Miss America Pageant 2012

Remember how last year I got to got to the Miss America Pageant? Well I got to do it again, and boy was it just as good as the last. We may not have gotten to see a ventriloquist, but we did get to see the most amazing jump roper, ever. She literally sat on the ground and jumped the rope with her butt. Miss Hawaii...you are insane. (in a good way. a very good way). 

Here's some other things I learned:

-In Louisiana, if you bite someone with your natural teeth it's considered simple assault. If you bite with false teeth it's considered aggravated assault.

-Poor Miss Wyoming sang Adele, directly after another girl danced to the original. No one is going to sound good if you follow Adele. Nobody. But she was pretty awful anyways. 

-The host Dena Blizzard is now officially a Kardashian. I jealously watched her get sworn into the family. 

-Pennsylvania has the largest llama farm in the world. 

- Miss Missouri singing Aerosmith was amazing. 

-All the other girl's dancing  was pretty pathetic. And that's an understatement.

-Mark Ballas is so talented. He totally swooned me with his guitar playing and singing. So sexy. 

The end. 

Oh and I got to see Kris Jenner in real life. That was fun. 

Oh and I forgot to mention...I know Miss Nevada. 

We hung out a few times. 

Here's proof.  

She's pretty freaking awesome. No lie.

Dear Miss America Pageant, 

You are all too entertaining.

...Until next year.

xoxo, 

Ashley

private party.

Last week was the big CES convention at the Las Vegas Convention Center. One of my very dear friends in Huntington came in town for it because he works for Hyundai. He invited me and a couple of my friends to a private event that iHeartRadio threw at Haze Nightclub Wednesday night. OMG. It was so fun. Imagine all the free drinks your little hearts desire (shirley temples for days). Hot men serving food on platters. I'm talkin sliders, pizza, chocolate covered strawberries, & creme puffs. They had it all. Lots of nerdy, rich men. And Will.i.am DJ-ing all night long. Yep, it was like a dream. Did I mention 50 Cent was there too? Because he was. 

Becks. Jay Baby. Me. Sandy.

I love my Ryan. So glad we got to hang while he was in town.

Movember.

As everyone is aware...November is actually Movember.

During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men's faces, in the US and around the world. With their Mo's, these men raise vital funds and awareness for men's health, specifically prostate cancer and other cancer's that affect men.

So in order to appropriately celebrate Movember... we went to the annual Mustachio Bashio.

Best decision ever. Seriously.

We danced our booties off to Live Karaoke! 

The best people singing the best songs. 

And we may or may not have started a line dance. 

Mister Mustache Man 2011 

Mister Mustache Man 2010

What a great Saturday night and ended it with my favorite shake of all time...at Sugar Factory...with him. 

Check out how I celebrated last year here.

popcorn fight!

Who randomly goes to the park with a ginormous bag of popcorn...

(Popcorn Girl...yep the good stuff)

and ends up getting in a ginormous popcorn fight?!?!

....That's Right. We Do!!

aloha!!

For a girl who is constantly aching for her next vacation...I sure got a mini fix this weekend without even leaving the state!! The Pure Aloha Hawaiian Festival was in town...and we (along with Cana, Jordan, Stephanie, and Jansen-who made a surprise visit from CA ) decided to go! It was basically everything Hawaii...here in Vegas. (Minus the scenery. and beach. and ocean. and marine life. etc.. etc.. etc.. but let's not get too nit-picky here...we deal with what we got) It seriously was so much fun!!! If I don't think about how much money I actually spent. haha. It was only $5 to get in, and Matix was free. But this "free" little child of mine....was not exactly "free."  He's just so dang sweet. And he was in little kid heaven.... Eating all things Hawaiian. And riding all the fun carnival rides. He even got down to some island music with us. If you think about it...it's way cheaper than actually bringing him to Hawaii...so it's win-win if ya ask me. (although I really do wanna take him to Hawaii...someday) 

The food was my favorite part of course. We ate BBQ chicken and pork skewers. Some other chicken thing. Hot dog waffles (weird but yum). Hawaiian Shaved ice. Coconut milk. etc. Freaking bomb diggity, ya know?

Matix was brave enough to go on the "really really really big ferris wheel." And we all owned that little roller coaster. Hands up and all. The attendant liked us a lot, and let us ride it a few too many times. But how can you say no to a darling little boy who so innocently walked up to him and asked to ride again? The answer is...you can't. So we rode again. All three of us. :)

Anyways, it was a great night with family. 

And now I'm ready for my next vacay :) 

firestation.

A month or so back when we were in Huntington, we got to go visit one of my new friend Randy at his work for a few hours. He is a fireman in LA County (Santa Clarita), so of course Matix was excited to see his helicopter, fire truck, and most importantly...the station dog!! (of course) He works in the air and wildlife division, so he primarily flies in the helicopter...pretty rad, huh? We had such a fun time seeing all of Randy's neat toys and Randy loved having us visit him at work. ;) 

We even got to see the helicopter take off...We all thought that was pretty cool.