End June. Erin & Cullen's wedding in Grand Rapids, MI. Kelly, Sally, and I roadtripped up there, hit up some breweries (yup, don't remember the names already), and rode bikes (THAT'S RIGHT! First time in... a long time for me. AND I DIDN'T FALL!). And I remember Grand Rapids being CLEAN. So clean. and bike friendly. Great wedding, good times with friends, lots of beer. That was the gist of it :).
Met up with many of Lynn's wonderful friends, and some of those friends taught us how to surf! And by "surf", I mean... stand up on a board for a good 1.5 seconds before falling off. It counts. Naw, but really, I was proud of all 4 of us. We each had at least a couple of good standing moments :) Granted, our teachers did most of the work by hauling us out there. Boy, surfing is exhausting!
Took advantage of some more beach time ~soaksoaksoak~, did the Carlsbad crawl, learned embarrassing stories about Lynn, and last day she took us to Long Beach before our flight to Las Vegas.
Las Vegas. Gosh. There really is a cap on how long I can be there for. It's fun, don't get me wrong, but by day 3, you can stick a fork in me (because I'm done). We got an awesome deal at Planet Hollywood and the whole time lived the VIP life (due to hook ups from "a guy we know" and certain Dan Vans) -- yummy fancy food, VIP lists, and the alcohol was a-flowin'. Girls trip, so naturally we took a show in at the Chippendales... sliiiightly disappointed... maybe because we sat too far in the back and I couldn't sling shot dollar bills with my bra far enough to hit them. Jk. Spent 4th of July there, but surprisingly, no fireworks in the city of lights...
Took the red eye back to Cincy and tried to be coherent for my meetings the next morning...
