Trips, Trips, and More Trips!!

I know it's been awhile since my last post! I have really enjoyed hanging out at home and spending time with myself so I can me mentally ready for what is coming up for me in the spring. I'm so excited about becoming a nurse and can't wait to finish even more! I know this post is titled Trips so here is where the trips come in. Andrew was asked to do several pageants last year with Lee Greenwood's wife, Kim. Well, this year she gave Andrew's name out to a friend who called Andrew to ask him to come help her with her lighting for her upcoming pageants. I was so excited because I was going to get to go until I got on at the nightclub and didn't want to be off so many weeks so I stayed at home. Three weeks alone was hard but fun. Carlie, my younger sister, came up to stay with me one week, and we did a lot of great shopping for the Taylor Swift concert that we are going to tomorrow night!! During those three weeks, Andrew traveled to Michigan, Tennessee, and Ohio. He loved every minute of it. I enjoyed my time alone, but really missed him! He loved being on the road for those weeks. The summer before we got married he was gone all the time. He enjoyed it but didn't want to do it all the time. He loves working at the casino because he gets to be with me at night; grant it it may be 2 or 3 in the morning sometimes before he gets home, but he's home at night. Over those three weeks, he also met some people that want him to go to Orlando and Nashville next year to help with some more pageants. I hope the one in Orlando is at a time that I can go with him!! A nice working vacation (lol :). We also went to Talladega last weekend for my birthday! We had a great time! We decided that we would camp this year since it has been six years since we have camped. We went down on Wednesday and had a blast. We have enough food to feed an army, and we did. My dad came up on Friday night, and I made chili and shared some with the other fellow campers. On Saturday morning, I put on deer steaks for us and deer tenderloin for breakfast and again shared some with our neighbors. When we got back from the our first truck race, we were swarmed by our Canadian neighbors asking how we cooked the tenderloin and what did our deer here in the South eat. They could not get over how good our deer was compared to theirs. I was in the middle of getting supper ready to put on the grill, and they stayed until it was cooked and eat again with us. They were so excited that we were there. I told them if they left hungry it was their own fault because there was plenty of food. We had a great time fellowshipping with them and family; my cousins that live in Birmingham came over to join us as well. We had the biggest party in the campground. It was a blast and I hope we can do it again next year. We also took Casper with us. He was in heaven because who ever came to eat also shared whatever they were eating with him. He has in return slept all week. Lady stayed with Layla, inlaws' dog, and had a great time. She loved playing with another animal her size and energy level. She too has slept all week. Maybe next year she can go also! The race was great. Andrew and I used this trip as our vacation for the year. We took advantage of what all the track has. We took a tour of the track and the museum. The infield is on 250 acres and 50,000 people watch the race from there. Also, the track was built on an old WW2 air field. In the museum, they had a Dale Earnhart Sr. motor coach. It was nice for the era, but today it's every out dated. I took pictures, and will post them later. We have had a busy great few weeks, and now you are updated with everything that has gone on. Until next time, Ambere