These last six months off have been amazing even though I’ve gotten very little rest. I’ve spent the last six months with Jordon traveling back and forth between Miami and Chicago. I’ve loved being up north and experiencing fall. I even went all crazy and jumped on the whole pumpkin spice latte craze which I swore I never would. I’ve grown up in Miami where we wear bikinis year round! So I rejoiced when I got to go all fall chic rocking leggings, oversized sweaters and cute scarfs with boots.
We only have a few more weeks to enjoy our down time though because soon we’ll be jetting off to Paris to kick off our European Tour. We’ll be going a week before the tour officially starts to do a special USO performance for some troops in Afghanistan. I was honored when my tour manager asked if I would be interested in doing it. Years before I always said no. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to. It was that I physically couldn’t. It was too overwhelming being over there around soldiers like Cane. Who put their lives on the line every day and live with the chance they may not return home.
There is only one reason I said yes, and that is Jordon. He has helped me heal when I thought it was impossible. I always assumed I’d go through life being this sad and depressed woman until the day I died. Unable to ever cope and move past losing my fiancé. But then I met Jordon and fell in love with him. He showed me it was okay to love again and helped me deal with the demons I’d been refusing to cope with for all these years.
When I started our U.S. tour with Jordon and the rest of Tempting Tomorrow headlining I was certain it would destroy my career and myself. L ittle did I know in the matter of six months together on a tour bus that he would completely change my life for the better.
Now here we are in Chicago celebrating our first Christmas together. I couldn’t be happier. We just flew in from Miami yesterday. We did an early Christmas with my parents and had a holiday feast at my house with Roxie and Matt. I invited Dalton, but he was busy with his in-laws but we promised to get together before we jet off for our European leg of our tour.
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous about spending Christmas with Jordon and his family. We come over every Sunday for dinner when we’re in town and they always welcome me with open arms. So I don’t know why I am so nervous. I still need to shop for his family which has me a wreck. But Jordon promised to tag along and help me get everyone the perfect presents.
I know I’m going to marry this man one day. So making a good impression with his family is huge. He has told me over and over they’ll love anything I get them but it doesn’t help ease my anxiety.
For right now I’m pushing the worry about presents into the back of my mind and focusing on the one thing that matters most to me, and that’s Jordon.
I want to experience a real Christmas the way Jordon has his entire life. So he said we’ll be spending the next few days doing his Christmas traditions. First thing on our agenda is teaching me to ice skate. I’m seriously scared right now. I told Jordon I wanted to get butt pads and he laughed at me. He thought I was joking, but I was dead serious. I’ll probably be icing my ass for the entire week after attempting to ice skate. I’m a beach bunny. I don’t do ice and snow. I grew up in Miami!
But for Jordon I’ll try anything once. Plus he told me there’s a nice little café at the skating rink where we can get hot cocoa and just enjoy the beautiful snowy afternoon.
It’s in the thirties today with tiny snowflakes falling slowly making the city appear majestic. I rarely see snow ever. When touring we’re in and out of cities so fast there isn’t a lot of time to sight see. I’m not really big on the cold, but I’m toughing through it since I know I’ll be back in warm and sunny Miami soon enough. I can handle winter as long as it’s for a short
We only have a few more weeks to enjoy our down time though because soon we’ll be jetting off to Paris to kick off our European Tour. We’ll be going a week before the tour officially starts to do a special USO performance for some troops in Afghanistan. I was honored when my tour manager asked if I would be interested in doing it. Years before I always said no. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to. It was that I physically couldn’t. It was too overwhelming being over there around soldiers like Cane. Who put their lives on the line every day and live with the chance they may not return home.
There is only one reason I said yes, and that is Jordon. He has helped me heal when I thought it was impossible. I always assumed I’d go through life being this sad and depressed woman until the day I died. Unable to ever cope and move past losing my fiancé. But then I met Jordon and fell in love with him. He showed me it was okay to love again and helped me deal with the demons I’d been refusing to cope with for all these years.
When I started our U.S. tour with Jordon and the rest of Tempting Tomorrow headlining I was certain it would destroy my career and myself. L ittle did I know in the matter of six months together on a tour bus that he would completely change my life for the better.
Now here we are in Chicago celebrating our first Christmas together. I couldn’t be happier. We just flew in from Miami yesterday. We did an early Christmas with my parents and had a holiday feast at my house with Roxie and Matt. I invited Dalton, but he was busy with his in-laws but we promised to get together before we jet off for our European leg of our tour.
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous about spending Christmas with Jordon and his family. We come over every Sunday for dinner when we’re in town and they always welcome me with open arms. So I don’t know why I am so nervous. I still need to shop for his family which has me a wreck. But Jordon promised to tag along and help me get everyone the perfect presents.
I know I’m going to marry this man one day. So making a good impression with his family is huge. He has told me over and over they’ll love anything I get them but it doesn’t help ease my anxiety.
For right now I’m pushing the worry about presents into the back of my mind and focusing on the one thing that matters most to me, and that’s Jordon.
I want to experience a real Christmas the way Jordon has his entire life. So he said we’ll be spending the next few days doing his Christmas traditions. First thing on our agenda is teaching me to ice skate. I’m seriously scared right now. I told Jordon I wanted to get butt pads and he laughed at me. He thought I was joking, but I was dead serious. I’ll probably be icing my ass for the entire week after attempting to ice skate. I’m a beach bunny. I don’t do ice and snow. I grew up in Miami!
But for Jordon I’ll try anything once. Plus he told me there’s a nice little café at the skating rink where we can get hot cocoa and just enjoy the beautiful snowy afternoon.
It’s in the thirties today with tiny snowflakes falling slowly making the city appear majestic. I rarely see snow ever. When touring we’re in and out of cities so fast there isn’t a lot of time to sight see. I’m not really big on the cold, but I’m toughing through it since I know I’ll be back in warm and sunny Miami soon enough. I can handle winter as long as it’s for a short
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