Welcome to Atlanta.....

Over memorial weekend we went to Geogria to visit our friends the Mounts who live 40 minutes out of Atlanta. We had such a good time, Jono is always funnier when Cameron is around. We played alot of games, thanks to Cameron for being willing, played some Dr Mario, went to a Braves game, went to a little water park, ate some crazy food but mostly laughed at stuff that I don't know if anyone else would think was funny. We had such a good time and the kids got along great. Bonus, she just had a 6 week old baby girl who is beautiful who I loved holding and for the first time thought I could do this again. Normally, I think "oh he or she is cute but I'm glad it's not me." PS Britney is getting the shaft because I look weird in the picture of us, sorry Brit.

How awesome is this picture that Britney took of Kalia and Jono, one of my favorites of all time.

Everyone needs a break.....

So Kalia has been spending some of her nights catching up on some reading. Kalia has been going in the backyard and reading by herself, I guess she is a little bit sick of us. The other day she was out there when it was time to eat. I tried to call her in and Jono stopped me and said "let's enjoy our dinner for once" so yes I left Kalia outside reading while Jono and I ate until our hearts were content.

Also, I had this genius mother's day gift idea of a cute picture of Kalia holding a sign that says Happy Mother's day. I got the blanket out and got ready to shoot some adorable shots. Of course that is not how it turned out. She wouldn't hold the sign so I decided to safety pin it to her, that still didn't work out. She wouldn't turn and smile for even a second. She did however pick up a clump of dirt and a stick and give me a a good dead pan look, such the little girl. I of course got so frustrated and was not exhibiting great mom qualities pretty ironic since I was trying to get a mother's day present ready.

I'm sure everyone will be relieved to know that the day was not lost I did get this cute picture below and for the record I actually love the above picture it's more realistic.

Love my baby girl...............

PS do you think I used ironic correctly in the post? Ever since everyone says the stuff in the ironic song isn't really ironic I feel like I don't know what it means anymore.

Congrats to Brooke!! & The best day of Jono's life.....

Two posts in one....... I saw this and it made me laugh so I thought I'd post it. It combines our love for saved by the bell and our love for Brooke! One last post to congratulate Brooke for everything that she accomplished. She made the TOP 5 on American Idol, the biggest show on TV right now, amazing. She worked so hard and did such an amazing job, we are so proud of her. She even got a call from one of her idols Carly Simon who said that Brooke did a better job with "you're so vain" than she did. What an amazing compliment! That is like Snoop calling up Jono and telling him that he wishes he could flow like he does. Or Bono calling me and telling me he wishes he could do as much as I am doing for charity. Which would be really amazing since I am not doing any charity work right now. Brooke is such a talented artist and we can't wait to see where her music career goes. Congrats Brooke!!

PS Jono loved Zack Morris, he tried to do his hair like him everyday. My guess is that it didn't turn out so well considering Jono's hair is curly and Zack's is not, wish I could have witnessed that.


And now the best day of Jono's life........

Was it the day he met me? Maybe the day he graduated from College? The day we got married? No... well it has to be the day Kalia was born, wrong again..... It was 5/1/08 the day that Brooke dropped his name, comparing him to Spencer on the Hills, on the Ryan Seacrest show. Click on the link below and click on the picture with just Brooke and you can see what she said....... Jono is looking to use it to start his own IMDB account (note: will only be funny if you know what IMDB is)

http://ryan.kiisfm.com/cc-common/losangeles/podcast/onair.html

Finally, although we have overdone idol on here Jono is insisting on posting his other pictures with what he calls his associates, so here we go:

PS I do have a life besides Idol I have some cute pics and a cute video of Bug that I am working on so I will slowly try to get back to the point of me having a blog.....

Jono's Date

So one fo Jono's dreams came true, he got to meet Syesha from American Idol. I gave him the go ahead to make his move but shockingly all he did was make a little bit of lame small talk with her, who would have guessed it? He also didn't want me in the picture with him and Brooke whatever that's about? Such a glamorous life we lead all thanks to Brooke.....

Half Marathon.......

So I decided that it would be fun to run 13.2 miles so I signed up for a half marathon. I know that sounds crazy especially from someone who doesn't like to run but it actually went pretty well. The race was on Saturday and was kind of a beast. It was mostly trail, mostly hills and some of it was just straight up hiking but it was good. I didn't break any records but I finished and "ran" for most of it. I say ran but most people would probably put my pace a little bit higher than a slight jog, but I felt like I was running. I felt pretty good until about the 11th mile and it starting hurting a little bit but I pushed through. It felt really good, I was really happy I did it. Also I ran it "with" Rachel. I say "with" because Rachel and I ran together for about a mile of it. She smoked me, I think she did it in 2 hours and 15 minutes and I did it in 2 hours and 40 minutes. I'm okay with that, I just wanted to finish it and not pass out like ezzy from the Gauntlet (hopefully most of you have no idea what I am talking about). I was sore and I still am a little, but for the most part I am back to normal. I had a good time and I would do it again.

Once again American Idol........

Sorry once again my post is about American Idol, but this last experience deserves mentioning. I got to go see a results show and the experience was amazing. It was so much more than I thought it would be. I got to go to the show, sit right by the judges and was able to go to the after party and meet all of the contestants. And I got to go with Kady! It was an awesome experience and I feel very lucky. Here are a few pics. It was so good to see Brooke; she is doing well and is SO grateful for all of the support she is receiving. One highlight is that Dave has quite the fan club himself and has girls wanting to take pictures with him; I included one of those as well.

Dave and his fan club.....

PS VOTE FOR BROOKE!!!!!!!!

12 reasons to VOTE for Brooke!!!!

Congrats to Brooke who made the TOP 12 on American Idol!! This is such a huge accomplishment and we are so proud of her. So just in case anyone needs more reasons to vote for Brooke here are 12 of them.

1) Her awesome voice. She has such a cool and unique voice and it is so nice to see some variety on American Idol this year.
2) She writes music! Who writes their own music these days, well Brooke does. She is a very talented writer and has written some great songs.
3) She knows who she is as a singer. She knows what suits her and fits her unique voice and runs with it.
4) She knows who she is as a person. She sticks by what she believes in but doesn’t bang people over the head with it.
5) She plays instruments, she plays the piano and the guitar and even the harmonica.
6) She plays most of the time by ear! It is so fun to watch her hear a song and then figure it out on the piano. She has had some piano and guitar lessons but she has an amazing ability to hear something then translate it into music very quickly.
7) Her stage presence. When she is singing on stage she looks like she belongs there, like she was born to do it.
8) Her hunky husband (as quoted by the LA times). Dave is such a great guy too, he is her biggest fan and does so much to support her.
9) She is a great role model.
10) She is one of the nicest people you have ever met. She would always do whatever she could to help others.
11) She is a great friend. She has helped do so many things from trying to help me figure out why I feel crazy to spending 4 hours painting my bathroom with me.
12) She is talented, humble, gracious, kind, thoughtful and an all around wonderful person and that is shinning though beautifully.