BRYNNLY AND ALAN: September 2009

My sister, girlfriends and I took a little trip to California to see one of my best friends (not pictured) who lives in Huntington. The plan was to spend some time with her and then go spend time with my cousin, Kyle, who lives right on Newport Beach. We were pretty disappointed when he got called into work 20 minutes before we were supposed to meet up. He's a firefighter in LA and I'm sure you all heard of those huge fires that broke out just a few week ago. He was stuck fighting those fires for over a week! I was really sad I didn't get to see him BUT we had such a fun girls trip! I love hanging out with my girls! We laid around at the beach, stayed up late talking/laughing/reminiscing and going to our favorite places to eat. I was planning on staying a few days longer than everyone else but decided to head home early since Kyle was stuck at work and Daniella had a crazy busy week at work. I decided to ride into LA with my sister and friends and catch a flight home that night. We had plenty of time before our flights left (I was on a different airline than the others) so we went into Beverly Hills and had dinner and hung out and lost track of time. My sister raced me to the airport and I checked in 5 minutes late so they wouldn't let me board. Being as it was the last flight out for the night I was so upset because Alan wasn't expecting me that night and I wanted to just show up at home and surprise him. Instead, I got stuck in a hotel that night and took the first flight out the next day. I called Alan on the way to the hotel and we had a pretty good laugh over it.
Since I just admitted a dumb moment I had, I might as well admit another dumb moment I had on that trip. I'm a pretty clumsy person. Alan is always laughing at me because I do things like fall going up the stairs. Ya, I'm that girl some times! I will literally trip over nothing or drop a glass on my foot that requires stitches. Yep, that's me! Well we went to the beach and I know myself too well to know I can't be trusted with anything expensive that can be ruined. So I decided I'd be smart and leave my phone in the car. Later that afternoon we went to lunch and I was on my phone checking facebook and every one's status updates. (Yes, I have issues!) I saw that my cousin was at the same beach that day. So my sister and I decided to go over and see them. I had my phone on me so I could call them to find them. My cousin was standing about knee deep in the ocean so I took my flip flops off and walked in to talk to him. Just then, a huge wave came and swept my flip flops away. My first reaction was to save my flip flops not realizing my cell phone was in my hand! Yep, picked them up, cell phone in and you can guess what happened! Phone, ruined! Are you kidding me?! Luckily I got a new one for free but seriously! Who does that?! I can't be trusted I tell ya!
All in all it was a great trip and I had the best time with my girlfriends! I'm about to say something really cheesy but every time I spend time with my girlfriends it makes me appreciate Alan so much! I LOVE LOVE LOVE being married to him and am reminded of that when I have a girls weekend. Thank you Laralee, Daniella, Ashley and Bryn for an unforgettable trip and thank you Alan for making it happen!