saturday night's all right...

today...

we went to my nephew's 12th birthday party. some of us bowled.

i went to the grocery store and bought $129 worth of groceries for $53. {insert yahOOO!}

i continued my quest for photo organization. and looked at some old photos and brought back some sweet memories.

coach sal and i had a date night. we went to chick-fil-a and i tried the new spicy chicken sandwich. wowza. then we went to look for new tevas for camp but the fire alarm went off in the store and we all had to leave. exciting date night, eh??

i ate a box of lilly pulitzer animal crackers (the box was way cute, the crackers still look the same) while i waited on jacob to return from the bare naked ladies concert. he said it was loud. he proved it when he played back what he recorded on his phone. ouch.

and i didn't take a single photo. but i have the memories.

goodnight john boy!

moms rock...

my mom's high school senior picture

today is my mom's birthday. so this post is a hApPy BiRtHdAy shout-out to her.


being a mom myself, i have learned a lot about how truly great my mom is. everybody has the bestest mom ever. that's just how God is, He's cool like that.


my mom does everything for everybody. we have to make her do things for herself. her gift is to give and encourage and listen. she likes to see you smile.


now that i have my own children i realize how much i probably tore my mom up and drove her crazy as a kid. she probably worried herself to death about me. sorry, mom.


and i now realize that even when you do all that stuff that drives mom nuts, she (and only she, dads don't quite think like this) may want to just shake you silly but she looks at you and remembers your sweet-little-soft-baby-like-self and sighs because that's how she'll always see you. and she loves you silly instead.


me, as my sweet-little-soft-baby-like-self



thanks, mom. i love you so much.

happy birthday, my sweet girl...

only yesterday were you so tiny...

and now i blink and you're a young lady,

with thoughts and dreams and wishes

and stories and laughs and hugs and kisses...

happy birthday, sweet girl,

i love you more.