The Newest Member of the Penn Family

I'd like to announce the birth of little William Xavier Isiah Penn. Weighing in at 4lbs and 15 ounces (premy but precious) He was born Sunday August 28th at 2:30am to my cousin Will and his brand new fiancee (yeah that's right, she said yes!!!) Joy. I wish them the best, and please, please, please, welcome the newest addition to the Penn Family! Congratuations you guys....P.S. this baby is so COOL his birth will be posted on the Marquee at Madison Square Garden, cause Mommy has connections!

Flight to Personal Betterment Delayed at the Gate

Okay, so for those of you who are wondering about the status of my Best Out of Three Challenge, here's the deal: I haven't started yet because Gibran and I are going to do it together. So, stay tuned for my 101 goals, although I KNOW one of them was to take a cross country road trip, so that's one down, right? P.S. Do I look like a Cali girl yet? (See the blond tips and huge smile) Oh, wait, I'm always smiling aren't I? LOL, oh well!!!

To The First Kids (of no relation) That I Ever Really Liked

To Demer and Ahmad, I miss you two so much! Be good, and try to always smile as much as you did the day I took all these great pictures of you two! (Muah!!)

A New Journey

Now, as for me, I'm here in Oakland, getting used to my new place, new people, and most of all a new workload. If you called me recently and you haven't heard back, you know why! Im in J200 boot camp right now and I'm guessing I'll be busy until Christmas break...lol....not kidding! But, I'm gonna hang in there and learn as much as I can, and in the meantime wish me well as I embark on my journey to get my M.J.

My cousin Victoria and little Ms. Jada 

Cuteness runs in our family

Meet Keyante! Jada's big brother and the only two year old I know who can pop his collar!

Meet my baby cousin Jada! Watch out Ms. Pinkett-Smith. She's young, but she's a coming! 

WELCOME TO CALI

Um yeah, I was so excited to finally get there, I missed the Welcome to Cali sign....Ah well, it was still nice to get there!

Peace pipe anyone?

No, we didn't stop!

A Fly By Encounter

Since I'm none for my little gambling "problem", Dad sped through Reno, so I took this one through the windshield! But, you get the point!

A Cloudy Day

We were on cloud nine at this point! Literally!

Breaker Breaker 1 9, This Strawberry Shortcake..over!

Just us....and the trucks!

The Open Road

Try driving through five hours of this!!! Pretty, bt somehow SO not!

I lost my A** in Nevada!

I kid you not, we saw a casino (and stopped) just minutes later! (We didn't win big, but I had fun playing the slots at the gas station the next time we stopped!)

Add More Salt

Nope, it's not water! So, I'm guessing it's salt. If you look really hard, you can see the foot prints and tractor marks.

Still Trippin'

Salt Lake City on acid! Lol, just kidding! Since the pic came out blurry (because my dad is so darn heavy footed) I though I'd play around with the color effect on my camera!

Cool, but not quite!

Eh, I've seen mightier mountains! (The Appalachians in West Virginia makes these look like jungle jims)

Land Of the Grim

Land of the Grim! AKA the outskirts of Salt Lake City.

So Close, But Yet So FAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We thought we were close when we hit Utah...we were SO wrong! (But all the salty deserts were a plus!)

Proud Windmills Keep On Turnin'

Turn baby turn!!!!

YAWN!!!!!!!!

But, after about 5 hours, these picture-perfect mountains did get a little old and boring! YAWN!!!

HeeeeHaw!

I was so inspired by the scenery, I just wanted to hop out the car, jump on the back of a horse, let my hair loose and go jump some boulders....REALLY!

The Rocky Road Ahead

It was a rocky road through Wyoming! ; - )

Mr. Penn's Workout Tape

Uh...ahh...yeahhhhh!!! My dad had to hop out for a stretch...afterall, he did do MOST of the driving! (Hey, I was tooo busy takign pics!)

Howdy Yall!

I was really looking forward to reaching the Wyoming state line....lol...I always wanted to meet/see a real cowboy...unfortunately I didn't. But, hey, I took some really awesome pictures just the same!