My 26th Birthday!

Yesterday was my 26th Birthday. Thanks everyone for all the birthday calls/texts/emails/facebook shout-outs and especially thanks for all the birthday GIFTS!

I hate getting older, but I love presents.

I had a really great day yesterday. I went out to lunch with Michelle Milne (from work), Catherine Lara (from work), Aunt Sue, Aunt Teri, Brittney (cousin), Aunt Nancy, & Uncle Robert. We had Chipotle...YUM.

After work I went out for dinner with Shawn, Kiley, Mom, Dad and G-ma Ford. We went to the Claim Jumper because I love the salad bar there. After dinner, we headed over to Mom and Dad's for cake and present opening!

I was SO SPOILED this year. Shawn and Kiley got me a new Zune (its a touch screen), Love it. They also got me a case for it and a car charger (much needed). It seems like my battery always dies when I'm going to be in the car for a long time. They also got me the movies "Couple's Retreat" and "Pirate Radio". Mom and Dad got me a few shirts/sweaters, some victoria's secret lotions/lip glosses/ and body mist. They also got me a hotel night stay and 1 night babysitting. LOVE IT! Melissa, Mark and Ashton got me 3 shirts (one of which I'm wearing today!) I also got LOTS and LOTS of gift cards from people. I have money now to go to Barnes and Noble, Jamba Juice, Chilis, Pac Sun, and more! I also got some cash from my parents-in-law. I'm going to be using that money to get myself some skins for my kindle and my flip video camera.

SERIOUSLY, I got spoiled. I love my birthday, but not the aging process. Thanks everyone for making my birthday so Special!

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day!

I had such a great Mother's Day. Shawn always spoils me and mother's day was no exception. We had breakfast at Mom and Dad's and were able to talk to Joe in France. :)

We opened gifts over there too. Shawn got me a Flip Video Camera. I LOVE IT. I have been thinking about getting one for a long time and now, I have one! He also got me a DC Sweatshirt.

Later that night, we had a Mother's Day celebration at Mom and Dads. I decided to take some video of the night just because it's fun to look back 10 years later and see how much everyone has changed.

Annie was taking a picture of G-ma, Dad and Uncle Jim. I decided it was best if I got this on video, and I was right. G-ma's face is priceless.

Love this little girl!

Happy Easter

For the past 2 weeks, I've been teaching Kiley about the Easter Bunny so that she might understand why there were Easter eggs hidden all over the house. I think she understands pretty well.

Last night, Shawn and I hid all the eggs in the house and we figured we should hide them in plain sight because she's only 2 years old and not the most observant child. Boy were we wrong. When she got up, she started collecting the eggs so fast. She had no problem at all finding all the eggs in a matter of minutes. She clearly needed more of a challenge!

She loved getting candy and we actually think she acts like the Lord of the Rings character "Golem" with her candy. She takes such good care of it and doesn't let it out of her sight.

Troy came over in the morning for a while and then we headed to Aunt Nancy and Uncle Robert's house for dinner. It's nice living so close to family.


(yes, this is a very scary face)

She was supposed to be napping, but had a little too much fun instead. When I went in to check on her, she said "Morning Mama".

Circus Vargas

Me, Shawn, Kiley and my mom went to Circus Vargas tonight. (Dad wouldn't go because there were no animals in the show). It was in the promenade mall parking lot. I got the cheapest tickets they sold ($20.00 each) but I'm glad I was cheap because our seats were amazing. There really were no bad seats.

Kiley's been so excited about going to the circus since we bought our tickets on Thursday. She seemed to enjoy it, but mostly enjoyed running up and down the aisle while the show was going on.

I thought it was a pretty fun show. Hot inside the tent, but a fun show to watch.




Kiley and Grandma playing with their matching glow sticks.

It's been a while since I've posted any pictures of Kiley. She's already 2 1/2 years old!