Photo Tag

Julie tagged me so here goes. Open up your photos, go to the fourth folder and post the fourth photo. Explain it and then tag four more people.

This is a picture of one of the elephants at Busch Gardens in Tampa. I had a really good time there last November and you can read about that trip here. I tag Whitley, Andrea, Clayton, and Laci.

Update

Well, I'm back from Tampa and I had a great time. I'm so happy I could spend a few days with Chris before he's off to spring training. He makes me soo happy! I hope I do the same for him. Here's a picture we took before going to Maggiano's for dinner on Sunday. I look terrible in it (I mean really, what is my smile??) but Chris looks great, as usual. :)

We only took one picture while I was there, lol we suck. I did take a sweet one from the plane on the flight down there though. I was on cloud nine (pun intended ha ha), so excited to see him.

Chris took me to a scrapbook store (The Scrapbook Shoppe) while I was there too. I was impressed with how much space and supplies this place had. Being from Utah, the scrapbook meca, I didn't expect to find much, but I ended up buying some really cute papers that I've never seen at any store here before. I bought the paper for a bookbinding project, which should be cute when finished. I'm also going to start scrapbooking all of Chris Tampa Baseball stuff. I'm not sure if he wants me to do it because I can scrapbook fairly well or if he's trying to keep my mind occupied so I won't sit and go crazy thinking about how much I really miss him. Ha ha, he's so sweet. Either way, I am excited to work on it.

Let's see, what else. Oh, don't break your tail bone and then try to sit on a plane for a few hours, it will hurt. Southwest left my luggage in Tampa on my flight home. And to be quite honest, I was more sad that I would have to spend a night without Bootz, than I was about my clothes or anything else in my bag. Ha. Anyway, I just wanted to give everyone an update!

Leavin on a jet plane

I'm going to Tampa to see Chris tomorrow. YAY! And it's going to be warm there, I'm so excited to wear shorts and flip flops I could pee my pants!!

Bang Bang Shrimp

Chris took me to BoneFish Grill last night for dinner. We had Bang Bang Shrimp and OH MY GGA (ha ha Holli). It was SOO amazing. Oh my goodness it tasted so good. If you ever go there you have to get that appetizer. I had the Shrimp Fettuccini- yum! It was appropriately named SHRIMP fettuccini, because it had more shrimp and tomatoes and stuff than the pasta. I loved it! Most places it’s fettuccini and something and they give you like ½ a chicken breast cut up into 5 pieces, that’s no beuno. This was mucho beuno. Anyway, dinner was amazing. My trip to Tampa was perfect. I missed Chris so much, I’m so happy I could spend some time with him. He’s coming out to Utah soon, so let the countdown begin.

Welcome to MOES!!! ...and Busch Gardens

Chris and I visited Busch Gardens today...SOOO much fun! I love going to theme parks with him because he'll go on all the rides!! First we went on Gwazi, its a really long wooden roller coaster. It was a little painful to the neck to ride, but still really fun. Next we tackled SheiKra. WHOA. Not only does it have one 90-degree straight down drop from 200 feet in the air at 70 mph..it has two! It was awesome! After SheiKra we went on Stanely Falls, Tanganyika Tidal Wave (where I got soaked, again, weird) Kumba, and Scorpion. Our favorite ride was Montu- one of the tallest and longest inverted roller coasters in the world. It is awesome! We went on that ride a number of times.

Chris and me right after we got soaked on Tanganyika Tidal Wave

After Busch Gardens we went to Moe's. If anyone has been around Chris for more than a few hours, you've heard him say "Welcome to MOE'S!"..anyway, thats what the servers yell as you walk through the doors. Chris loves Moe's, and for good reason, they are really really good. We both got a Homewrecker burrito, chips, and a drink for $5.55. I had a really good time today. Thanks Chris.

St. Petersburg Beach

Chris and I visited St. Petersburg Beach while I was here in Florida. (Yes Mom, I got you dirt.) It was beautiful. I L.O.V.E the ocean and the beach. It's so calming. Chris and I have been coast to coast (almost) together between San Diego and here. Go us go!

Gary Our Gecko

So my first morning in Tampa I was looking out the window and saw a cute little gecko on Chris' balcony. I was kind of excited because well, we don't have geckos on our balconies in Utah. So I named him Gary. There are lots of Gary's in Florida, I've seen a few squirrels too. Here's Gary, isn't he cute?

Tampa wins...Again

Chris and I went to the South Region Volleyball Championship tonight, Tampa vs. Florida Southern. Tampa won again, 3-0, weird. They now move on to the national championship. It was a lot of fun. Afterward, we went to International Plaza, it's HUGE! We did some window shopping, as most of the stores were closing when we got there. Afterward we picked up dessert at Cheesecake Factory. Tomorrow we're going to Busch Gardens! YAY! I'm excited :)

Inside looking out

Chris has a cool view from his bedroom window. There is a little tree right outside. I wonder how many people that tree has seen live in this apartment and the one below. Currently, the tree has one strand of Christmas lights around the trunk, which I have yet to be seen lit. I wonder if they are there year round or if someone just recently put them up. Anyway, I'm having a great time in Tampa and will post more soon. Here's a picture from the inside looking out and one with the lights.

P.S. I can cross off "Kiss on a bridge" from my Life list of things to do. :)

Warm weather here I come!

I am going to visit Chris in Tampa tomorrow! I'm so excited I could pee my pants! I haven't seen him in six long weeks. I just looked at the weather report and it looks like its going to be really nice!

I can't wait to get out of the cold Utah fall weather and back into summertime conditions. I L.O.V.E summer and could definitely get used to living in 75 degree temperatures October-April. I'll do a few posts with pictures while I'm there to keep everyone updated.