Mom is the Birthday GIRL

Grandma and Nick, Christmas 2009~ Nick loves the wrapping paper rolls, too. Just like Mr. Big :)

I love this photo

Mom, Jill, Craig and Dad ~ great looking group!

Grandma and Nick were playing on the couch!

Happy Birthday Mom! I love you so very much; you are my very best friend, I don't know what I would do without you to talk to, get advice from, and celebrate with. I hope you had a fantastic birthday weekend. You do so much for all of us, all the time, I hope your birthday weekend was everything you wanted!

Before I went East to Oklahoma.... I went West

To Phoenix!! It was a work trip and so much fun. I had never been to Tempe. It is beautiful in Phoenix/Tempe in January. We stayed in a great hotel/conference center, it was nice to spend some time with all the new teams in our expanded region, and of course recharge for 2010!

The first night our old region gals back together :)

Holly and I with Rhonda our Regional Coordinator ~ it was 65-70 both days and very sunny which was a great change from snow/ice/overcast West Texas!
Rhonda, Amy (fundraiser in Abq, NM), Holly, Me, Megan (fundraiser in Midland), and the fundraiser from Tucson. I can't remember her name right now- I know she recently got married and her new last name is Travis. My memory is failing me!

The hotel we stayed in had orange trees in the atrium area, the snack shack which is the coolest conference center idea, ever. Basically, unlimited snacks- healthy snacks, sugary snacks, salty snacks- it was a beautiful snack shack!

Amanda and I on the plane heading to Abq, NM for Amanda and Lbk for me. Amanda is hilarious~ has the energy of 5 people and an amazing attitude. She is the director in Albuquerque. I am so lucky that I love almost everyone I work with, we have a great group of people in our region!

This trip I also met our Divisional President and West Division VP, Brad. I had heard so much about him, but equated him to the voice on the box from Charlie's Angels. It was great to meet him and get to know him in a social setting.

This was a great meeting, and somehing I really needed. The pick me up from this meeting has FIRED me UP for 2010!!

Girls Weekend 2010 ~ Round 1

So.... for the first time in way to many years the girls got together just to get together! I went to Oklahoma City last weekend for 3ish glorious days with my best girlfriends!

After dinner for Rachael's 27th birthday!

We had so much fun ~ hanging out in our PJs, talking about nothing & talking about everything, making yummy food, eating total crap and enjoying every guilty bite, just simply doing what best friends do. It was such a fun weekend!!!

We danced in the car ~ bless Blake's heart, he didn't know what hit him when the old HS cds came out, the singing and dancing were out in full force!

obviously not dancing in this pic- I was trying the no smile photo and we all realized it makes me look 12.

Rachael was dancing all night longggg! Or was she super stoked to see me?! ;)

We danced and danced ~ And we sang and sang! Such a fun Saturday night!

Blake danced- - this was hilarious with his friend Jared I was a fun new prop for this dance... it was hilarious- that helmet is a TINY kids helmet.... oh the laughter....

Blake was a bonus to girls weekend! It's always nice to get to hang out and catch up.

I can't wait to get Rach & Leah's pictures, we tried out bumpits, ie played with our hair, took funny car pics etc etc.

All in All this was a fantastic weekend! The most laughing I had done in a long, long time. And I got to see Mere, no photos, but she came out to Rachael's house on Monday morning and we got to catch up. I can't wait until the next time!!!

Rachael's Birthday

So, as luck would have it :), two of my bestest friends were born merely 2 weeks apart! This past weekend was Ok-a-ra-ho-ma (say it ooutloud you know you want too) Girls Weekend 2010. We celebrated Rachael's Birthday. Before I get to the GW2010 Here's to Rachael:


We make a pretty awesome trio-- so lucky to have gals like you two in my life!

Happy Birthday to you.....



Was truly so honored to give a toast at your wedding~ thanks for letting me celebrate with you on the happiest day of your life!So happy we get to celebrate all the EXCITING TIMES in life with you!

Happy Birthday to youuuuuuuu!
Absolutely LOVE it that you and Blake will make the drive out to Lubbock to see Jon & I!

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Rachaeeeeelllllllll

Happy 27th Birthday to youuuuuu!!!

Christmas in Dallas

He is so cute! I love, love, love my precious nephew!!

**HAPPY NEW YEAR**

WOW~ It's already 2010!! Twenty-ten, eek! I can't decide what I like better, two-thousand and ten or Twenty Ten: what do you think? *I better get some comments, I know yall are out there reading!

NYE was pretty calm around here, we watched movies: The International- it was okay, Yes Man - which I thought was pretty funny and then we counted down the last 10 seconds of '09 on Jon's watch which matched exactly to the cable box, because hey that is the "real" time and all, we cheers'd and went back to our movie. :) Good new years all around.

Before I get terribly involved in recapping the holidays- even though all my readers probably know about my holidays, I am going to recap anways because I love the "journal-esque" of this blog. ANYWAYS, before I get into all of that- my top 9 from '09

1- Getting our house !!! It is a rental but we love it and it has been so much fun to decorate and really make it ours!

2- Getting our new furniture!!! LOVE IT! And our fabulout flat screen/panel TV!

3- Having my first big event at work as a HUGE success, best in my region, ever.... not to pat my own back, but pat-pat. My team did a freakin' FANTASTIC job and we had a GREAT EVENT!

4- The Kluge wedding~ what a special time, I mean how many of you have two of your best friends marry eachother?! It was such a fun weekend, rehersal dinner night was the MOST fun I have EVER been a part of.... just the whole weekend was awesome!

5- It's work related again, but hey that is my life -- running my own telethon was pretty amazing, too. Talk about stressful and so fun -- it is literally 3 days of adrenaline, red bull and no sleep

6- Mere was in west Tx for part of the summer, that was super fun ~ Rachael and Blake came to visit ~Mom & Dad and mom again came out to visit, LOVE HAVING A GUEST ROOM! and Mere got engaged!!!

7-Nick: enough said. No, he is absolutely precious and I am so happy that it has worked out that I get to see him more, he is growing up so fast!

8- I ran in my first official run- 5k Turkey Trot with my brother, I hope this is a tradition that lasts for many years!!! I LOVE RUNNING!

9- Happiness: my word for 2009 at the beginning of the year *oh yeah go check out the post, Mandy's idea* and looking back things were interesting as life usually is, but all in all this was a VERY happy year- my word for 2010----- drum roll please~~~

DEDICATION: to devote wholly and earnestly to some person or purpose

synonym- devote: commit, pledge or consecrate

I am ready to take on twenty-ten full force, lots of exciting things coming my way, lots of new little people joining my friends and family, and I am sure lots of surprises along the way that it will surely take dedication and devotion to move through/with. Happy~ Happy New Year and New Decade to you all!

Happy Birthday to youuuuuuu~ LEAH

my very dear bestest friend!!

sooooo~ I am a little late on this post because I was in Dallas BUT.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LEAH!!!!!! she is now- 10+10+5+2 :) what a great memory from her 26th bday party!

Three amigos?! Okay, we've never actually referred to 'us' that way.... hmmmm better term..... ??