Floating the Cahaba

To celebrate the 4th of July we went to float the Cahaba again (we did the same thing last year just a different group). I had a waterproof camera this year but gotta wait to get it developed so pics to come! And just like last year it was a great time with great stories!

The group this year was me, Erik, DJ, Mandy T, and Zach. We met downtown and all rode in Zach's truck. Me and Zach had both done it before and kinda knew where it was at but not sure. We assumed to follow Hwy 25 in Montevallo and then turn on Bulldog Bend Rd and we knew there was a sign after that. We did so good...followed 25, found Bulldog Bend and then....the road ended. There was a car in front of us that appeared lost to and they were waving us to go around them. We pulled up beside them and they were VERY redneck and go "Do ya'll know where Birmingham is?" We all kinda started laughing and pointed them back in the right direction and then we asked them if they knew where to float the cahaba and of course thats where they had been. So we told them to go back and we'd follow and they could point out the turn. The woman goes..."But we just came from there we don't wanna do it again." Zach was like no you gotta go back that way so we followed after them.

The guy we were following stopped at EVERY single road and driveway like he couldn't remember where he had just come from but we finally saw the canoe up on the poles and knew thats where we were suppose to be. We paid, loaded in the trusty blue pickup and headed down the cow pasture.

Me and Mandy rode in the front with the litte driver. He started the conversation with "I'm so glad I got the truck with the radio today...we always fight over who gets the truck with the radio." Me and Mandy couldn't even look at each other or we would've died laughing. He continues on with his rambling..."Gah, I gotta a headache...but I always have a headache on saturday mornings...I always have a hangover." And the kid's like 15.

We get to the end and all pile out. And we realize we didn't get enough tubes. We all were suppose to have one plus one for the cooler. Oh well we figure we'd find one somewhere until then we'd share. Its a little trail down through some woods to the river and we had carried one of those styrofoam coolers with the beer in it. Erik's carrying it and all of a sudden the cooler handle breaks and beer goes everywhere most of it spewing out. We savage what we can but is only about half of what we had before. We still use the cooler without the handle and found an extra tube right at the entrance so we were set.

We floated on with no more tragic events until the end where the last set of rapids caused my camera to fall out of my lap and Erik goes off chasing it and loses his oakley glasses...yeah I feel bad about that cause I was panicking about my $4 camera THAT FLOATS and then Erik lost his $200 sunglasses...ooops! The same rapids caused the cooler to spill out again loosing the rest of the beer.

Zach also caught a turtle with his bear hands! He took his diving goggles and boots (funny pics of that coming). In one section there were tons of turtles and he swam under water and snuck up on it! It was hilarious!

After tubing we stopped and got some pizzas and went to Children's to watch the fireworks...which were fabulous as always. But what happened to the song God Bless the USA by Tony Greenwood??? I mean thats what suppose to play during fireworks!

Lets Play Catch Up...

not much has been going on. I worked like a gazillion days in a row (or it felt like that) so that I could be off this 4th of July weekend. I've started a new hobby...clipping coupons! Erik thinks its the funniest thing ever!!! But I saved $27 last night at Publix! Its awesome!

Monday I went home cause my cuz Lisa came up from Florida to see the family. The Spurlin girls minus Megan went to eat at the nicest restaurant in Albertville. I had never been before but it was VERY good. Its called Sebastian's. It was quiet funny cause there's this big write up in the menu about where all he's worked and studied and then its like you're in Albertville...but the foods spectacular and extremely cheap compared to Bham prices! Our waitress was also a little redneck and actually told us that the tip was not included...come on you don't do that! I got salmon with a citrus glaze (very good), Mama got appetizers as her meal (fried green tomatoes, grouper, and sweet potato fries), Lisa got portobello mushrooms (she's a vegetarian) and everybody else got chicken salad (that was awesome!)


