Changing it up a little

So I go 2 months with no blog activity and now I am a little obsessed...as you can see. I've changed the layout and colors, deleted some pictures and added some features.

Count down to Hawaii:
YES, it's true! Rick and I are headed to Hawaii on April 16th! Our favorite beach bums, Elizabeth and Matt, are letting us shack up with them! THANK YOU! We can't wait! Here's how it all went down:

About a month ago I was uploading (or downloading, I never know) the new Jack Johnson CD to our itunes account. As I was waiting I decided to get on Ticketmaster and see if JJ was playing in Atlanta anytime soon. I've been looking for about 3 years for his concert and have never had any luck. The only date (yes, just ONE) I had ever seen was in Hawaii. He never seems to want to make the trip over to the mainland. My search came up and he had a dates scheduled for April 19th & 20th! The Kokua Festival...in HAWAII! Ugh! I joked with Rick that we ought to go. I mean Elizabeth and Matt are living there and they have offered a free place to stay to anyone who wants to visit! No dice! He thought I was joking.

"Not so fast my friend."..... (thank you, Lee Corso) I e-mailed Elizabeth the next day. After, of course, I had mapquested E&M's address and realized the Waikiki Shell was only 9.6 miles away from their home. I let her in on my fabulous idea and she was on board. They were planning on getting tickets for the show as well. Sweet! Now I just had to convince Rick.

For those of you who don't know how Rick is about planning vacations I'll give you a quick briefing. Rick loves to go on vacations. We are very lucky in that respect. But Rick ONLY likes taking vacations that interest him: golfing, fishing, snowboarding, activities....you get the picture. I like taking beach trips: sitting, sleeping, lounging, drinking....way different ideas of "vacationing". EVERY trip I have ever suggested we take has NEVER happened. Never. So this Hawaii trip poses a bit of a challenge.

Except...who doesn't want to GOLF, FISH and well SURF in Hawaii?! NOBODY! Not even Rick! After very little convincing Rick was on board too! Next we got Woogz all squared away with grandparents and aunt's we were ready to book the trip.

Elizabeth got us all tickets for the Kokua Festival for Sunday! Yippee!!! We are going to see Jack Johnson in Hawaii! What could be better than that? How about Jack Johnson with Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds. Yep! That's right! Oh I am so excited and can hardly stand it!

The music:
So what you hear when you get on our blog now is the last song, "Losing Keys" from JJ's latest CD, "Sleep Through the Static". I LOVE this song...hope you do too or it might just be annoying. The whole CD is great and you all need to get it.

By the way...
Last week I got an e-mail from a friend of mine, Leigh Garret, (another Jack Johnson fanatic) that he was coming to Lakewood in Atlanta on August 13th! WHO KNEW?! We'll be headed to that show as well. Patrick will be joining us then. He loves him too! Now I don't feel quite as guilty for not taking him to Hawaii.