Happy Birthday

Thanks for ALWAYS being the sunshine thru the rain ( especially during those few short years from ages 2 to 18!). I love you mom!

GNO!

That stands for girls night out ( normally) but for this past weekend it stood for Ginger night out! My bestest friend Ginger came down for the weekend without kids and husband and oddly Chirs happened to be out of town for that weekend too. So I was able to find a sitter and her and I enjoyed an evening out on the town! Actually we saw Twilight for the second time and decided we liked it even better. Then we came back to my place and stayed up past 2 in the morning just talking and laughing, reminiscing, being big huge dorks, and just plain having a great time. We laughed so hard that we cried ( many times!). I am so thankful for the many friends that I have but especially thankful that I have a friend like Ginger who I know I can always be myself with and always, no matter how long its been since we have seen eachother, pick up right where we left off. Thanks Ginger, I had so much fun! I did miss Chris, dont get me wrong, but she was a plesant distraction! Love you Ging!

PS, sorry Ging I stole the picture from you, if you want me to delete it, let me know. You look beautiful as always!

Secrets

My beautiful sister Jeni tagged me to tell my top 10 beauty secrets, why do I find that hillarious! Anyway for those of you who care, here goes!

1- I dont use a hair dryer unless I have too, this may be why 1- my hair doesnt get split ends easily, and 2- It looks a mess during the week ( I usually blow dry it on Sundays!)

2- I have a great dermatologist! I have been using her perscription mosituriser and Retin-A micro and its been working wonders!

3- I drink a ton of water and nothing else!

4-I just recently learned how to curl my hair the correct way! Start in the middle not at the end! Thanks Ginger!

5- I also just recently started using lotion, I hate it but it has really made my skin so soft!

6- I smile a lot- true beauty comes from within (right?)

7- Dove soap!

8- I have Ken and Barbie for parents so that helped!

9- I pray often!

10- I take my vitamins daily ( Vitamin C, Calcium, and a multi vitamin)

So now that I spilled all of my secrets, I want to know about yours. Im tagging JoAnna, Elisha (Mrs.P, which by the way I dont even know if I spelled your name right!) Melissa, Ginger, Sarah and Shannon. If anybody else wants to do it too, I need all of the help I can get!

Happy Birthday Bootsy!

From the moment she was born I had a special connection with her, and not just because I'm her mother. She was the sweetest baby, really never cried. She slept for 3 months straight ( at least it seemed that way!) And boy has she changed from when she was little, you would never guess by looking at her baby pictures that she is the same baby! Happy birthday Bella Rose, we love you to pieces!

Half way on the wagon

So I decided while we were on vacation, and I had 2 sick children who slept a lot, that I would break down and FINALLY read the twilight books. And I have mixed feelings about each book. I loved the first one. But I didnt really like the second one, I skipped a lot of it and had to go back and read it. I really liked the third one a lot. And then the last one I thought was strange and skipped a bit of it too. But my favorite one was Midnight Sun, the one you can read on her website. I really hope that she finishes it because I love it from Edwards perspective. Does anybody know the story there? Is she really not going to finish it? I hope she does. Anyways that is my take on the books, overall they were good but Im not psycholly obsessed with them!

8 is GREAT!

Wow, its sure been a while! So much to say but first things first, Happy Anniversary to my husband of 8 years! Im not going to get mushy because I know Chris really doesnt even read this blog and we have already celebrated it together! But these last 8 years have really been the greatest of my life, so many, many fun times and experiences! Te Quiero mas que puedo explicar! ( I hope I spelled that right!)

And I must give a special shout out to my fabulous sister-in- law/ one of my bestest friends JoAnna for taking the girls over night so Chris and I could enjoy time alone with eachother. I know I've said it before and Im sure I will say it again, she is so sweet and thoughtful and I love her so much! Everybody should have a sister like her! Thanks Jo! Love you!

Wow I really need to catch up on blogging but have no time at the moment. Maybe later this week!

My family

Just a sneek peek of the pictures that my dearest friend Ginger took! She is so great! Thanks Ging for everything, I owe you!