Happy Birthday!!

Adam and Thelma (stolen from Thelma's blog)

Could 2 people be more in sync than Adam and Thelma? Their mom's went to college together (same major and everything), their dad's share the same birthday, Adam and Thelma even share the same birthday, anniversary and children!!

Adam has always been the leader in the family. He came into the world first and showed us all how perfect a child could be (which may be why we all seem like delinquents when compared to him). Who could ask for a better older brother? He is smart, funny, ate "gum" off the grass in home videos, has a great family and gives the best wedding toasts ever (and I would know!). Adam also picked a great spouse.

I remember the first time I heard about Thelma. Adam mentioned he was writing her when he was on his mission. It was on a tape he sent home and I thought he was talking about Velma, a nice, elderly lady we went to church with. I am happy to report the real Thelma is also nice, but not elderly. :)

The first time (that I remember) Adam and Thelma coming to visit our family was before they were married. We went to Seattle and someone stole dad's scriptures from the van. I am sure everyone knew they would get married... I was like 13 and had no clue. A few months later I got my first, and favorite, sister in law.

It is impossible for me to think of Adam without Thelma and vice versa. I have lots of good memories of the two of them:

Forgetting clothes at their wedding

Camping in Oregon while she was preggo with Braeden

Them making me an aunt

Homeless man calling Braeden a "blueberry"

My stay with them in CT

Thelma's morning sickness

Newsies (still one of my favorite movies)

Road trips all over New England

Getting stuck in an elevator in Manhattan

San Fransisco and Tahoe

Yummy family dinner's at their house

Trips to Cascade Park

Christmas Carols at the piano

I am lucky to have 2 great people in my life and wish them the happiest of birthdays!!

More November

So my presents from Melissa have all been given to me. They were all great!!

Megan, Melissa, Lilly and I went to Forks last weekend. We drove over Saturday morning and came back Sunday evening. It was my first time on a ferry in years. I had forgotten how much I love them. The drive to Forks is long, but super pretty. We drove past Port Gamble. I had no idea towns looked like that.

Forks was so cute! Very misty, and green, and wet. I can see why Stephanie Meyer chose it for the books. I was all prepared for cold & rainy weather, but it was sunny all weekend. We saw all the book places in town then drove out to First Beach in La Push. It is one of the most beautiful places I've been too. There was so much drift wood!!! We saw a resort there with cabins on the beach... I know where I'm going to vacation this summer. We also went to a diner that had a Bella Burger. It had pineapple on it... YUMMY!!!! It came with vampire teeth =) Sunday we went to the Quileute Indian Cemetery. It was very interesting. There didn't seem to be any logic to how the graves were placed, and all of them had trinkets on them. After the cemetery we headed home. I had a great time there, and I am glad Melissa took me.

Saturday morning a whole bunch of us went adn saw Twilight. It was a good movie. I still like the book more... But Melissa and I are going to go see it again tomorrow so we will see if I like it any better then.

After the movie I went to Melissa's to watch the Apple Cup with her, her parents, Meg & kids, and Danielle & kids. It was a good game and I am SOOOOOO happy my team won!!!! GO COUGS!!!! Jackson made a bet with Megan that the Cougs would win... So she had to cough up $20 when they won in double OT.

Today I have been working on a reseach paper... I am almost done, I just can't figure out how to end it....

November... So Far

November has always been one of my favorite months for a few reasons.
1. My birthday (yay for presents)
2. Thanksgiving
3. Fall colors
4. The snow dust on the mountains

This November is looking great so far!! I have lots of plans and so much to look forward to. I've also had good things happen.

11/03: Watched TV & ate dinner with Melissa. My Monday ritual that I love so much.
11/04: ELECTION DAY!! I watched the results at Melissa's. I was so happy Obama won. What a great turning point in US history.
11:05: Happy Birthday to me! I got a email from Sean today.. what a great way to start my day. Sean is in Iraq & I worry about him I'm glad he's safe. Went to dinner with my parents, Kelly, my sister & her kids. I got lots of great presents. Seahawk tickets, a new hoodie, gift card to get my nais done, a door mat & a outdoor canopy. I got everything I wanted! After dinner I hung out with Melissa & watched Superbad (it was so funny).
11/06: Went to a casino night at a law firm. I ike playing with fake money.. I don't feel as bad when I lose.
11:07: Babysat Lilly. I took her to a football game my cousin was in. They lost but it was stil fun.
11/08: Tonight is my birthday party... YAY!!

Then there is that one thing that is making my whole November amazing... It all centers around my favorite books. The one's I have read 3 times already & can't wait to read again... The Twilight series. And Megan found Midnight Sun.. & made me love Edward even more. Then there is my present from Melissa; I guess 27 years of friendship allowed her to see exactly what I wanted before I even knew. Here is what she is giving/gave me: Twilight Soundtrack, a ticket to the movie, and a trip to FORKS!! She even reserved the Edward & Bella suite. She is so wonderful! And the best part is.. She is spreading it out over the month so it is like my birthday every weekend =)

Pictures from Kelly's Party

Ok... So 3 weeks later... Here are the pictures I have from Kelly's 40th Birthday Bash. As I was looking at all the pictures, I noticed there is not a single one of Kelly... hmmm... I think he was camera shy that day... Or the girls just wanted to have our picture taken and we didn't care about the men...

