So today I slept in real late because I was real tired. Got up, showered, got ready, put my make up on, ha, ha. First time I've done that, like, the entire trip. Then we went to tour this old boat that's on tour right outside the door of our hotel. We took the DPM into Greektown and ate at this really awesome barbeque place. I had the ribs :) Messy! Ha, ha, but so good! Then we had chocolate covered pretzels at this little cafe. Yum! I'm going to be so fat when this trip if over. Then we took the DPM back to our hotel, packed up, checked out of that hotel and checked into our other hotel in Auburn Hills. We switched because this one is closer to the venue for the concert. Now my dad is in the living room visiting with a friend that came to visit him and I'm blogging. Later we are going to go shopping with a $25 gift certificate that my dad surprised me with, and then we're going to eat, explore around a little bit, and then Holly will be here and we will party! She is staying in the room right across from us. I'm so excited! We are going to have a jam session tonight :) Yayyy! Then it's off to bed for our concert tomorrow! We are rising early... leaving the hotel at 6:30 to catch the tour buses outside of the venue! Eeep! Yeah, we're pretty Sugar-loyal. Then we come back to the hotel for breakfast, then back out again for our M&G! So dang excited I can't even tell you!! Jen, Holly and I all have Meet & Greets. But Ali, Jess, Sara, and a bunch of other people I've never met before but absolutely love to death are coming :) I'm so excited! It's going to be such a fun, sugarfilled, amazing day. I will die :)
Love you all!
Little Miss Erika
Friday, July 8, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Holly...
Oh wow. Today was sooooo fun!!! So.. we started the day in Canada, drove around Windsor for... a long time. Then came back, went to the hotel, got ready for HOLLY!! Eeek! Then left, ate lunch on the way, and got to the Twelve Oaks Mall early, and waited in the food court for Holly. Oh. I was shaking. Like. I thought I was going to explode. She's my IDOL. I still can't believe last time happened... and now it's happened again.. and it hasn't even ended yet.. and it's so crazy.
So we get to the mall, my dad and I are sitting down, and I'm NERVOUS. Like, nervous. Holly walk up and I see her and I'm like.. wow.. it's her. And I sat there for a minute just.. literally staring at her because I couldn't believe it was her. I then got up, every fiber in my being screaming not to because I couldn't believe it was her, I started walking to her, called her name, she looked up at me and I ran to her. I hugged her so hard I think I squeezed her guts out. Wow. I was probably beaming so hard she thought I was a crazy lady. I mean, wow. It was like. this is happening. This is really happening. This is really, impossibly happening.
We walked around the mall for a while, she bought a pair of earrings and a smoothie. We stopped at the Brookstore... oh man. Probably in those massage chairs for an hour. Then we went to the Apple store and played around with the Apple stuff. We then went to the pet store, looked at the dogs :) Made me miss my puppies! Then we went to the Bath&Body Works, and sprayed on every fragrance, smelled every bottle of lotion, and found Holly's favorite fragrance in a cologne for her boyfriend ("And you can smell like sex too!!!" -Holly, ohhh hahahhaha). Then we went back to our Brookstore.. sat in there for another hour ("I feel like I've been beaten") in those massage chairs. Went back to the Apple store and we Facebook'd each other like... a foot away from each other ("Country girl, shake it for me"). We went to Zales to have Holly's finger measured for a ring her boyfriend is getting her, then went back to Bath&Body Works, then went to a candle store. Yeah, we're that dorky :) To smell every candle. Yeah. Every single one. In the whole store.Then we had to go meet my dad, which was a sad moment. Then we met her mom and discussed the rest of our weekend. So excited! I can't wait for tomorrow, and tomorrow's tomorrow. It's going to be so amazing.
Holly is just the most amazing person. She's 17, I mean, and she hangs out with me? And I'm 13! That's amazing. AMAZING. She's so special and perfect and amazing and I love her so much. She inspires me, she makes me laugh, makes me smile, makes me cry, makes me enjoy life so much more than I would without her. I know that someday she's going to go her way and I'm going to go mine, but thank heaven for letting her be in my life right now. And I will hold this moment in time forever. I will always love her, no matter what happens, she is my life and I don't ever want to let her go. She's my big sister :)
I love her.
I always, forever and ever, will love her.
Xoxo
Little Miss Erika
("Here, smell this, it smells like a tootsie roll!")
