Watch the sky breaking on the promise that we made...

Yeah I'm bad at this... so if you're keeping up, which I know none of you are, I skipped day 08. So I've decided I'm going to combine day 08 and day 10.

Day 08 - A song you know all the words to

Part I: Broken Bride - Ludo

I'm not going to write anything about because well, I don't want to. Suffice it to say, it's probably my favorite Ludo song.

Day 10 - A song that makes me fall asleep

All My Days - Alexi Murdoch

Ok, if you don't know Alexi Murdoch SHAME ON YOU! He's one of the best artists to ever grace the face of the earth. If I could promote one under rated artist it would be him. Please please please please go listen to him, I swear you will like him. He will leave you speechless. So take 5 minutes from you terribly busy day and go watch this video.

Love and Rockets,

Rodney

So I don't know why but lately I haven't been able to sign in to my blog so it's been a while. But really, I just didn't have the desire to blog. Yeah it's all just nonsense anyways, but I need nonsense motivation my friends! This is weird but I find the best time for me to open up is at night just before I fall asleep. It's probably because of the medicine I take every night before bed that makes me loopy. But any who, it's one of those times so why not blog?!

Day 09 - A song that you can dance to

You Got What I Need - Joshua Radin

Anyone who knows me knows I can't dance. AT ALL. I'm completely uncoordinated. So this one has been on my mind for a while. I can't dance to any song so why not put a song I wish I could dance to? And by wish I mean I wish I could dance to this song at my wedding. It's probably the most romantic song I know; probably because I saw him perform it live just a few months ago. But believe me once you see Joshua Radin live you will never ever forget it. He's down right SEXY! I especially remember one part of the concert I turned to my friend and exclaimed "I'd let him do anything he wants to me"... yeah that was a bit much! But seriously he's amazing. And if there's any sort of dancing at my wedding this will be the song I have my first dance to. Yeah I know I'm stupid and cliche for planning a wedding before I even have a guy but what girl doesn't?! Besides, it's not like I'm serious about any of it!

Love and Rockets,

Rodney

p.s. So You Think You Can Dance started tonight... Oh how I wish I thought I could dance!!

p.p.s. I also just noticed I skipped day 8............ maybe tomorrow? ha

A dinner table, and two bored sisters...

Day 07 - A song that reminds you of a certain event

I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston

So at my house the dinner table is like a gathering place. We have family over every Sunday for dinner and most the night is spent around the table. I'd bet that about 84% of that time is spent laughing so hard we cry, especially Preston and I. On the rare occasion though, Kyra and I are in just the right mood to go crazy. Today was one of those days. We started out on our couches talking and watching youtube videos. We started doing this thing where Kyra sings and I lip sync to it. It was driving my mom nuts. I would mouth whatever was coming out of Kyra's mouth, even her laugh which was my favorite part. But then we went to eat dinner and she started singing I will always love you by Whitney Houston. We decided to record it and she dared me to put it on here... so yeah, this is humiliating but I never back down from a dare. So here is the song that will always remind me of this very night...

Love and Rockets,

Rodney

p.s. This weekend will be epic!! Are you ready?

A city with a legend...

Day 06 - A song that reminds you of somewhere

El Paso City - Marty Robins

Name a camping trip, any camping trip I've ever been on and I guarantee this guy has played at some point. This is the man of my past. I can associate him with about 87% of my childhood. I also recognize him as the #1 Cowboy. But the exact place this song reminds me of is a lovely little place called Coyote Gulch.

Epic right?! Yeah, I LOVE this place to death! You can

either back pack it and take 3 days or do a day hike and get out 1/2 way through.

I've done both and they both have some amazing memories, and pictures.

Let me share some with you eh?

This is me with my bananadana brothers.

Me, Michelle and my sister Julie. Best road trip girls ever!

FROG!

Raptor raptor, doin what I can...

A little lunch break yoga.

We think we're hard core, cause well, we are...

Frisbee!!

At the top of Coyote Gulch soaking it all up (quite possibly my favorite picture ever!)

This is at the end of the day hike, you start as soon as you wake up and walk until you're beyond ready to sleep. This is tied for my favorite picture ever...

So my friends, I miss this. I would give anything to go back there this summer but things are just too crazy. It's the only place that has literally taken my breath away. I have lots more pictures but pictures can never do this place justice. It's like The Format says "Pictures only prove we can't convince". I don't want to convince you guys it's amazing, I want to take you there and have you experience yourself. Maybe one day all 7 of us who look at this blog can all go? I'm getting delirious and rambling now and I bet you're still reading because what else are you going to do? Go look at some lame video on youtube? Just admit it, me rambling is better than most things on youtube. Except for maybe this video, it made me laugh for about 10 minutes today at work. Tears were coming out of my face. I'm going to end this now.

Love and Rockets,

Rodney

p.s. It is officially smells like summer all the time. My nostrils are in heaven...

Hope dangles on a string...

Day 05 - A song that reminds you of someone

Vindicated - Dashboard Confessional

This song doesn't remind me of one person. It reminds me of two, Laura and Stacia. Every time the three of us are in the same car this song will be on, I would bet my life on it. We would blast it to the point where you can't hear anything else and scream, literally scream, at the top of our lungs. My favorite memory of this? We were going to a movie or something, I can't remember the details. But Laura and Stacia decided it would be funny if I sat in the back seat in between the "boyfriend" and the creep. As we are driving down the street this song just happens to come on. I've never screamed so loud in my life. I don't think anyone has been more annoyed with me. Those boys have hated me since. But Laura, Stacia, and I got a pretty good laugh out of it.

So this is my plea to the two of you, road trip?!

Love and Rockets,

Rodney