The Best Bachelorette- Ali

The Best. Show. Ever

sweet.

beautiful.

adorable.

In the previous season of "The Bachelor" Ali Fedotowky had a huge decision to make.

What was more important: Work? or Love?

At the time, she felt that she needed to leave the show and go back home in order to keep her job.

On the finale of "The Bachelor" the upcoming Bachelorette was announced to be Ali, and i sure was happy! She was my favorite from the very beginning. She had that sense about her, that no other girls had. She seemed very genuine, outgoing, funny, and especially gorgeous! It was ashamed that she had to leave.

But with all that behind her, she begins another whirl-wind adventure!

Taking on the important, and glamourous role of being the new and improved Bachelorette!

Lets just say, she is a lucky girl right about now.

Last night, April and I were super bored at 2 am, so we decided to flip through our previously recorded shows on our DVR. We came across The Bachelorette, and right about then, what we were going to watch was decided.

The show started off with her walking aimlessly on the beach in her bikini, and her in her home town in San Fran, CA. And her talking about love, and how much she wants it and what not...all the obvious stuff.

one of my favorite things about her is that she isnt a twig!

she is normal. athletic. curvy.

When it came time for the guy to show up, she was so nervous! And i think that is the cutest thing about her!

the guys start coming. and coming. and coming.

guys from one end of the spectrum to the other.

from weathermen, to pro wrestler, to a lawyer, to a musician.

you name it. its here.

im so exited for this season to get on its feet! ah! i already have a draft and everything!

i love:

Chris L, Kirk, and Roberto!!

and Frank is growing on me after their one on one date.

Weatherman, needs to go. SHORTY!

Roberto is going to make it far, if not win.

that my guess..

Kiss? Kiss?

So i kinda like making the kissy face sometimes. :)

For our activity one night, the young women went to The Factory for a little camera time.

great times.

More pictures to come!

And the Countdown Begins...

Its crunch time folks.

The home stretch.

The countdown begins.

Spring Fling.

5 Exams.

Summer.

Sounds great to me!

Well, cramming is what i do best, its in my name :)

I love how all the teachers tell us not to procrastinate, when they are the ones doing it. It seems to me that all of the sudden, papers are being assigned, projects are due, and test are given daily. It doesn't seem right to me, but whatever.

These next couple are days are gonna be great, but awful at the same time! Each day is one day less we have to be in that awful building of Franklin High.

Now its time to CRAM it all inside my head for these last couple of days :)

5.1.10

5.1.10

The weekend that changed many lives in Middle Tennenesse.

water. water.water.water

It rained!

alot

The forecast predicted just heavy rain, not heavy

FLOODING

It all started on saturday morning. I was on my way into work at 10:30, and i noticed that it was raining-of course, but didn't think much of it. I was opening the shoppe by myself, and was perfectly calm.

Not for long.

Business was pretty slow, normally you can predict whether its going to be a good or bad day depending on the weather. Most people would stay at home, tucked into bed watching

pay-per-view, but oh no. Not those Sweet CeCe's addicts. You'd be surprised!

Customers were coming in, slow

ly, but surely. They were the ones who were making me nervous. Telling me that roads (that were roads to get me home) were getting shutdown completely, due to the overflowing of the Harpeth River- which is everywhere. Mid-way throughout my day at work, 3 other girls had come in, it was slow, so CeCe had told me to send them both home cause it would have been pointless for them to be there.

And then there was one.

The cops at the end of the street, closing off th

e main drag home, is what made m

e nervous the most. It had been a couple hours since i was at

work, probably around 3 or so, when people were telling me "good luck" and "be safe out there, there is water up to 2 feet deep out there". Being a new driver, in my father's low the gr

ound BMW, this is not what i wanted to hear. Within the next hour, i was getting extremely

antsy to get out of there.

Finally, the person coming in after me, 2o minutes late.

I was freaking out,

i couldn't get home! The main ro

ad, Hillsboro was blocked off, and you could see the water creeping up the street. It was bad. I didn't realize how bad this was getting. I had to go the long way home, going around the water.

On my way home, i picked up April. It took me a good 35 minutes to get home, and i was lucky, cause 1o minutes after i had passes another street, it got blocked off.

Within the next couple hours, the tornado sirens were going off. It was exiting, but scary at the same time. The Harpeth river runs behind my house. If it weren't for the giant power lined field, we would have been screwed.

There is a bridge right down the street for the entrance to my neighborhood. April, Callie, Reagan, and I walked

down to the bridge to

see the damage. It was unbelievable.

My backyard looked like a lake!

The fence was broken, the water was 2 feet high, and increasing.

The next couple of days were insane!

People houses flooding to the ceiling, people getting evacuated from their homes, house bein

g burned to the ground, and houses blowing up!

Many of my friends lived in the bad part of the flooding. A neighborhood called Cottonwood was now called Lake Cottonwood. It looked like you lived on water. Literally. Cars were underwater in the driveway, water was up the mailbox, and windows of the houses were underwater. Insanity!

After a few days, all the washed away and the rivers went down, but left streets brown, and roads ruined. Everyone is just now getting back to normal and cleaning up the mess. Some people lost everything and are now living in shelters. I for one, stayed dry. No damage was done to my home, thank goodness!