So we get to the mall, my dad and I are sitting down, and I'm NERVOUS. Like, nervous. Holly walk up and I see her and I'm like.. wow.. it's her. And I sat there for a minute just.. literally staring at her because I couldn't believe it was her. I then got up, every fiber in my being screaming not to because I couldn't believe it was her, I started walking to her, called her name, she looked up at me and I ran to her. I hugged her so hard I think I squeezed her guts out. Wow. I was probably beaming so hard she thought I was a crazy lady. I mean, wow. It was like. this is happening. This is really happening. This is really, impossibly happening.
We walked around the mall for a while, she bought a pair of earrings and a smoothie. We stopped at the Brookstore... oh man. Probably in those massage chairs for an hour. Then we went to the Apple store and played around with the Apple stuff. We then went to the pet store, looked at the dogs :) Made me miss my puppies! Then we went to the Bath&Body Works, and sprayed on every fragrance, smelled every bottle of lotion, and found Holly's favorite fragrance in a cologne for her boyfriend ("And you can smell like sex too!!!" -Holly, ohhh hahahhaha). Then we went back to our Brookstore.. sat in there for another hour ("I feel like I've been beaten") in those massage chairs. Went back to the Apple store and we Facebook'd each other like... a foot away from each other ("Country girl, shake it for me"). We went to Zales to have Holly's finger measured for a ring her boyfriend is getting her, then went back to Bath&Body Works, then went to a candle store. Yeah, we're that dorky :) To smell every candle. Yeah. Every single one. In the whole store.Then we had to go meet my dad, which was a sad moment. Then we met her mom and discussed the rest of our weekend. So excited! I can't wait for tomorrow, and tomorrow's tomorrow. It's going to be so amazing.
Holly is just the most amazing person. She's 17, I mean, and she hangs out with me? And I'm 13! That's amazing. AMAZING. She's so special and perfect and amazing and I love her so much. She inspires me, she makes me laugh, makes me smile, makes me cry, makes me enjoy life so much more than I would without her. I know that someday she's going to go her way and I'm going to go mine, but thank heaven for letting her be in my life right now. And I will hold this moment in time forever. I will always love her, no matter what happens, she is my life and I don't ever want to let her go. She's my big sister :)
I love her.
I always, forever and ever, will love her.
Xoxo
Little Miss Erika
("Here, smell this, it smells like a tootsie roll!")
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Leg 3... MICHIGAN!!!!!! And the 69th floor.
We made it! Safely! We are here! You know, it's like this big sigh of relief when the plane touched down and we stepped out into Michigan... you get this feeling of.. we're here. And nothing can go wrong now. No more worries about if we're going to actually make it here or not.. if it's going to be like last time where we have to shorten our trip and rearrange everything. No, that's all behind us and we're actually here this time and it feels so amazing.
We woke up early this morning, went to breakfast, then went down to the river. We took the Chicago River Architect Cruise, really fun. You could see all of Chicago from a boat, which was really cool, and learn about the different styles of buildings and the history behind it. We then took the water taxi down to Navy Pier, went to Bubba Gump... (Holly, I had to :P) then walked around Navy Pier a bit. We took the water taxi back to our hotel and then packed up for the flight out. We left our hotel, drove to the airport, boarded our flight, came over to Michigan, landed, got our bags, then went and got the rental car. I wanted to F-150 they had there but dad said otherwise.. so we got an orange Dodge Charger! Pretty cool... not as cool as much truck though :) We drove to our hotel, got dinner, got dessert, then checked in to our room on the... yeah, you guessed... SIXTY NINTH FLOOR. Have I ever told you how much I HATE heights? It's cool though... beautiful view of Canada... but it's scary, ha, ha. We're one floor from the top. Eeeep!
Well, now we're watching America's Got Talent and getting ready for bed... got to get to bed at a decent time so I'm all fresh to see Holly tomorrow!! Eeeek! I'm so excited I can hardly stand it. It's so amazing. I never thought this would happen and now this is the second time... amazing. So excited.
