Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Happy Birthday Mom!!



Dear Mom,

Do you remember the time I came home from high school and caught you rocking out in front of the stereo all by yourself? I think you were perfecting your signature "figure 8" dance moves (which by the way you taught me well)!!

Or how about the time you asked for a bean burrito, B-E-E-N!

Or the quarter-twist (that's all I'm gonna say about that one)! :)

Or the time you were in a huge huge hurry and asked me to grab your newly purchased nylons off the stairs so that you could quickly finish getting ready, and I quietly snuck the nylons out of the plastic egg container, replaced the egg in the box, and handed it too you! Oh the desperation in your voice and the look on your face when you thought you had ripped off by Leggs...priceless!

Then there was the time you surprised me and flew up for my birthday just to make sure it was a great one.

And the time you endlessly sacrificed to make sure your children were happy, healthy, and loved.

But not only that, you also sacrificed for so many other people and went out of your way to help people in ways that they could not help themselves...HOTEL NORRIS is probably the best example of this (I can think of at least 7 strangers/friends who experienced a warm roof over their heads as a result)!

The list could go on and on, but mostly I just wanted to wish you a happy birthday and remind you how much you are loved!!





Love you Mom!!

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Blast from the Past

So I know these pictures are from Halloween and it is now 2010, but if you are anything like me it will probably take another month or so before my brain learns to write 2-0-1-0 and not 2-0-0-9, so I figured I'm still okay to post these.

My roommates and I went as the clue characters. Our newest roommate (not pictured here) is a professional photographer, so she did this little mini photo shoot for us after our Halloween festivities. (I was the one working the camera for her portion of the photo shoot, but I had the camera turned the wrong way, so her pictures were no good)!

Enjoy!