WOW!

So I totally have WAY fallen off the blog bandwagon and not sure if I will EVER get back on! Oh MY! I was looking at my blog and realized how uncurrent it is! The picture on the front was from last summer.....dang! The girls look soo little!!

I'm thinking I better get off my booty and update this every few months or my faithful readers will get rid of me!!! Ok...so what have we been doing since my last blog of OCTOBER 21st??? A whole lot! lol

I'll skip all the boring details....we went to the Tournament of Roses parade on New Years. Rick's parents live in Pasadena and his dad got us tickets to sit in a balcony to watch the parade. His mom and sister went with us. It was absolutely amazing! What an experience!!

All bundled up and a little sleepy! lol


Is the parade starting?!?!?! We are sooooooo excited!!!!!!!


Heather and mom


Heather and I.....it was cold in the morning! Then it got up to around 70 I think. We had to be in our seats by 7:00am. I think we made it there around 6:40am!!



The massive amounts of people that lined the streets! They had tents, air mattress', bbq's, radios, food....everything to get a good spot and camp out with! The seats we had were on a balcony in front of a restaurant.


Here comes the parade!! The 2010 was made out of red roses. I don't know what other flowers were used. It was so awesome!!


Grand Marshall Sully and his wife.


Jack Hannah!! We had no idea that is who this was when he came by us!! I was talking to Rick on the phone about what he saw on TV and he asked if we saw Jungle Jack....and I asked Rick's Mom and Heather and we all said no. Well low and behold we did!!! This was one of my favorite floats with all the animals.



This gorilla is made of of this special grass that is only grown by one farm.


I think this was the one the girls still talk about! Seeing Ronald McDonald!!


Look!!! Jared on the Subway float!



This looks EXACTLY like the front of the actual Rose Bowl. The things they do with the flowers is amazing! You don't appreciate the time and skill when watching it on TV.


We liked this one too! All the animal ones the girls just loved!


The girls and I had a blast at the parade!! What a great memory!!! Thanks again Dad for the tickets!!! There was no way we would have made it camping out on the streets!!!!


This was one of our favorites. The dolphin is just so cute! lol




The girls loved this float! It went by us WAY to quick! The bulldogs snowboarding were so stinking cute!!!

Look!!! It's Jackie Chan and we actually knew it was him when he passed us!!!

These are just a very few pictures I took. I think I took over 700!! You know me and pictures!!! It was an absolutely amazing time and I am so thankful for the opportunity to have experienced it!