Jai Ho!

Ok so my friends and I went to this little underground club in San Francisco that has Indian dancing once a month. Let me tell you...it was soo much fun! It is Indian music mixed with current day rap music and the DJ's were soo good. They mixed the sickest beats! There was a guy that has a big drum strapped to him and he came out on the middle of the dance floor and played. Then at the end, they had a rapper come out and flow (and he was really good!). We took some pictures but let me warn you....we were dripping with sweat! So we were not all that cute but we didnt even care...we were dancing the entire time.







By the way...Have you seen the movie Slumdog Millionaire? If you havnt you should. I thought it was a very good movie. It was very well put together, great music (I bought the soundtrack), great actors & actresses (especially the little kids), and it dipicted that part of India well.

Here is one of my favorites songs from the soundtrack. The original song "Jai Ho" is done by A.R. Rahman....they also have one that is a re-make he did with the Pussycat dolls (ugh). The original is soo much better...
Here it is...



This is another one of my favorites...


Since we went Indian dancing we were asking my friend Marys' friends from school (which are Indian) everything about it. He sent her some videos of some cool Indian dancing so we would know a little what to expect prior to going. Here are some of the videos...

This one is a music video I liked


This one is some kids dancing at some sort of performance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0bjamjeF-o

Wine tasting at Byrington Winery

My roommate Kate and I decided to go to a wine tasting that was nearby after our hike. It was up the Santa Cruz mountains a little ways so it was a fun little curvy drive. Here are some pictures of the pretty vineyard and of the winery building...

Beach Day

First Beach day since last October! Yeah!







Our spot...





Group Pics in front of the fire...

Murphys Trip

Soon after Vegas I got to go to Murphy's. Murphy's is a small town in California that is right next to Bear Valley where there is mountains and ski slopes. It was for the HGH Get Away Trip...so it was both houses. We stayed in a vacation home nearby the mountain. Everyone did different things. Some played golf, some went hiking, some went wine tasting, and some went skiing\snowboarding (Me! Im in this group!) I got my first ski rental equipment, my first lesson, and my first time down the mountain. It was amazing and I want to go all the time now. I had some pretty crazy bruises from it that lasted awhile though. Overall I was so thankful to go on this trip to just get away and to fellowship with my brothers and sisters.

Me in front of the lovely home we got to stay in...














Me in front of the mountain I just owned....Bam!




In front of one of the ski lodge buildings...


Besides these pictures I also have in my possession a very funny video of everyone (with Phil leading it) singing and doing hand motions to "In a cabin, In the woods". I would have posted it but my life was threatened so I decided it will just stay on my personal computer for my own enjoyment. Sorry guys! ;)

The Higher Ground Houses 08-09

These are my friends;)

Valentine Party

In our close circle of friends the men decided to host the women for Valentines Day night. They invited us over for a formal occasion, cooked us dinner, and desert! It was alot of fun and a really nice time spending with them.

Game Night

Prank on the DryCreek House

We decided to set up a bedroom scene in their front yard. We had a bed with the comforter, sheets, pillows, a head board and even a teddy bear. We had a rug beside the bed with slippers on it. We also had a night stand with a lamp, flowers, kleenex, a cup of tea (yes we really put tea in it with the tea bag string hanging out), and a frame. The frame said "Vacation 2007, my family & I". Inside the frame was a picture of me, all my roomies, and John Wayne (we have a life size poster board of John Wayne). Oh! I forgot to mention the most important part...John Wayne was in the bed with the teddy too. So we set this all up at the Drycreek house. We had to do it while they were in fellowship so they wouldnt catch us. Well, a few days went by and we wernt sure how they had found it or what had happened. I guess they decided to set up all the stuff we had set up at their house over at the Curtner house that way the Curtner house would think we played a prank on them and then they would prank us. Haha, very sneaky. It was a good idea but it didnt work, the Curtner house ended up finding out that the Drycreek house did it. It was all alot of fun though. I have a few pictures below of the prank and a video. We were in such a hurry I really didnt have time and it was so dark I couldnt really see what I was taking pictures of. The video you can barely see but I think its funny. Its me in the beginning saying "this is how you do a prank", then you see Mary running away and Kate. It wont upload right now so I will have to post it later.

A pic of us talking about what to take in the garage:


Matt loading up the car:


Two pics of the prank set up at the house:

New Pics

Here are pics of me and my friends since I have moved here. I wrote underneath the picture the first names of who is in the pic.


Hillary, Patrick, Lauren, and Me



A bunch of us at Rock Bottom


Girls night out!


Me and my rommie Lauren



A bunch of us at Music In The Park


Julie, Me, Abby, and Hillary at the beach



Katie, Hillary, and Karen


Me and Jon


Bunch of us at PF Changs


Julie, Hillary, Angela, and Me at the beach, labor day


Me and Karen. My first time in a wet suit learning how to boogie board:)