Childhood Friends

A couple weekends ago Nick and I drove down to Omaha to meet up with my friend Kelsey and her husband, Simon. It had been 5 years since we'd seen each other. We email quite a bit and exchange Christmas cards, but we hardly ever get together. So this evening was long overdue. Kelsey and I have been friends since we were maybe 12 years old. Our fathers were both in the autobody business and every summer they had these camp-outs that we would attend so we would always enjoy playing, swimming, just having fun. I also used to go down during the summer to Omaha and spend a couple days with Kelsey and her family.

It's funny that after 5 years we still had plenty to talk about and it was really nice to sit down and catch up. We both said we'll have to do it again and hopefully it will be soon and not 5 years down the road. Thanks Kels for a good evening of catching up!

One of the summer trips to Omaha. I think we are 14 or 15 here

This picture cracks me up!! I have no idea what we are doing!!
Kelsey, Me & Alysha, Kelsey's younger sister.
This was during one of the camp-outs for Autobody.
Not sure how old we are here, maybe 11 or 12. I had some bad hair!!! ha!

I Wanna Rock & Roll all night......

We have discovered this new band, called The Away Team, they are out of Kansas City. The drummer, Chris Sweetland is a native of Wayne, Nebraska and also a classmate of Nick from High School. Chris had called us up and told him they were coming to Wayne to play a show at Riley's and asked if we could spread the word (pass our flyers, cds, posters, etc.). We were more than happy to help them out. They are really good...Their CD is awesome, but they are so much better live!! They like to compare themselves to Jimmy Eat World -- They are a mix of Rock and Alternative with their own sound. Here are a few pictures from the long, awesome night we had with them. And I say long, because we ended up having them over to our house for a little after-bar party and we didn't get to bed until 4 a.m.!!!! Good times!!

We told them we wanted our picture taken with them, so when they get ridiculously famous we could sell this picture on Ebay!!

Me, Cindy & Mindy enjoying the show!The 3 Amigos -- Amanda, Nick and I

Jeff Limer - Lead Vocals & Guitar

Q Schmidt - Bass

Chris Sweetland - Drums

We came, we saw, we conquered Taiwan!

I know it's been forever since I've blogged, just been so busy. Our trip to Taiwan was awesome!! It was so nice to spend a week (march 15-23, 2008) with my sister, Marisa doing stuff that she's been doing the past 8 months. We did a lot of walking, riding the MRT, trying new and different foods, some I'd prefer not to have again and sightseeing. I can't even begin to tell you ALL the things we saw into a couple paragraphs, so here's a brief list of things we did.

• Touring Sanxia (Marisa's town)
• Meeting her toddlers she teaches and her schools
• Random Temple visits
• Sun Yet-San Memorial
• Taipei 101 Building
• Meeting Angela & her family (mom & dad's exchange student last year)
• National Palace Museum
• Taipei Zoo & Mao Kong Mountain
• Dinner with 2 old classmates from Marisa's Exchange year
• Meeting Davids Parents, Eric & Stacey (David was another exchange student the same year Marisa was living in Taiwan, and actually living with Eric & Stacey, so Marisa's extended family)
• Chaing Kai-shek Memorial
• Shopping at the Chinese Handicraft Mart
• Dinner, Drinks & Dancing with Marisa's co-workers

We took over 300 pictures, so you'll have to go to my Shutterfly to see them all when you have an hour to go through them! :) But here are some of my favorite pictures!

Random Temple in Sanxia

Sun Yet-san Memorial

National Palace Museum

Taipei 101 Building

Gondola Ride up to Mao Kong Mountain

Chaing Kai-shek MemorialDrinking, Dancing and Having Fun with Marisa's Co-workers at Roxy 99