My Mom!!!

Well, today is my mom's birthday and I have just been thinking how great mom's are in general & especially MY MOM. I never really realized how much mom's do & how much they sacrifice until I became one myself. I feel SO grateful for my mom and all that she has done for me in raising me the way that she did. She was always doing fun things for us as kids and I appreciate all her hard work. It seems like motherhood is often a thankless job that doesn't see its rewards until several years down the road when your kids are grown and they experience what you did, and then all of a sudden you have a "full circle moment" as Oprah calls it. Well, I have experienced that moment since I have had Kennedy, and I just want to say, I LOVE YOU MOM and I am GRATEFUL for all the HARD WORK you have done for me over the years...and still continue to do for me . I am lucky to have you as one of my best friends and I wish you a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
P.S. There is a package in the mail!!!

A Few Tags...4 Fun!!!

THE RULES:
Go to your picture files.
Pick the 4th file, and the 4th picture in it.
Tell a little about the picture.
Tag 4 friends.

When I got tagged I was pretty curious what picture I would find. I feel a little bad even putting this picture up because when Brent saw it on the desktop he got all sad and asked why I was torturing him. This WAS Brents FIRST LOVE...before he met me of course :) The 4Runner was the second car that Brent owned and he grew quite attached from first sight. I wish he would love the corolla in the same way, but so far they just haven't hit it off yet. We had to sell his 4Runner right before we came out to Iowa and when we did he went from HIS BABY to a BIKE for a couple of months. It was quite the sacrifice, but I have promised him someday we will get him an old beater 4Runner to bring him back to his dating, college days.

I tag Nicole R, Annalisa P, Julie T, and Michelle S.

4-4-4-4

4 Things I like about my husband:
-he's a hard worker
-he excels in areas that I suck at - we compliment each other well :)
-he is always saying nice things to me
-he still loves me even at my worst

4 movies I can watch more than once
-star wars (any of them)
-you've got mail
-the notebook
-dumb and dumber

4 TV shows I watch
-the office
-heroes
-oprah
-any show on HGTV

4 places I've been today
-of course, walmart
-upstairs
-downstairs
-outside
(not that exciting of a day I guess)

4 people who e-mail me regulary
-mom
-dad
-annie
-amy

4 favorite foods
-Olive Garden breadsticks and dipping sauce
-Firestone (logan, ut) foccochia bread and pizzookies
-a really good smoothie with anything from Great Harvest
-Iowa corn on the cob

4 places I would like to visit
-Israel
-Italy
-Egypt
-Hawaii or somewhere tropical

4 things I am looking forward to this coming year
-kennedy talking
-moving on with life and out of Iowa
-taking a couple of random classes at the community college
-any break that Brent has from school

San Fran

This last week Brent spent 5 days in San Francisco as he attended a NUCCA seminar with his good friend Jeremy Kerrigan. When they weren't being chiropractic nerds, they headed out to see the down town area. They didn't have a car so they used the trolley system, which he said was quite the experience down the huge hills, or they walked everywhere. They went to China town and saw the golden gate bridge & alcatraz at the piers. They had a blast, learned a lot, and can't wait to do it again in the spring!!!

Smooth Brent...Smooth!