Aloha

We are so excited about a long uneventful weekend!  We have been go go go lately and in desperate need of a low-key couple of days!  Well as you know from my previous post...Ryan spent a week in Hawaii while accompanying our friend Andy Lee at the Pro Bowl.  Lets just say it was a males trip of a lifetime!
He surprised me and actually took a decent amount of pics....although he didn't get ANY with athletes.  He said that out of all the guys he talked to and met, Aaron Rogers, Philip Rivers and Drew Brees were the friendliest and most down to earth. You know he was just trying to play it cool and blend in:). He also had a chance to spend a lot of time with Andy's fellow special-teamers David Akers and Brian Jennings.
View from their room...

First night Welcome Party....

 View from room before the party....

I did get a text one night that said "Drew Brees says goodnight" along with this picture....

Apparently that night he talked to Drew and played with his son in the pool....seriously!  How cool!

They got a chance to play golf at Waialee Country Club where the Sony Open is played...

Ryan got to visit Andy at practice....

But most days while Andy was at practice Ryan enjoyed Hawaii....

During their free time in the afternoons they went shopping, visited the Dole Pineapple plantation, went into the city, ate ALOT and played more golf.

Went to see the Bonsai Pipeline at the North Shore...

And of course the game:)...Here they are tailgating pictured with Andy's Agents and Parents

Andy's fake punt pass!!...Nice Pic Ryan

Ryan came home with lots of goodies like this!
Now while Ryan was gone I went to visit Rachel and little Ryan for the week.  Although our week was no Hawaiian vacation we did do a lot.
Hung out and helped Rachel with this little guy...

We too had good Hawaiian inspired food....macadamia nut pancakes with coconut syrup!

Dinner at Mellow Mushroom with Rebecca...

Dance parties....

I helped Rachel make some final decisions on her nursery....

And lots of resting up before her baby comes.  Although we both had fun weeks, I am glad he is home and now I really want to go to Hawaii!

Crazy Start to the Year

We have hit the ground running this New Year!  We have celebrated birthdays....
Happy 1st Birthday Clark!

Weddings...
We were honored to be invited to our dear friends Simpson and Allen's wedding!  Such a fun night!!

And we spent this past weekend traveling all the way to San Francisco to see our besties!  Andy plays for the 49ers and they hosted the NFC finals Sunday.  Both the Super Bowl and Pro Bowl were on the line....meaning a win...they go to the Super Bowl, but if they didn't win...Andy goes to the Pro Bowl.  Lots of excitement!!  Oh and his wife, Rachel, is very prego!

So don't let these first few pics fool you....after being at the tailgate for about 15 min it started to rain....and never stopped!  We spent most of the tailgate in the car:)  We even painted our faces!

Rachel made laminated signs in support of her hubby...and because we secretly wanted to get on TV!  We took a quick pic before going up to our seats.

Ryan really wanted to run through the helmet with the players:)  I had so much fun watching him watch the game.

Not only was it a great game there was amazing entertainment!  Bailey sang "Who has it better than us? NOBODY"...the team theme throughout the season.

Train...

Kristen C....

Mr. Brad Paisley...

and Future...

Alright now its time to "Rock the Stick"!!

Despite the cold and rain...

...they played a great game.  The fans were loud and proud!

Even though they lost Andy had a great game and we always love seeing him play live.

We are so proud of the niners and the amazing season that had.  We are crossing our fingers that they make the Super Bowl next season!  So although our guys are on their way to Paradise (yes Ryan gets to go with Andy to Hawaii for the Pro Bowl since Rachel is too pregnant to fly).   And Rachel and I, although flying separately, had the worst luck flying yesterday.  I got stuck in Minneapolis, MN for the night....awful!  Right when I found this.... 

....and thought my night was starting to look up I realized it closed a few minutes after I got there!  Seriously one of the worst nights ever!  I was so happy to get home this afternoon and super jealous of Ryan right now rubbing elbows with famous athletes!  More on that soon.  For now I am packing up again and going to spend the week with my best friend!