Happy Birthday!

It was my birthday (Airika's, that is) on Sunday and on Friday I was actually preparing myself for a pretty normal birthday...going to lunch with my coworkers, my family going out to eat, and Gerald forgettting to get me a present in time. :) On top of that, I was preparing to share "my" special day with my mother, since it was also Mother's Day (I was born on Mom's Day too!). It's a good thing that my mom and I shared our special day though, because my younger sister Hannah decided to surprise both of us by flying in from Philadelphia to visit us for the weekend! I was completely shocked and very happy. It was an awesome present not only because I got to see her, but also because she actually managed to surprise me, which very few people have ever been successful at!

The other cool "surprise" (although I already knew what it was)of the day was that Gerald had remembered to buy me a birthday present! ;) He and my parents bought me a beautiful amber necklace that I tried on in a unique African boutique shop in La Jolla last month! Here's a picture of my new necklace! (I still need to take one of me wearing it!
I'll post another pic when I wear it for the first time! Thanks everybody for all your facebook birthday messages and emails. All in all, I had a great 28th birthday!

~Airika

Wakeboarding!

At long last, the wakeboarding pictures are here...

My little brother Dale is insane. Airika and I had a hard time getting him and the water surface in the same picture when he jumped!

A little compilation... be sure to click on the pictures to enlarge them!
Like I said, insane.


I'm not quite sure what this was, but it looked really cool.
Here's a few of Dean, who drove 1.5 hours to give us a ride on his boat and we had never even met him!
sweet...
...and Kenny
Last and Least, it was my turn. If there's one thing I learned about wakeboarding from this trip, it's that I really shouldn't be wakeboarding! This next picture is a shot of my signature move, and as you can see, I nailed it. I was thinking of naming this one, so let me know if you have suggestions...

We hope you enjoy these!

Gerald & Airika

Playing with animals

Growing up we always had lots of pets to play with, yet my brothers and I always had the urge to go out in the woods to catch more.... My family loves animals. Playing, catching, eating, whatever--we love em. Here are a few more shots from our NC trip!

Gerald

Coming soon--wakeboarding pictures! Holy cow you will like these!!!

North Carolina Pictures & a Contest!

Here are a few more pictures from our trip to North Carolina!

A few from my grandfathers house/farm...






My shirtless cousin Ben and his biggest Bass ever! The first person to correctly guess it's weight will win a free print of any image you want from this blog or my website!
My dad's truck...
My favoritest nephew ever!



I still have a ton of cool pictures to go through from this trip, so more will be up soon!!!


Gerald

I caught a fish!

We just got back from our trip to North Carolina, and we had beautiful weather, good times with the family, and LOTS of great fishing. I'm sure that most of you are thinking that this is Gerald bragging about catching yet another fish. However, it is I, Airika, bragging about a 5lb. bass (a fish, not a musical instrument-lol) I caught on Sunday in North Carolina! Here's a picture of me thinking about whether or not I should touch it...

I caught it in Gerald's grandfather's pond and it is a BIG DEAL for two reasons--I have caught approximately 10 fish IN MY LIFETIME AND this fish was larger than any bass that Gerald has ever caught out of that pond! For that reason, and that reason alone, I agreed to hold the fish for a picture. And since I held it, I decided to blog about it!
Here's one of me holding it...

And one more of me releasing it...
The end. :)

~Airika