.:Leather and Studs:.

A month had gone by and it was finally time for our road trip. It was just the 4 of us, Trae, my parents and I. Friday after work, we loaded up the Harley's and hit the road to Louisville, KY for the weekend. This was my first time riding on a bike that far. I was so excited, number 1: because this was Trae's idea. It meant alot to me that he had planned a weekend to spend with my parents. We had been fighting a lot lately but I was hoping this would help us reconnect.

Simply just letting time go by. This trip was so fun though. We stopped about half way for gas and to rest and stretch our legs. It was a beautiful summers evening in the middle of August for the ride. The purring of the engines and my hair blowing in the wind, holding on to my love and trusting him with my life. I wasn't scared at all. He made it comfortable for me. I did know that I was getting so hungry and couldn't wait to get to the hotel and check in.

Once we checked in we freshened up and headed downtown to 4th Street Live, for drinks and dinner. It was first time out in Louisville downtown. Trae had been ranting about this place. I was good time we stayed out for a little but were ready to head back to the hotel. It had been a long day and a long ride.

The next morning we got up and had breakfast in our hotel and headed to the Harley Davidson dealer closest to us. My Dad loves to grab shirts from the local dealerships when he road trips on his bike. After we left our next destination was the casino....Yep if anyone knows Trae and I, we love playing cards and with the casino across the river of course we had to go. Once we got there, we made a deal....whoever had the most winnings at the end of the day was buying lunch/ dinner (depending on what time we left).

So I left Trae to play poker for a while, and I hit the blackjack table. I had never been to a casino with my parents, and they were floored when they saw me playing blackjack LOL....I was doing pretty good, and then not so well. So I walked away from the table and went to the bar to have drinks with my Mom and Dad played slots.

My Mom was funny, we sat there for hours and played those little electronic cards games and she won with a Straight Flush!! I was shocked, I have never seen anyone win over $25 on those little games, but she hit over $200!! I was so jealous, I lost on that day. My Dad and I were having a great time, after Mom won we tried our luck on the slots, because at this point we were all waiting on Trae to finish poker fix for the day.  So at the end of our gambling, Mom and Trae ended up winning...LOL looked like Dad and I were taken care for dinner.

We drove back over to the Louisville side of the river and had dinner at this cute little restaurant on the water. This trip had been so much fun so far. We stayed there for most of the evening, watched the sun set of the water, and just enjoyed the last night we had in The 'Ville. We debated on going out after, over by 4th Street to finish up the evening but decided to head back to the hotel to relax and pack since we were leaving the next day. We got in kinda late but it was a great day. We laughed so much and enjoyed each others company in a peaceful bliss. The next morning as we woke up and loaded the bikes to hit the road back home, we took a detour down a rural road along the river back to downtown to snap a few pictures.
We found one of Abe Lincolns many tributes in Kentucky. We also drove by the Louisville Slugger field all in all it was a successful trip and I was ready to get home. The heat all the way home was pretty miserable, and also I'm pretty sure my ass was bruised from the shocks on the bike being too tight, this was not found out until the morning we were leaving. LOL Oh well .

XOXO  .:TMARIE:.

Red, White and Blue

It was nice to finally be home for awhile after the last trip to Vegas...Things around home were changing seemed like we were becoming closer, more time was spent with my family for cookouts etc. It was the 4th of July and we spent it close at home with everyone and close friends. I had prepared the house with food for the cookout and Trae was supposed to get the fireworks.
The evening was so fun the food was amazing, the guys bonded out side while cooking and the girls all sat around the kitchen table gossiping about the men. LOL lets just say thier tendencies were quite similar so we shared a lot of laughs. After the sun dropped and the moon appeared high in the sky, it was my favorite time of the all American holiday.
 FIREWORKS....I have always loved them since I was child, it brings a spark of innocence everytime I see them. So I went to Trae to ask him to get them ready as I cleaned the kitchen. His response to my sadness was that he forgot to get them earlier that day. OH I WAS PISSED!! and if you know me you know it was a pretty sight. So dissapointed in him I was about to leave and go buy some myself, but living in Davidson county you can't purchase them.

So I was about to drive all the way to Mt. Juliet for them. So as I am getting ready to leave Trae keeps trying to stop me. And of course I am not having it. Until he turns me around to see a box full of huge beautiful fireworks for us that night. I was so happy and it was his sweet little side that usually I was the only one who saw. So yes everyone the joke was on me. The night turned out perfect.
 The fireworks were the best. I was happy with how our Independence day was spent. Trae made future plans that evening for a weekend in the near future to take a ride on a couple Harleys to Louisville.
This was something to look forward to.

