Living the dream with my BFF

During a recent trip to California we were able to sneak some contraband back with us. That contraband came in the form of Nikki Chase. You would think that anything you could get in California would be legal to have in Arizona as well. Arizona lets you buy fireworks, carry a gun, drive a motorcycle without a helmet, so why would they not want a person such as Nikki entering their state? My personal guess is the hygiene issue..... I'm not sure exactly why she is banned from the state, all I know is that we would have been facing serious jail time if we were caught smuggling her in.

We were able to keep her hidden here for 10 days before the state kicked her out. And I have to say it was a good ten days! Nikki and I lived the life we were always meant to live, you know the one, the life where we sit around all day and make someone else go to work to pay for the bills.

We felt it was our obligation to show Nikki what a real summer is like so we turned the heat up outside to an average of 105º and a high of 117º that Saturday. She loved it!! Her and Melanie even went shopping at our outdoor mall that day. I know what you are thinking, "didn't poor little Nikki get dehydrated?" Let me calm your fears. We were well prepared for her visit. We had this stack of Powerade ready for when she got here.

And after her visit we were left with just this. I think we averaged 2-3 each per day....

Let me give you a brief rundown of a typical day for Nikki and me. Wake up between 9 and 11, watch some movies, eat some food, drink some Powerade, go to the pool, watch more movies, drink more Powerade, go to the pool some more, have Melanie make us dinner, go to the pool again, then watch another movie. (Despite anything Nikki may say, I did NOT watch the Bachelorette with her. I may have seen parts of it while she was watching it and I was taking a break from writing my final report for school. For the record I don't care what happens between Ashley and Bentley!!!)

After watching Into the West and Dances with Wolves, Nikki and I hated white people so we gave up our Wacisu names and took on the names of our ancestors. Nikki became Wakan Tanka and I became Conquering Bear, we forced our ways upon Melanie and she became Loved by the Buffalo.

Don't think that we let her sit around all day though. We took her to the Rockin' R Ranch for dinner and a western themed stage show where she fell in love with the fiddle player, Danny Boy. We also went ice skating to get out of the heat. We also went swimming at her favorite aunt Carol's house. And I also gave her daily beatings to keep her in line. All in all we had a pretty good time together. Here are some other random pics:

Lots of Celebration!!!

It has been a busy past couple of weeks, we were in CA for a weekend. My cousin got married and my grandpa was celebrating his 80th birthday. Tom and I got there late Thursday night, the next day we went to the beach, I felt like such a typical out of stater when they come to visit CA - "go to the beach". I like living here in AZ, but the one thing I miss about CA is the beach. Saturday we went to my cousin's sealing at the Redlands Temple, it was a beautiful day and a the couple were very cute too. It was an all day event, sealing in the morning, luncheon at noon, then we had a little break and went and visited my other grandma in Anahiem, and the reception in the evening. On Sunday everyone came to my parents house to celebrate my grandpa's 80th birthday, we had a great time LOTS of yummy food. (I will just say NOBODY left hungry) The following day Tom and I went around in the morning saying goodbye to everyone and we headed back home to AZ, but it wasn't just Tom and I in the car somebody else was in the car with us.... NIKKI!!! She was going to stay with us forthe next 9 days, basically hanging out with Tom while I'm working(seems kind of weird that he is hanging out with nikki when she is MY SISTER....LOL It was a good weekend very packed but fun. It was fun to see everyone, it is always fun to hang out with the family. I'm going to save next post for Tom to write because it really was just nikki and him "living their dream".... :)