I came back to Bham last night, went to Public and I'm chillin until the weekend. We have big plans this weekend. Remember my 4th of July last year floatin the cahaba well we're doing it again! I'm gonna take my waterproof camera so I should have pics this time : )

Sips N Strokes in Trussville with Carrie

I loved it so much last night I went again tonight. Carrie came into town to see me and we decided to go. So much harder tonight!!! Carrie's ended up looking great but mine's a little rough...my wine bottles look like jugs...oh well I still love it and may even go again tomorrow!!!

Sips N Strokes in Vestavia with Kristin

Monday night me and Kristen went to Sips N Strokes. I have never been before but I am hooked now! It was so much fun!

Our finished product...really cute!

I Almost Died Last Night...

I was coming back from Sips N Strokes in Vestavia (pics to come) and I could see lightening in the distance but it looked far away so I kept driving. So I get around the airport and it starts pouring and the lightning is coming down (in bolts) all around me. I get off at Roebuck Pkwy (stupid mistake) and the lights are not working and I"m basically floating down the parkway.

I turn on my little cutoff road and there's a car in front of me going REALLY REALLY slow stopping all the time. All of sudden there's a bolt of lightning and it hits a transformer like 20 feet away from me and sparks fly. Thanks goodness that car was going slow huh?

I kept thinking I'm going to die...I'm glad I went to church on Sunday...I'm going to die. So after the sparks I turn around and float back onto the parkway and go sit in the Burger King parking lot for awhile.

I called ERik basically crying and he's like if it quits raining you need to get home. But there were bolts of lightning all around me. It finally slacked up a bit and I started out.

Well now the traffic was backing up from a wreck on down the parkway...again thank goodness I turned around or it might have been me so I went and got back on the interstate and went to the Trussville exit to get off. By then the lightning was past me and I made it home in one piece but seriously I thought I was going to die.

Poor Toto had been outside the whole time (I didn't know it was going to storm) and he darted in as soon as I opened the door soaking wet (usually he stays dry under the porch but I think the wind was too hard).

Date Night

Saturday night me and Erik had a date night. We (well I) have been planning this for awhile cause we haven't had a real date in awhile. Our plan was to go to The Melting Pot and then to Blue Monkey. I made reservations for 6:30. When Erik came to pick me up he handed me this...

I know, I know he's the sweetest thing ever! Anyway we get there and he told them we had a reservation for Erik Overby, the hostess asked is this the same one as Laura Overby...I was like NO!!! Apparently, Laura had made reservations for her and Pres at the exact same time at the exact same restaurant...how weird is that??? This was Erik's first fondue experience and he liked it but the chocolate was his favorite!

Of course when Laura and Pres get there of course they sat them right next to us! Me and Laura were both a little disappointed cause we had been so set on wanting "date night" but it ended up fine.

Anyway we ended up not going to Blue Monkey cause I felt bad cause we spent so much money at melting pot but it was the 2nd best date (best date was our first date) I've ever been on!

Goodbye JMc!

One of our fave doctors is leaving the ED to go be a regular pediatrician. We had a lunch for her on Friday at Loco's. I don't know who was working in the ED cause there was a lot of people there...especially the doctors! We'll miss you Jenn!

My Attempt at Cake Pops

So my new favorite website is bakerella.blogspot.com and on this site she makes the cutest little cake pops. Its cake on a stick and they seemed so easy to make so I tried it and they taste great but not so pretty.

So I started by baking a regular yellow sheet cake. After it cooled completely I crumbled it up and mixed it with a container of cream cheese icing. So here's what mine looked like...

Bakerella's do not look like this her's are all smooth and one color...I don't know how she does that cause when you bake a cake the outside is darker than the inside. Anyway, moving on so I melted these candy melts and dipped the cake balls in the chocolate, then sprinkles, then put them on the styrofoam to harden. But they're all clumpy and the chocolate drips off. And my chocolate only covered like 13 balls! When the chocolate hardened you couldn't re-microwave and use it so some of it went to waste : ( This is the covered cake balls...

And these are all my leftover cake balls needing chocolate...BUT...they all taste good!

This is what Bakerella's cake balls look like...

Is hockey finished yet????

