St. George Birthday Bash

Shane's best bud growing up, Layth, is married to Lou and they live in St. George. Layth's 30th birthday was last week and Lou decided it would be best if we drove up to surprise him for a weekend celebration! We decided she was right.

Little did Layth know that Shane and I were awaiting him at his favorite restaurant. He said, "So what are you guys really up here for?" He didn't believe that we came up just for his b-day. What can we say? We're dedicated.

This is little Ty. He's the darling offspring of our dear friends. We had fun playing aunt and uncle for the weekend.

On Saturday we hit up the lake! It was really awesome. Hot weather, lots of fun toys, good food, and fun new friends. Layth and Lou have a great group of friends who took us right in and were really nice to us. It think it was mostly because we were on Wipeout...but, hey, I'll take it.

My two favorite parts of the lake day: learning how to ride a stand up jet ski (a little trippy to learn, but super fun once you get the hang of it!) and cliff jumping (just like the old days on Tubbs Hill in Coeur d'Alene!)

Saturday night everyone came over for pizza and some Mr.and Mrs. Moose action. We watched our Wipeout episode and gave everyone the play-by-play inside info! It never gets old:)

A big thanks to Layth and Lou for letting us stay in their awesome house, play with their cute kid, share their fun friends, take us to the awesome lake, and feed us such good food! We had a blast - can't wait to visit again.

Bringing sexy back to my life

Justin Timberlake and I meet again! Okay, not really "meet" but we were in very close proximity. It all started while babysitting, watching 'N Sync on TRL. JT crooning in a wife beater, earings, curly bleached locks. I was hooked. Shane took me to see him in concert in 2007 (best night EVER), and then last year we sat in the front row at Jimmy Kimmel while JT was a guest. And now,THIS marvelous evening:

Justin has a clothing line called William Rast that he started with his best friend, Trace Ayala. It's a pretty awesome collection and if I was rich I'd be decked out in William Rast. So Friday night was "Fashion Night Out" in LA and New York. Justin made an appearance at Nordstroms in Santa Monica to promote his clothing line. He said hello, made some jokes, and gave away some free stuff from his line.

Excited.

My husband gets an award for the night. He was the best! He left work way early to come pick me up and drive to Santa Monica. He waited around for 2 hours in the middle of a swarm of eager girls. He saw some girls interviewing people for JustinTimberlake.com and sent them over to me to be interviewed! And yes, they interviewed me:) Stay tuned for that; I'm thinking Monday it will be up.

After the Nordstroms appearance, me being the insider that I am, knew that he'd make another appearance down the street at his William Rast store. We headed over and saw it was exclusive and you had to be on the list to get in. Luckily, with all our experience being poor and dipping our toes in showbiz world, we've learned how to schmooze! One of the girls working for JT spotted me outside and just brought us right in! It was pretty rad.

The store was pretty small and we were in the very front. These pictures are all taken by me! We were so close we could smell his hair gel. Pretty unreal!

Yes!

I made friends with JT's cousin and met his best friend...so yeah, I'm getting close to meeting the man himself :) After the appearance, the JT.com girls took me and another guy out front to do a "fan battle!" It was funny. We took some photos, introduced ourselves, and then we were asked trivia questions on camera. Of course, I won. Then I asked his cousin, "Don't you think the winner of the fan battle earned a picture with Justin?" She said she thought I was right! So she went to the back and showed him the video! He said "Oh, she's from Long Beach, I dated a girl from Long Beach."(he's talking about Cameron Diaz by the way) But to my extreme disappointment his cousin said he was with his friends and about to leave and he had had a really long day, yada yada...so no hand shaking or picture :( But it WILL happen! I was so close, so now I'm very determined. Overall it was a super awesome evening. Thanks Shane, for being my supportive, fellow JT fan! I love you!!

Party in the USA

Summer is my favorite time of the year, for many reasons. But the main reason is that I get to hang with my fam!! They decided to come for a "quick" trip to the states from Guam so Sam could go to EFY and my parents could see their families. But lucky for me, it ended up being a not so quick trip! And we didn't waste any of that time sitting around - we partied it up!! It was awesome, to say the least. Here are a few of my favorite photos:

A HUGE THANK YOU to my parents. You guys are seriously so awesome. Thanks a million for spending all that money and time on us! It really made our summer, and you know it! We love you and can't wait till you come back.

To see the rest of our photos: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2355596&id=17809381&l=4027081d19

Surprise Bungee Hike!

So, my family from Guam came to the USA for some vacation and I was lucky enough to hang out with them for several weeks! It was awesome (blog coming soon). But all good things come to an end...and Shane knew I would be bummed. Being the sweet husband that he is, the day after they left he whisked me away on a romantic "hike." Yes, we did hike, but what he didn't tell me is that we would be BUNGEE JUMPING! We hiked 5 miles into beautiful San Gabriel canyon, outside of LA, and jumped off of the "bridge to nowhere."

The hike was sooo pretty and really fun. We waded through the river several times on our way.

Although I have to say the way down was much more enjoyable than the way up - cause I was FREAKING OUT! Since this was a surprise, I was not mentally prepared like the rest of the jumpers.

But I gathered myself and made the literal leap of faith. It was insane. And it was awesome.

(That guy helping me up seriously had to be my shrink before the jump! Couldn't have done it without him - he is good at his job.)

Shane's extreme tank top and short shorts gave him all the courage he needed. He loved it.

We have great footage of both of our jumps on our youtube page: www.youtube.com/sallyandshane

After jumping, we headed down below the bridge to enjoy the beauty. We watched some jumpers and took a few dips in the awesomely clear mountain water. We were loving being in the mountains for a change.

Thanks, Shane, for a rad surprise! I'm not mad at you anymore, now that we're both still alive. I guess we have to go sky diving next? Maybe I'll surprise you.

Robyn

It's been a crazy summer so far! It's going by so fast...Here is something awesome that happened. Our favorite Swedish pop star Robyn is on tour and we could not miss it! (Don't know her? You will know this song). We decided to avoid crazy LA and opt for her show in Solana Beach, near San Diego. It was a super pretty, really cute, nice little town. We felt like we were in the Truman Show.

She was totally incredible! Shane and I loved every minute- we could have watched her all night long.

She came out in a full on Robin (from Batman and Robin) costume. It was awesome. And then she striped down into this wild outfit.

Most of her stuff is electronic dance pop music. But that doesn't mean her voice isn't amazing.

This video will impress you.

Guamtasitic!!

Our trip to Guam could not have been more awesome. I seriously have to best family ever! It was amazing to get to have quality fam time in such a beautiful place. Here are 5 of the zillion awesome pictures taken. Check out the rest on my facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=17809381&aid=2342428&s=0&hash=95cec764aecfcb7a5ea5aa7549a4a42e

If we're not friends - add me!!

I really can't say thank you enough to my parents. THANK YOU!!! Love you guys!