Clay Walker Concert

As sort of a last minute decision, Amber and I decided to attend the Clay Walker concert along with Leah some of her friends. Amber is NOT a fan of country music, but I am so glad she decided to come along. Clay Walker is sort of an older name in country music, but I was SHOCKED at how many of his songs I know! I sang along with nearly every song!

It was SUCH a fun concert!

Did I mention we were standing only ~10 feet from the stage! Talk about front row!

My sister and I waiting on the concert to start. The only thing about having such great seats is that we had to stand the entire time! The were two opening acts that were also very good!

Amber and I in between acts. I'm so glad she decided to come. She knew most of the songs, even though she claims to hate country! ;-)

Halloween

Halloween is always a big event, and this year was no different! In the past years, the 3rd year students haven't participated in the physical therapy halloween party, for whatever reason, but that just isn't our class' style. We tend to go all out. I wish I had gotten a group picture, but unfortunately I didn't. Besides our group, The Spice Girls, some other costumes included the characters of scooby doo, Party in my Pants, Dolly Parton, and many more!

Scary Spice, Dolly (Molly), and Nicki (Baby Spice)

Nicki and I getting in to character! We had a lot of fun with this!

Our whole group! We really threw this together, but it turned out really well!

The night before halloween a large group of us dressed up to celebrate Amber's 25th birthday! We had so much fun dressing up and watching the costume contests at Cajun's Wharf. I was a flapper, thanks to the dress provided by my Aunt Julie. I had a lot of fun accessorizing, and dancing was especially enjoyable with all the tassels.

The birthday girl, Amber, and I before going in to Cajun's Wharf in Little Rock

*Group picture still to come!

DPT Camping Trip

During fall break, my physical therapy planned our annual camping trip to Petit Jean. The plan was to go up on Wednesday afternoon, but Angela, Nicki, and I decided to make a day of it and go up early!

Nicki and Angela were planning to leave early the next day, so I'm glad we went up early on Wednesday. We got in a hike to the waterfall and took some pictures at the overlook.

We were the first to get our tent up! Not that we were racing, but if we had been, the girls WON! I think me and Nicki have plenty of experience in the tent area. ;-)

We had quite an eventful night filled with no campfire (burn ban) and lots of varmints(skunks/armadillos) trying to raid the campsite. The next day, Nicki and Angela had to leave, but once everyone got up and going we headed out for some more hiking.

This was the view from the highest point. We had to do

some pretty intense climbing to get to this point, but SO worth it!

This was the group of girls that made it to the top! We had so much fun and got such a good workout! The next trail we hiked after climbing this mountain was 4ish miles in a couple hours, all to find out that the grand finale was all dryed up...bummer. All in all, I had a great time and enjoyed some very beautiful Arkansas fall scenery!

Family Pictures

A few weeks ago, my family met with Melissa Stover, a photographer in Woodlawn, to have our very first professional family pictures taken! It all began when we needed to have a picture made for the church directory, because we missed picture day at the church. So, mom took this opportunity to have a good family photo taken. Dad thought we were going to have 1 single photo taken, and he wasn't very thrilled to learn differently. Needless to say he was a party pooper, but we still got some good pics!

This is the one we chose for the directory!

Overall, it was a very fun picture-taking experience, and I recommend Melissa Stover photography for any of your photo needs! =)

Race for the Cure

Wow! After coming home from Springfield, I got busy and haven't slowed down since! I'm so far behind with my updates, so I'll try to give a brief overview to get everyone caught up.

On October 16, 2010 two of my best friends, Amber and Nicki, ran together in what was my first 5k (3.1 miles)! We've done the race each year, but we've always walked it. This year, we've been training and working up to the big race.

It is always overwhelming to see the huge crowds of people that gather in downtown Little Rock to support the Race for the Cure. This year the LR race was the 3rd largest in the nation with over 35,000 women "racing for the cure"!

This is after completing the race! We were grabbing for water and pizza as soon as we crossed the finish line, but we made it! I know this isn't a very far distance, but you have to start somewhere. We decided this will have to become an annual tradition!