James Taylor Concert, November 8

For those of you who do not know, James Taylor is my absolute favorite singer and songwriter. He was actually coming to Sacramento this tour, so I jumped on the tickets. He usually comes to the bay area. This was to be my fourth time seeing him, so I was so excited. Before I get into this, I have to come clean. I perform an illegal activity that I just can't shake. I sneak my camera into his concerts. Ok, my confession is out! We had 7th row seats, on the ground floor. After James suggested a 20 minute intermission where they would go backstage and think about what they've done, he started to sign autographs. The stage seemed kinda far away, so I just watched. After a minute, Chris said "What are you doing? Go up there and go for it!!" With a nudge like that, I did, and I was able to worm my way slowly up to James.

This is him, signing my ticket! He was so happy to do it! I got to shake his hand and talk to him, and get an autographed ticket! Can you believe it!!?? He asked how I was, and I said great! I said that it was great to meet him, and thanked him so much for signing my ticket. I told him to go take a break. He was doing all of this on his intermission time. I was in SHOCK and I felt like those teenage girls who were going crazy for the beatles back in the day. But I kept my cool and kept those crazy emotions inside.
Me and my ticket! I have to find out how to keep it in primo shape. What a neat experience! Thanks to Chris for that extra push in the right direction!

Good times with The Fam

Ava and Lily are shown here in the middle of dancing to the tune "My Guy". It is one of their favorites. Don't read into it-- it does have a catchy tune! Ava is almost 2, and Lily is 3 1/2.
I guess you could say that Lily is a ham. She knows I almost always have my camera, and she asks me to take her picture all of the time!
Courtney, Wynter, the girls, and I all had a day to share. So we decided to go Christmas shopping. It was a fun experience and we all vowed to make it a tradition. Here are the girls, as Aunt Chels was trying to distract them with my camera in Target.
We went into Borders and Ava immediatley grabbed a random guitar magazine, and started to "read" it. She was really into it, and kept asking us questions like "Who is that guy?"
Wish this turned out better, but it was a nice lunch at the taqueria in Folsom. Dave met us for lunch, and we had a nice lunch outside.

San Luis Weekend

My good friend since 4th grade, Michelle Hurff is getting married November 10, 2007. I was able to attend her bachelorette party down in Grover Beach. We went wine tasting. This winery was my favorite because they were playing James Taylor's Album October Road. (Ironically it was the weekend of 10/19-10/21) The vines were all turning colors, what a gorgeous sight.
We borrowed a friend's suburban to fit all of us while wine tasting.

Ashley and I at Mother's Tavern.
Gotta have a beach day! It was such a nice day, we walked from Grover Beach to Pismo along the ocean. We had lunch at Splash Cafe, who is known for their clam chowder. Then, we walked back and said so- long to San Luis. What a nice escape of a weekend! Thank you, Michelle!