Hope you all are wonderful :)
Little Miss Erika
We woke up early this morning, went to breakfast, then went down to the river. We took the Chicago River Architect Cruise, really fun. You could see all of Chicago from a boat, which was really cool, and learn about the different styles of buildings and the history behind it. We then took the water taxi down to Navy Pier, went to Bubba Gump... (Holly, I had to :P) then walked around Navy Pier a bit. We took the water taxi back to our hotel and then packed up for the flight out. We left our hotel, drove to the airport, boarded our flight, came over to Michigan, landed, got our bags, then went and got the rental car. I wanted to F-150 they had there but dad said otherwise.. so we got an orange Dodge Charger! Pretty cool... not as cool as much truck though :) We drove to our hotel, got dinner, got dessert, then checked in to our room on the... yeah, you guessed... SIXTY NINTH FLOOR. Have I ever told you how much I HATE heights? It's cool though... beautiful view of Canada... but it's scary, ha, ha. We're one floor from the top. Eeeep!
Well, now we're watching America's Got Talent and getting ready for bed... got to get to bed at a decent time so I'm all fresh to see Holly tomorrow!! Eeeek! I'm so excited I can hardly stand it. It's so amazing. I never thought this would happen and now this is the second time... amazing. So excited.
Hope you all are wonderful :)
Little Miss Erika
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Leg 2 - Chicago
Whoot whoot! We made it!
We left Milwaukee around 10, drove 2 hours to Chicago, then drove back another hour to out "hotel" that wasn't really our hotel.. drove an hour back into Chicago but by that time it was rush hour so it took us like an extra hour.. finally got to our actual hotel, the Renaissance downtown. We got upgraded into a suite on the 18th floor.. 2 rooms, 1 1/2 bath, I have a sleeper couch with my own TV, it's nice. Checked in, went to the club lounge to get some drinks, then went to the Macy's on State to get a cupcake my Young Women leader told me to get. Then we went down to the Shed Aquarium, saw some pretty cool exhibits, then took the ferry across the lake into Navy Pier. Walked back to the hotel, ate dinner at the club lounge (lamb!), went down to the room and watched America's Got Talent. Went back to the club lounge for dessert, then came back down here and we're going to bed! Excited for the river cruise tomorrow along with the flight to Detroit! Eeek! SO excited. I'm going to be with Holly in 2 freakin' days! CRAAZY! I can't wait :) I love that girl to death.
Hope you all had a fabulous weekend, make it a fabulous week!
Little Miss Erika
We left Milwaukee around 10, drove 2 hours to Chicago, then drove back another hour to out "hotel" that wasn't really our hotel.. drove an hour back into Chicago but by that time it was rush hour so it took us like an extra hour.. finally got to our actual hotel, the Renaissance downtown. We got upgraded into a suite on the 18th floor.. 2 rooms, 1 1/2 bath, I have a sleeper couch with my own TV, it's nice. Checked in, went to the club lounge to get some drinks, then went to the Macy's on State to get a cupcake my Young Women leader told me to get. Then we went down to the Shed Aquarium, saw some pretty cool exhibits, then took the ferry across the lake into Navy Pier. Walked back to the hotel, ate dinner at the club lounge (lamb!), went down to the room and watched America's Got Talent. Went back to the club lounge for dessert, then came back down here and we're going to bed! Excited for the river cruise tomorrow along with the flight to Detroit! Eeek! SO excited. I'm going to be with Holly in 2 freakin' days! CRAAZY! I can't wait :) I love that girl to death.
Hope you all had a fabulous weekend, make it a fabulous week!
Little Miss Erika
Monday, July 4, 2011
Milwaukee
WHOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Leg one of our Michigan trip is finally HERE and almost OVER!!! Crazy, isn't it? Wow! It's been soooo fun!
We arrived in the Chicago ORD airport on Sunday in the afternoon. We drove 2 hours to Milwaukee, checked in to our hotel, got settled, then went to my cousin's house for dinner. We had dinner there, I played guitar for her, we drove around Milwaukee a little bit, then went to the lake shore for fireworks! An hour long show! We had really good seats right on the water edge on the other side of the lake from the fireworks. But they were still close enough you could see the high ones really well but not so much the lower ones. It was pretty! We then dropped Katie (my cousin) off at her apartment and went back to our hotel. Slept in late, got up around 10 this morning, went to breakfast in the hotel, showered, got ready, and drove into downtown Milwaukee. Wandered a bit, saw the sites, then went to pick up Katie to go to this really cool old mansion of these old dead people. It was cool. Then we went down to the water and rode the paddle boats! They're more work than they look like.. ha, ha. We then went and got a super amazing hot chocolate at this place called Caribou. Yes, hot chocolate in the middle of summer. We explored this little town about 45 minutes out of Milwaukee, then went to dinner at this little restaurant/pub that was super good. Dropped Katie off at her apartment, then went and chilled at the hotel for a while. Got a call from Holly finalizing our MI plans!!! Eeeeepp!!! SO excited. Watched about 20 different firework shows from our hotel window! I love the Fourth of July. Now we're watching the Capitol Fourth on TV and getting ready for bed while I'm blogging :) We drive back down to Chicago tomorrow, spend a night there and then fly out to Detroit on Wednesday!!!