.:XOXO TMARIE:.

Everything is So Neon

Graduation Celebration!! Its crazy how many places I have been the past few months, but this was different...Rachel was taking her first steps in the "City of Sin" aka Las Vegas, NV and I was along for the ride. Flying in I tried to take a nap so I could be prepared for the events that were ahead of me upon touchdown.

When we landed at the airport our limo was there waiting on us, fully loaded with adult beverages, and I was already about 17hrs into my day. This was going to be a long night! We made our trek across the desert to our oasis at the brand new M Resort. This was located off the strip which actually was quite nice to retreat back to after a long evening. Our casino was beautiful, and we checked into a gorgeous suite with a panoramic view of the Vegas strip. So Rachel and I did what we do best and took over the room with clothes thrown everywhere, and make up and curling irons all over the bathroom....

Haha it was the best. After getting dolled up we headed down to meet some friends and play a little card game called blackjack :) The evening was off to a great start. We won a little money and grabbed our driver for the weekend to take us to the Strip. I could feel the rush of excitement flow through my veins...or wait? was that the adrenaline for the 5 hour energy drinks??? Oh well either way I was excited and ready!!

As we approached the strip the Famous words of Rachel were spoken "Everything is so NEON" We went to meet up with friends at Vanity for the first stop of evening, it was over to Surrender....bottles were popping, drinks were flowing....and a little fist pump action was taking place...YEP this is Vegas. Working up to hour 24  we called the driver to take us back to our casino...it was time for a late night snack or meal!!  haahaha. Oh good times, and long hallways. The next morning consisted of  breakfast, bloodymarys and picking a swimsuit. Oh wait that was taken care of by our lovely friends at SYRUP SWIMWEAR.

We met up with everyone from last night to head over to Wet Republic where we had a cabana.

This place was insanely packed full of people with the least amount of clothing as possible. We chilled out most of the day, and enjoyed the scenery as most of you would. It took us a good bit to get on the level of drinking again after the night before but with it in front us ....it was very tempting. These boys could put down come goose. After being here for a while we kinda had money on our minds and was ready to skip out to go play some more...or shopping either way the day was almost over.

So we headed to the casino to change and get ready for dinner and gamble a little. We had plans to eat a the steakhouse in our casino for the evening and gamble, we were going to go out for a bit but had chosen not to because we wanted to play cards. Well as we sat down for dinner and I ordered a glass of wine I realized I didn't have my camera or ID or debit card, I had left them at Wet Republic. So needless to say I was freaking out!!! I didn't know where anything was, how I was going to get on the plane the next day, how I was going to "drink" that last night or hell even party for that matter. I called everyone we where with and no one was answering, probably because they were passed out.

 But later after dinner I finally got a call back and one of the boys had picked up my things and told us to meet them at Bank that night so I could get it from them....OH Sigh of RELIEF!! The next morning we got up and packed, left out a few crucial things for the day because our flight left around 6ish. So we had plenty of time to go to REHAB that day. We headed down to the lobby to get our driver to take us awayyyyyyyy in a what?? we looked at each other and smiled as we stepped into Maybach....this car was awesome!!

 The line for Rehab we insane! Thank goodness we didn't have to wait that long, cabanas on deck beside the DJ booth. It was party time! Our last chance for desert sun and alcohol. Once we got in, I found my nice little spot on the daybed to catch some rays. Rehab was pretty amazing the music was great!!! and it was a sea of people that weekend.

We danced like crazy and as the day grew closer to our flight, we were being talked into postponing our flight til the next day so we could all go watch the Lakers playoff game....oh how tempting it was. But it wasn't possible. Sooooo we pushed the envelope to the latest moment we could to leave...we made it to taxi lane in our swimwear and grabbed a cab. I ended up changing in the cab and we rushed through the airport to our terminal and grabbed food, LOL lots of food from Sabarro pizza. I mean you woulda thought we were feeding 4 people. YEP 2 drunk girls at a pizza place after a day in a bikini...#fatkidsatheart. Well it was wheels up, eyes closed, belly's full....and good bye Sin City until next time.....Operation Graduation Celebration = COMPLETE!

.:XOXO TMARIE:.