I put together a little video of all the flooding that i witnessed. Check it out and tell me what you think :) Subscribe :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD2Psle_mj4

I Do

I seriously think i'm insane.

i have always ben obsessed with weddings.

im probably going to be a wedding coordinator some day.

i have always loved looking in the bridal magazines and searching the web for unique ideas.

now i know i'm only 16, but still... a girl can dream, right?

by far, this is the most beautiful wedding. everything about is perfect.

from the floral arrangements, to the ring, to the cake, to the lite-up dance floor.

whoever the bride is, she sure does have great taste!

some of these are a different wedding, but generally have the same flair.

i just want to fast forward till i'm 26 and get married! :)

Do Da Dee

First off. Having an older brother that plays varsity sports really has its advantages.

IT GIVED US THE PERFECT EXCUSE TO GET AWAY FOR THE WEEKEND :)

My brother Morgan, had a lacrosse tournament in Atlanta, Georgia a couple weekends ago.

To show our support to Morgan, my family and i drove 4 hours to watch morgan show off his lacrosse throwing skills.

(He really is good)

We got a late start- like always. But we ran into tons of traffic on our way there, it pushed us back to an hour behind. As a result of getting on the road late- we missed one of Morgan's games and were about to miss another if the traffic wouldn't get on the move! It started raining and we were convinced that the game was going to be cancelled. But hours later, after wondering around the Georgia Tech campus trying to find the field, we drive up to playing field, which looks more like a paved soccer field to me.

To make the long story short, we won the game 15-2... or something like that.

During the tournament, we were staying the night with some family friends that my mom had known since morgan was born!

On our way to their house we had to stop to get some gas. As we were pulling into the parking lot i mention to my mom that that the guy who is singing outside is super good, my mom agreed, but thought nothing of it. She soon realized that the guy singing wasn't someone from the radio playing outside, but a homeless veteran trying to earn a couple bucks so he can stay in the homeless veteran's shelter just down the street. He was injured and was playing guitar and singing by himself along the side of the building,

It was so sad to see homeless people working for a couple cents, let alone a man who fought for this country!

My mom and i soon got out of the car and stood next to him and started dancing and singing along with this old man. It was raining at the time and was singing "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" previous to this song "My Girl".

Luckily we had our handy-dandy Flip video camera at hand, so Big Mac video-taped us showing off our back-up dancing moves :)

What Happened In Vegas

Off to Sin City!

I have never been to Vegas before, and i sure was exited!

We were going to visit my dads girlfriend and her daughter Kala one last time while they still lived in Las Vegas before they moved to Nashville. It sure is an amazing city, if you block out all the gambeling and alcohol :)

THE CITY

JUST A LITTLE TASTE OF HOW DIRTY VEGAS REALLY IS, IN SOME AREAS ATLEAST

this trash consisting of the following items:

beer

beer

beer

beer

beer

more beer

and porn cards

now isnt that lovely..

(espeicaly when your walking down the strip on Sunday ) haha

T

THE NEW YORK NEW YORK TAXI ROLLAR-COASTER

PARIS

A SCALED DOWN VERSION OF MANHATTEN
this was pretty beast

Here are some sweet close-ups i got at the botanical gardens and the Bellagio Hotel

this is all pure blown glass onthe ceiling

ok, so you will always have crazy people who will do anything for cash

this guy was so sweet, he didnt talk, or didnt have any facial expressions whatsoever
i think Kala and i had a little too much fun messing with this guy

he would move every once in a while, but only to re-adjust his legs so he wouldnt cramp up.

we ended up giving him like $5 or something

We were walking right by Darth Vador on our way to the Bellagio Fountains, when Kala yells out "My name is Luke Skywalker, and you are not my father"
he responds

"Your right, im your Daddy"

we all started cracking up!

ok, Zoro almost chased after me once i took this picture
it was legit

Man? or Women?
we still dont know

Elvis has Risin'!

AH! The best part about Vegas

THE BELLAGIO FOUNTAIN SHOW

Watching the Fountain show here, i beleive it was "This Kiss" by Fath Hill at the time

So sweet

Walking around the Bellagio Hotel
we thought we were so cool poseing in front of these sweet high-end designer stores

i wish we could by stuff :(

Waiting for out food

*tip

if you ever go to Olives in the Bellagio Hotel, make sure that you go there starving

lets just say that we all filled up on bread- which was some of the most amazing bread, and FRENCH FRIES

they were the best french fries i had ever seen, they just just chunks of potatoes SMOTHERED in garlic and seasoning, oh my mouth gets watery just thinking about them

A giant vase?

i love this picture!

From this point forward, are just random pictures that we took throughout our trip!
before church, notice the desert behind us and Kala's school

M&M world is the best!

On our way to the New York New York Rollarcoaster.
I was having my doubts.

as you can tell...

Best fast food.

the milkshakes are the best
vanilla.

so this is said to be the worlds largest chocoolate fountain, i dont know if i beleive that or not, but it was pretty cool

they had a mirror above the fountain to make it look really dimentional

the best crepe i have ever eaten

Double. Chocolate. Chip

Bon Appetite!