I called Erik today asking if he wanted to go see this new movie. We've both been wanting to see it and we hardly ever do anything other than hang out at the house so I thought it was a good idea...nope there's a hockey game tonight. So we can't go...I mean its not like its Alabama football or something like that. Erik keeps saying its an important game but it really doesn't matter who wins tonight cause they're gonna play again regardless. Anyway I was a little bummed but he loves hockey and I'm a good girlfriend. So GO REDWINGS!!!!

Anyway a few min later I got a call and it was Erik asking if I wanted him to cook for me. I think he started feeling bad...he's so sweet! He had me spaghetti, garlic bread, and salad waiting on me when I got home! And...he made my bed for me! He kinda got it right : )...

New Bedrooms

After monthes of looking I finally got a new comforter set and I'm in love with it! I also bought the candle sconces for behind the bed but I have much more to buy I just ran out of money. I think I'm gonna do that purple color curtains and put gold material on the wall behind the bed with the sconces on top of that. I need art though and I"m not sure what I'm gonna do about that...


And this is my new guest bedroom! I got the bed from Lee and it took me a little while to figure out what I wanted in here but I finally am getting it. I did this room first and then it was cuter than my room so I had to get on the ball with the other one.

Hazmat Class

We went to this horribly boring class today but at the end we got to put on these fabulous costumes! It was hilarious! Chris could barely fit in and once he got in he couldn't move too good.

Destin Trip

Monday morning I went with some girls from work to Destin for a little beach trip. It was gorgeous! The water was crystal clear and hardly any waves. We had an awesome house to stay in and had a great time! We laid out for 2 days straight, did some shopping, and ate out at some great restaurants. Today we were going to lay out a little again but it was ugly outside so we just came on home. (Its always easier to leave when its raining though) Thanks Katherine for letting us use your house!!!

Tuesday night waiting to eat at Red Bar. (Natalie, me, Kristen, Katherine, and Mary Shaffer)

pirate ship sailing the gulf

the twins showing off their guns

Shark or dolphin??? We hoped dolphin

ER girls outside Dewey's on Monday night

Fishin with Daddy

We spent Sat night in Aville and were gonna come home early today (I'm going to beach tomorrow morning) BUT it was so pretty we ended up going to the lake. Well, first we took Erik to eat at Top o the River for lunch...so good! Then me, Erik, and Daddy went back to the lake. I just laid out and took pics, Daddy fished, and Erik helped Daddy (we couldn't fish cause we didn't have our license). Daddy ended up catching 18 crappie!

It looks like I copy and pasted Erik into this pic

just hanging out...watching Daddy catch fish

time to cool off!

Erik's checking out the loot

Daddy admiring his fish

Uncle Johnny's Karoke Party

Our 2nd annual karaoke party was this weekend at Johnny's house and it was just as fun as last years! I took Erik and he had a blast (I think)! Johnny moved the stage to a new area this year but it was very nice. Can't wait till next year!

Morten & Johnny attempting a song

Me & Erik

Daddy & Johnny...HAHAHA!!!

notice Daddy out there getting down...

us girls singing

Awkward Family Photos

I added a new funny site to my faves. Its www.awkwardfamilyphotos.com and its the funniest website ever! I emailed a few in myself so we'll see if the fam gets put on this site : )

May Beach Trip

Friday me and Erik left for the beach and spent the weekend in Panama City. It was gorgeous and the water was the clearest I've ever seen there. We had a great time! Can't wait to go back again!

Erik diggin for seashells

Happy Mother's Day!!

Since I was off on Saturday for Keri's graduation I took off on Sunday too and went home for Mother's Day. We had a fish fry for the mother's and for Megan's Bday.

sissurs!!!

my aunt Pam and her grandson Brayson (one of the cutest kids ever)

Keri Graduates!!!

My cousin Keri graduated last weekend from Tuscaloosa. She's a social worker now!

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This was a cake she made for a little girl's sleepover party.




This pic is an upclose look at the doll that was on a cake I posted in the other post. And its all edible! She made the doll to look just like the little girl who was having the party!