one is there expect the instructor who is a cross between extremely skinny and body builder. One other girl showed up and we started class. It was the worst experience. It was like high school sports punishment x10. As I was doing push ups, squats, running around the track and suicide sprints, evil thoughts were coming into my head, memories of high school sports were coming back to haunt me and all I wanted to do was get out. Finally when the crazy instructor was telling us to put one hand on the basketball and the other on the floor and try to do push ups. I said, "I'll see ya'll later" and walked out. After leaving the gym, I called Ross and told him I went to Fat Camp and failed.

I realized today that I could careless if I ever "sprint" again in my lifetime. I'm an old lady and I am looking for exercise to be fun or at least bareable.

More later on other gym experiences.....

Chinese National Team vs. Texas A&M (women)

So, I went to my first American sporting event in many, many years...good 'ol basketball game at Reed. But here's the crazy deal...it was the female Chinese National Team vs. Texas A&M women's team. Who would have thought? It was crazy!!! The Chinese community of Bryan/College Station was out in full force....wearing red, with China flags and chanting like crazy. It was so fun. Unfortunately, the Chinese team lost by a couple points...but it was actually a really good game...neck and neck the whole way. 中国队，加油！

Halloween

So as you all know...Wednesday was Halloween. Some of you may be thinking, Kelly, you're 26, you shouldn't be dressing up anymore...but hey...I was helping out at the Fall Festival...anything for the kids! By the way, I recommend helping out at those deals to anyone...because you will see the CUTEST kids EVER. Oh my goodness...there were Buzz Lightyears, Little Aggie football players, mermaids, Mulan, Snow White, cowboys...adorable! I will show you some pics! (For the record I don't think L May stood a chance against the HULK!)