So excited.
So.
So.
So.
So excited.
Love you guys!
Hope you had a very safe and fun Fourth!
Hope you blew things up responsibly ;)
Erika
We arrived in the Chicago ORD airport on Sunday in the afternoon. We drove 2 hours to Milwaukee, checked in to our hotel, got settled, then went to my cousin's house for dinner. We had dinner there, I played guitar for her, we drove around Milwaukee a little bit, then went to the lake shore for fireworks! An hour long show! We had really good seats right on the water edge on the other side of the lake from the fireworks. But they were still close enough you could see the high ones really well but not so much the lower ones. It was pretty! We then dropped Katie (my cousin) off at her apartment and went back to our hotel. Slept in late, got up around 10 this morning, went to breakfast in the hotel, showered, got ready, and drove into downtown Milwaukee. Wandered a bit, saw the sites, then went to pick up Katie to go to this really cool old mansion of these old dead people. It was cool. Then we went down to the water and rode the paddle boats! They're more work than they look like.. ha, ha. We then went and got a super amazing hot chocolate at this place called Caribou. Yes, hot chocolate in the middle of summer. We explored this little town about 45 minutes out of Milwaukee, then went to dinner at this little restaurant/pub that was super good. Dropped Katie off at her apartment, then went and chilled at the hotel for a while. Got a call from Holly finalizing our MI plans!!! Eeeeepp!!! SO excited. Watched about 20 different firework shows from our hotel window! I love the Fourth of July. Now we're watching the Capitol Fourth on TV and getting ready for bed while I'm blogging :) We drive back down to Chicago tomorrow, spend a night there and then fly out to Detroit on Wednesday!!!
So excited.
So.
So.
So.
So excited.
Love you guys!
Hope you had a very safe and fun Fourth!
Hope you blew things up responsibly ;)
Erika
Sunday, July 3, 2011
I hope you dance..
Stadium of Fire. It's something we go to every year, well, for the past two at least. Every year with my girl, Vivian, And every year I have this major countdown to it as it's that one night each year when everything, absolutely everything, is perfect.
Vivian came around 7. Ah. It was so good to see her. I haven't seen her since April, so I was pretty happy she was able to come again to SoF this year. We left a few minutes later, my mom dropped us off at the stadium, we got in our seats about 40 minutes early. As we were waiting, I gave her a little surprise that I've had since like.. May, maybe. It was a bracelet that had a little heart charm, a treble clef charm, and some of the lyrics from the song "I Hope you Dance" by Lee Ann Womack on the third charm. Oh it was pretty. And I think she really liked it. I hope. I videoed that song the day after I got the bracelet for her at a performance I had. Yeah, in front of 100ish people, I dedicated a song to my girl and got all worked up singing it :) I may have to post it.
The show started and the opening acts came on, then David Archuleta, and after David, Vivian and I traded seats with my father who was sitting in the VIP sections. Oh it was cool. We were close. Well, not like close close but closer than we were before. It was harder to hug her around the chairs though.
Brad was aboslutely fabulous. He always is such a wonderful performer, relates to the audience, has amazing guitar skills. I love him. He was fabulous. He makes you laugh, makes you cry, makes you smile, he puts you through everything when he's up on that stage. I loved it.
We had VIP tickets to the "after-party". That was a waste. Ha, ha, I mean, all that people did in there was eat. I'm not going to eat a chicken sandwich at 11:00 at night. But it killed some time so in my opinion it was totally worth it.
Then we went to the other after-party... the party after the after party. Now that is where the party is! Ha, ha, everyone was dancing in the middle of the road. It was great. I've never seen Vivian shake it like that.. ha, ha, ha.
We walked home.. the long way. :) We killed so much time that we walked in the door at 1 in the morning. And then she didn't leave until like 20 minutes later because I wouldn't let her go. I hate that part of the night. It kills me to see her leave. Kills me to see anyone leave. But it gets easier when I realize how incredibly blessed and lucky I am to even have her to miss.
