That water's right and the weather's perfect...

Adam goes fishing a lot more than I do, but I got lucky and was able to take a little day trip out on the lake with Wells and Adam. I didn't technically catch anything, but the fish that Adam's holding in the pic below was definitely supposed to be mine.

LA for the Fourth

One of the great perks of my job is that I get to travel to a bunch of places I've never been to. My first solo trip to scope out a hotel was to LA and just happened to be the same time as the Rev's game against LA, July 4th. We decided to turn this trip into a mini-vacation and we couldn't have had more fun. We had breakfast with one of Adam's old bandmates, I got to see Adam score two goals against LA while visiting with his family, the Vogel's, and we also got to stay in one of Hollywood's most famous hotels, the Hollywood Roosevelt. We were in a crazy modern room that had such a great view of Hollywood Blvd and all of the crazies that pass by the minute. The last night we were there, we decided to check out the rooftop pool and who do we see? Matthew Perry and Tara Reid (not together, of course). I rented a car while we were out there, so we visited a few beaches, Manhattan and Malibu, both beautiful. I think Manhattan beach was my favorite -- there's all kinds of great restaurants and shops that lead up to the beach. To top off the trip, it just so happened that my family the Holland's were out visiting my cousin Mary, so we connected with them and sampled some of the best fro-yo I've ever had. I don't know how I'd like living in LA, but I sure loved visiting!

Photo shoot with Brad & Britney

Brad and Britney are getting married in September and asked us to take a few engagement photos of them. Here are a few of our favs:

NASCAR visit

Brad, Wells and Adam had the opportunity to do an appearance at a NASCAR practice in New Hampshire. They got to tour the pits, the garages and had front row seats to the Sprint Cup qualifying. They even got to meet a couple of the drivers including Denny Hamlin, a product of Richmond and graduate of Manchester high school.

Holly & Jesse come to visit!

While Adam was away for a game, Holly and Jesse came to visit me from Virginia! We had a great time going out to dinner, visiting a beach in Rhode Island, and just being together. I miss these girls!

New apartment

The time has come for the love birds to leave the nest. Adam and I just got our first apartment. It's equi-distant to Adam and my work but it's a lot less of a commute for me. We live in a little townhouse community and couldn't be happier. We do miss the Love's but luckily we get to see them quite a bit at the games. And, to go with the new apartment, Adam got a grill! It's finally warming up in New England and Adam is taking full advantage of that. We live just a minute or so away from a little park so we go frequently on the weekends to play frisbee or walk. And, Adam's attempting to teach me how to golf (good luck!).

Melissa's Engaged!...

...and she's moving to Colombia! This past weekend, all of the Highrise girls convened again in Reston, VA to celebrate an extremely happy occasion, Melissa's engagement to Juan Perez. The party was so fun, but we couldn't help but be a little sad knowing that Liss would no longer be a short plane ride away (for me) and just a few minutes drive for everyone else. That said, it was so very obvious to everyone around that Liss had found a wonderful guy who was going to take care of her and make her happy for all her days. The proof: Melissa danced the whole night, and MELISSA DOESN'T DANCE :) Congratulations Liss and Juan! Thanks for giving us an excuse to take a vaca to South America!