Mandy

Happy Birthday to ONE of my favorite sisters.....She is turning the BIG

today!!! Happy Birthday Mandy! I hope your birthday is spectacular! The following are just a few reasons why you are ONE of my favorite sisters. In no particular order...

1. You've always had hot hair dos.

2. You have a contagious laugh.

3. You think I'm funny and will laught at my stupid jokes.

4. Emily and Katherine are the funny ones in our family, but when you say something funny...

it's really funny.

5. You make amazing quilts.
6. You are eloquent.

7. You are a good wife and mother.

8. You make the best of all the situations that come your way.

9. You live in CT and love it.

10. You set goals and achieve them.




11. You allow your kids to be creative and spark their imagination.

12. We talk more than once a week and I love it.

13. We enjoy watching The Office "together".

14. When you try to quote movies, you never remember the lines correctly. :)



15. You are one of my best friends, and when I'm having a bad day, I know I can call you and you will make me feel better.
One of your greatest qualities is your humility, you have no idea the effect you have on others. You are a true and loyal friend. You are abosolutley gorgeous, genuine and true to who you are. It was the best hanging out with you over the summer. I can't wait to see you and your sweet family again soon. Have the greatest day! Love you!

Single Digits

My friend Lacey updated her blog with the same title, Single Digits. Lacey is counting down until her bundle of joy arrives. She's finally reached the single digits until her baby is due. We are so excited for her. Mike and I are counting down to something too, and we have finally made it to the single digits of our big day as well. No we are not expecting a baby. NOT EVEN CLOSE! DON'T GET ANY IDEAS! No no, we are counting down until our favorite show The Office is back on with NEW EPISODES! Only one week away! We can hardly wait!

"Starved" for the outdoors.

A wonderful teacher at my school told me about Starved Rock State Park. I've been dying to do something outside ever since getting back from the beautiful mountains of Salt Lake. So last Saturday we decided to go see what Starved Rock State Park was all about. I was thrilled and shocked by what we saw. Who knew 2 hours away from where we are living was such a gorgeous, unique place?

We actually got to do some hiking while at Starved Rock. (If you call climbing stairs hiking) This was taken at one of the lookouts called Lover's Leap. It overlooks the Illinois river. It was such a beautiful sight.

I'm not sure if you can tell but this picture was taken looking down a "canyon" complete with a beautiful waterfall.

This was taken looking up at the waterfall from the bottom of the canyon. I can't get over how beautiful it was there. I seriously didn't think anything like this existed in the Midwest.

Going back into one of the canyons. The guy who took this picture was this very nice drunk man who was not wearing shoes, but was holding his mug of alcohol in his hand. Don't you love the random people you meet? PS Can you tell Mike and I are twins, wearing our camo shorts? We're such dorks.

One last picture. I thought it was a neat shot leaving the canyon. One thing I love about the Midwest is how green everything is!!! Mike is such a good husband to pose for me.

I'm so glad we took advantage of a free Saturday and went to Starved Rock. It was a breath taking place! Thanks to my good friend for the recommendation! This definitely helped to satisfy my desire to do something outdoors! Next time Kristyle needs to come so she can tell us all about the rock formations we saw. I think in my next life I would love to become a geologist or a meteorologist.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEGAN!!!!

(I apologize for the pictures. These were the first two pictures Emily found, that she could send to me.)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ONE OF MY GREATEST FRIENDS MEGAN!!!!!

Megan has been with me through thick and thin. She has always been an example to me of strength, humility, love, hard work, faith and optimism. I'm blessed to have her as one of my close friends. I hope your birthday was fabulous Megs! Thanks for being a wonderful person.

I'm it

Tag...Your It...
So I have been tagged by Nicole to do a little survey so here is goes:


5 things i was doing 10 years ago:

Just beginning my junior year of high school
I had just gotten my license
My boyfriend was Rob Kingsford
I was in concert choir at school
Loving the Pep Club life

5 things on my to-do list today:

Take a nap
Read my new book: Thanks Carol
Plan for school
Make dinner
Call my family

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire:

Pay of Mike's med school debt
Put money away for our future children
Travel
My one vain thing: Get monthly pedicures!!!
Run more races around the world

5 things i’ll never wear again:

Tank tops (Only when running)
Rolled socks
Cut offs
Jelly shoes
Girbeaus (Not sure I spelled that correctly.)

5 favorite toys:

My running shoes
My running Garmin
Lap top
My smartboard at school- SO COOL!
Mike

5 people to Tag:

Katie Carter
Katie Miller
Allison Hottinger
Nanette Slagel
Monica Scott