farfrompoopin

shall we begin?

 

so back in 2007 i had the time of my life doing a study abroad in paris, france. i was fortunate enough to be there with my sister, tamara, and cousin, carrie. and along the way i made some of the best friends i could ever ask for. we are all still very close but haven't been together in way too long. thus...a france reunion.

 

and we're off!

 

goodbye las vegas

carrie's parents (my uncle and aunt) have a condo in keystone, colorado that they so graciously let us use for a long weekend away from our husbands and children. thanks mark and kelly!! we partied hard.

chez lineback

 we started the trip off at a bar in denver that was featured on best thing i ever ate. cameron did the research for us and holy crap...best burger of my life. i think about it often. i got a burger (what they're known for) and everyone else got a salad. i was embarrassed for them.

and because it was a bar, we had to get our hands stamped if we were drinking. tams went ahead and got hers stamped cause apparently she's drinking for two. i opted out.

 pretty much all we did all weekend was eat and laugh. it was wonderful.

look at all those bananas. lindsey's a little obsessed.

oh, and we stayed in pjs until like 6:00pm. i hardly ever wore a bra. i say that like that's a change in my every day life here in vegas. it's not.

please notice in the background how lindsey is scared that she might not be in a photo.

joce telling a hysterical story.

see? carrie's cracking up. i'm sure it was funny.

now i must preface my readers. lindsey had not seen her husband in like 3 weeks because he is a musician and was on tour with an orchestra. she missed him. bad. i'm just glad she wasn't bunking with me (sorry carrie!).

 

i should've brought my tripod. bow now now.

 

reenacting paris photos

joce and tams were trying to see who was sexier.

 



tamara obviously won

 

apparently carrie wasn't arching her back enough so lindsey had to show her how it's done.

 

i was in a picture or two.

this speaks for itself.

i'm tellin ya. she missed nick bad. yikes.

the only picture of all 5 of us together

see the fear in tams' eyes of being cut out of the picture? fomo (fear of missing out) is real.

 and me and lindsey to the very end. our flights were the last to leave so everyone felt super left out seeing as we talked about them one by one behind their backs as they left. i, too, will never miss this girls' trip. ever.

stay tuned for next year. 2013. vegas. it will be awesome.

*lauren