The Ladies

Me, Melissa, Megan and Jamie

Me and Melissa

Me and Megan

The ladies again

Me and Carsten.. I look so short

40 cupcakes.. 1 for each year.

It took a while for us to light them all

Megan and I drinking from

our hummingbird feeders

Victoria is giving this guy a drink... He is Jackson's

Baseball coach Rick.

Jamie and Carsten

Me and Jamie

Happy Birthday Kelly!

**NOTE**
I wanted to do this post separate because Kelly is special and deserves his own post.

On June 4th Kelly turned 40. We celebrated that night with a nice dinner. Kelli & Shane came down from Custer and took us, and Jamie out to dinner at Bucca di Beppo. It was super good. I love Kelli & Shane, but we don't see them much because they live far away. It was nice to be able to spend a few hours with them and relax. It was a really good time filled with good food, good friends and lots of laughter.

Since 40 is a big birthday I wanted to do some thing special. I decided (after months of begging him to let me) to throw Kelly a party. I like to go to parties, and I can plan a fun time (just ask Melissa... Her Bridal Shower rocked), but I decided to enlist some help with this one. Jamie is like Martha Stewart and her parties are always fun, so I asked her to help me. She was more than willing and went above and beyond what she needed to. She made this party awesome.

Anyone who has every been to a party with me (besides the Shower mentioned above) knows they are laid back. Basically we have drinks, finger foods, maybe pizza, and we have a blast. Thanks 100% to Jaime this party was full of GREAT food. Kelly made some BBQ pulled pork, Jamie made Jerk Chicken, potato-corn salad, baked beans, and chocolate covered strawberries. Plus we had 40 huge cupcakes from Costco. Everything was super tasty.

Kelly is a bug fan of Red Hook beer so I got a Pony Keg (60 pints) of ESB. We didn't finish it, but everyone had a lot of beer... Well someone did anyways. Meg and I stuck to Malibu (of course). We had these drink dispensers that look like Humming Bird feeders. They were a great idea.

Since Megan's is across the parking lot, everyone who had kids dropped them off at her house, and Talia babysat. The kids came over a few time but mostly hung out over there. We did have one special appearance from Jackson. He sang Happy Birthday to Kelly and accompanied himself with armpit farts. It was so funny.

The party started at 5pm and the last guest (Megan) left at midnight... Well unless you count Jamie, who left at 8 o'clock this morning. All-in-all it was a great time. It was nice to see everyone over having a good time. I think I am going to have more parties here. I was especially happy that Melissa and Jamie got along so well. They are the 2 ladies I spend the most time with and now I can hang out with them together because they like each other. I think they already have a party idea in mind.. Something about Pimps and Hoes I think. Melissa & I have tons of matching clothes, and Jamie and I have matching shirts and pants... I wonder if the 3 of us will start dressing a like.. hmmm.... I'll let you know.

FYI.. I didn't take too many pictures but I may post them once I feel like uploading them off my camera.

Update

Wow it has been a long time since I have posted anything... MY BAD
Let's see... Since Sept a few things have changed. I moved in with Kelly on 12/01... I was staying there all but 3 days a month anyways so it made sense to save on rent. 4 months later and it is still going great. I have adjusted to being a mommy to a cat & dog. I am SO lucky that Kelly likes to cook and is really good at remembering to do laundry. He is a wonderful man. We've been together 9 1/2 months now.
He is Irish so St Patrick's Day is a HUGE holiday for him. We went to the parade and then to the Irish festival. He bought me an Irish Claddagh ring. It is beautiful and I love it. We spent the rest of the weekend in the local Pubs and had a great time with family and friends. It was defiantly the best weekend of the year.
Today is my BFF, Melissa, 27Th birthday. That means only 7 months and 11 days until mine!! I took the day off and we went shopping with her daughter, Lilly. I saved up some money and spent about $400 today... We are trying to revitalize the economy =) After shopping Kelly and I went to dinner with her and her family. Sean couldn't be there cause he had to work =( But we all went out to Chopstix on Saturday to celebrate too. I love that place... It is a dueling piano bar and it is a blast.
I leave for Mexico in a week and a half and I am SUPER excited! We are going to Cancun for 7 days of sun, swimming and eating. I wish Kelly was coming with us, but he can't (no passport yet). But I am going with my mom, dad, sister and her 2 kids. It should be a fun time. I want to swim with dolphins. It is only like $130 US to do it.
Well it is WAY past my bed time so... PEACE OUT HOMES!