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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

May You Stay...Forever Young

First off, I am sure anyone reading this has known/heard about Nick Adenhart. I would just like to keep it brief and say that he was an extremely good friend and made every moment with him about ten times happier. Many laughs will be remembered and many laughs will be missed, but his life should certainly be taken as inspiration for a lot of people. He deserves all the respect in the world, and he definitely has mine.

Unfortunately, we've been extremely distracted lately so we were unable to update. However, we have plenty to update about so bare with the long post and many pictures.

Recently the Orioles came to town to play the Rangers. We couldn't miss that so we went with a couple of friends of ours. Good thing they won, because now Tommy has to drop in on a skateboard ramp. Just so you know, chances are he won't be able to do it, meaning he will be up close and personal to the concrete.

Our seats were really nice!

Don't waste your time Tommy, they're going to lose.

The number one Rangers fan

Rangers Stadium

Brittany and Amanda

Brittany and I made it on the big screen at the stadium onto the kiss cam. This was a first for both of us and Brittany describes the moment as being able to live out one of her lifelong dreams. Let's just say it was intense and I scraped up my knee in the process, complete with a hole in my jeans. It was great though!

This is how pathetic and sad Chief looks when we tell him he has to go in his house. He knows how to make it hard.

During our time home, we tried to take a few pictures of the area for those who have never seen it. Maybe this will help explain that Hagerstown is a little different than Baltimore.

This is Frederick

A new car parked on the street

Some guy dressed up in some weirdo clothes

This is Brittany's high school, she was a Boonsboro Warrior

Some Washington County countryside

The fields of Antietam Battlefield from the tower

Sassin' it up.

A view of the sunken road, aka Bloody Lane

My artistic attempts.

Bet you can't guess which airport this was in.

This is for you Mom, tell me if you need it full size.

Last weekend, Brittany went back home again for a "surprise" bridal shower for her sister. By all accounts, it went well and she had a great time organizing the entire thing. Only a few more weeks until the wedding in Hilton Head, and boy will it be good to get some vacation!

This is a shot of the bride to be.

In other news, Brittany has been offered a job for Exhibitgroup/Giltspur as a marketing coordinator in Grapevine, TX. She will begin after the Byron Nelson is over and when we return from Hilton Head. We are all proud of her and commend her for being overwhelmingly ambitious and determined in her job search. She deserves nothing less.

Everyone get ready for the Kentucky Derby this weekend! We will report back later with the results of our bets. Good luck and have a mint julep.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

The Best Time of Year

Let me first say that this week is the best time of the year with respect to sports. It starts with the final four, plays out with the first week of the baseball season (aka the Orioles don't suck yet), and it ends with the best sporting event of all...The Masters. I'm looking for Ernie to finally break through after all those years of irrelevance due to injury and other things. There is just something about that tournament that gets me all revved up.

With that said, recently not much has been going on. I did get to go to a Stars game with Tommy Boy the other weekend. We had 5th row seats (well, they were at least in that vicinity). The Stars stunk but that didn't really matter to me, as long as there are fights! Below are a few shots from the event.

The face off!

Some action!

A little kid at halftime

Besides that, we have just been hanging out. As a substitute for nothing to report, I took a few pictures of Chief recently to show his growth. Kink in his tail has a thing for attempting to carry all of his toys at once. Sometimes he gets pretty close.

Also I have been doing a little bit of research on the horses projected to be in the Kentucky Derby, the second best sporting event of the year. So far, my tentative pick for the literal dark horse is Win Willy. He's flying a little under the radar and we will see how he does in the Arkansas Derby this weekend, but I think he may be a contender! Hopefully the odds are not in his favor so I can win some real money, but if he does win this weekend, I am sure everyone will jump on the bandwagon.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

we're not in Kansas anymore

I'm finally updating. Did you miss me??

There are two things I want to update about -- the first is a concert that we went to in February. Starlight Mints played for the first time in a few years at a little place in Denton called Hailey's. I was so excited!

Random trivia: I first learned about Starlight Mints on the way to a record store in Lancaster, PA. I think it was 2002. I wrote the band name in lipstick on a piece of paper in my purse.

First opening band was boring, so I won't discuss them. The second opening band was completely ridiculous as you can see by this video:

Yes, that is a girl dressed as a robot singing in a robot voice and dancing like a robot. Novelty bands piss me off, but it was pretty funny. She also had a zipper dangling from a hilarious location!

Starlight Mints were super fun. I'm definitely also going back to Hailey's when Calvin Johnson plays there. I couldn't get any good pictures, but here's a video of them playing Submarine #3. They played it very last, and I think they knew everyone was waiting for it!

Okay, now to the second topic. Last weekend we decided to take a road trip to Kansas City to see Maryland play Memphis in the NCAA tourney. Random! It was so fun and I loved visiting KC.

Jen should move there. She recommended a delicious BBQ place called Jack Stack, and I abandoned all food inhibitions at the door. It was soo good. Maryland ended up losing horribly to Memphis, but we had a great time and driving through Kansas was quite an experience.

We also ended up sitting next to a couple that was from Maryland but lived in Omaha, Nebraska. I scolded them when they said they thought Saddle Creek was just a neighborhood. But they did know what Sokol Undergound was.

Enough text, here's the good stuff!

How many dirty jokes popped into your head after reading this gas station sign? I think this was in Okmulgee, OK. Or something like that.

Downtown Kansas City!!

The "line" to get into the Sprint Center. March Madness, baby!!

A view of the Sprint Center!

A so-2003 mirror picture.

Kansas City at night, a little blurry.

Kansas made me want to ride around in a Conestoga wagon. For sure.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Lil' Man

As some of you may know, last Friday Chief was neutered and had his dew claws removed (all four of them as opposed to two for most dogs, because he had six toes on his hind legs). Since then, he's been a little bit depressed because of his E-collar. However, we have a few shots of him post op. He's been back to the doc twice to get his legs retaped. I actually like them because he looks like a horse.

Pre surgery mis-chief.

Poor guy had to limp for an hour or two

Keeping up his spirits, smiling for the camera

In other news, it looks like both Maryland and Virginia Tech sucked it up enough to qualify for the NIT this year...again. Really neither has an excuse to not make the tournament. I think it's safe to say they are just dumb. It's a shame too, Gary Williams and Seth Greenberg, their coaches, deserve much better.

No Lost this week, what will we do!

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Welcome to America!

It has been extremely long since our last update. We have been very busy as the Roney family came to visit Texas. Instead of explaining our daily agenda, I will just show you all the pictures. Most are self explanatory anyway. They are all from our weekend in San Antonio. Hope you enjoy!

The Guenther House, our choice for breakfast