Just watch me say this and it won't ever happen, but oh I hope it does. We talked about Nashville. She's never been, I've never been. She wants to go, I want to take her. Can you imagine? How insane that would be? I would die. From laughter. :) Oh man. But hey, for her even to say she wants to go with me, wow. That right there means the world so I think I'm okay if we don't go.
I love that girl so dang much it hurts. I can't wait to see her again. She's one of those people you just get a rush with. A total rush that you can't even breathe when she hugs you because it's the most amazing thing you've ever felt. I love her more than anyone in this world. I will always.
I love her.
Little Miss Erika
Vivian came around 7. Ah. It was so good to see her. I haven't seen her since April, so I was pretty happy she was able to come again to SoF this year. We left a few minutes later, my mom dropped us off at the stadium, we got in our seats about 40 minutes early. As we were waiting, I gave her a little surprise that I've had since like.. May, maybe. It was a bracelet that had a little heart charm, a treble clef charm, and some of the lyrics from the song "I Hope you Dance" by Lee Ann Womack on the third charm. Oh it was pretty. And I think she really liked it. I hope. I videoed that song the day after I got the bracelet for her at a performance I had. Yeah, in front of 100ish people, I dedicated a song to my girl and got all worked up singing it :) I may have to post it.
The show started and the opening acts came on, then David Archuleta, and after David, Vivian and I traded seats with my father who was sitting in the VIP sections. Oh it was cool. We were close. Well, not like close close but closer than we were before. It was harder to hug her around the chairs though.
Brad was aboslutely fabulous. He always is such a wonderful performer, relates to the audience, has amazing guitar skills. I love him. He was fabulous. He makes you laugh, makes you cry, makes you smile, he puts you through everything when he's up on that stage. I loved it.
We had VIP tickets to the "after-party". That was a waste. Ha, ha, I mean, all that people did in there was eat. I'm not going to eat a chicken sandwich at 11:00 at night. But it killed some time so in my opinion it was totally worth it.
Then we went to the other after-party... the party after the after party. Now that is where the party is! Ha, ha, everyone was dancing in the middle of the road. It was great. I've never seen Vivian shake it like that.. ha, ha, ha.
We walked home.. the long way. :) We killed so much time that we walked in the door at 1 in the morning. And then she didn't leave until like 20 minutes later because I wouldn't let her go. I hate that part of the night. It kills me to see her leave. Kills me to see anyone leave. But it gets easier when I realize how incredibly blessed and lucky I am to even have her to miss.
Just watch me say this and it won't ever happen, but oh I hope it does. We talked about Nashville. She's never been, I've never been. She wants to go, I want to take her. Can you imagine? How insane that would be? I would die. From laughter. :) Oh man. But hey, for her even to say she wants to go with me, wow. That right there means the world so I think I'm okay if we don't go.
I love that girl so dang much it hurts. I can't wait to see her again. She's one of those people you just get a rush with. A total rush that you can't even breathe when she hugs you because it's the most amazing thing you've ever felt. I love her more than anyone in this world. I will always.
I love her.
Little Miss Erika
Wow.
Tonight was insane. Absolutely insane. I've had a countdown on my wall for this night for over 7 months... and it feels really, really, really weird it's over but it definitely lived up to every expectation I had for it and more. The entertainment was great, Vivian is always just.. well, she's Vivian. I love the girl but I swear sometimes I want to kill her ;) The night was full of after-after-after parties, flinging ice cream, attacks from trees, conversations with Angel Moroni on the top of the Provo temple, feet on the sidewalk, dirt, spiders, we talk about anything you could imagine and more. I love that girl.
It's late (well, technically early) and I leave early tomorrow for our trip, so I better get to bed. I'll post videos later. I didn't get much but at least I have something to remember this night forever with.
Have a wonderful Fourth of July weekend everybody. I love you! Stay safe!
Erika
PS - Vivian, I will always always always always always... love you more!!! :)
It's late (well, technically early) and I leave early tomorrow for our trip, so I better get to bed. I'll post videos later. I didn't get much but at least I have something to remember this night forever with.
Have a wonderful Fourth of July weekend everybody. I love you! Stay safe!
Erika
PS - Vivian, I will always always always always always... love you more!!! :)
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