We love being Uncle Meme and Aunt Lara

Being an Uncle and Aunt is the BEST!!! Jim and I are an Uncle and Aunt to 4 (soon to be 5) Nephews, 2 Neices and 2 Great-Neice and we love every minute of it. One of my favorite sayings is "Aunt... like a Mom only cooler."
Well this past month we had some proud and exciting moments as Aunt and Uncle. Daniel, our oldest Nephew, graduated High School. It was so exciting to hear them call his name and watch him walk acrossed that stage. It gave me goosebumps and tears all at the same time. I didnt know I could scream that loud with tears overflowing. We couldn't be prouder.






Another exciting moment was that Chris, our second oldest Nephew, lost his first tooth. This doesnt sound that exciting but Uncle Meme and I got to be the tooth fairy for his first tooth which was also our first time as the Tooth Fairy. Chris had wanted to spend the night (before the tooth fell out) and later that day it did. It was so much fun to see him wake up to find a crisp 5.00 bills under his pillow. He even explained to us how the first tooth is alway worth the most. Wow, good thing the Tooth Fairy had a 5.00 bill and not a 1.00 bill. Then again, its a good thing the Tooth Fairy didnt have a 20.00 because that could really cause problems when the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. fall out and his parents have to explain why the tooth fairy only gave 1.00 for those and 20.00 for the first one. lol.

Next Aunt and Uncle adventures... We are taking Gwen to the Aquarium of the Pacific for her birthday and waiting for our newest Nephew to arrive. We cant wait to meet Baby "Tres" in October.
(get it Becky???... B.L.T.)

The BIG 3-0... ouch!

Well this year I turned the dreaded 3-0. I cant believe I am actually 30 years old. I have been trying to figure out why I am disliking 30 so much but still haven't figured it out quite yet. I think a part of it is that I thought my life would be different at 30. Some of those "ideas" I have no control over but there is a positive to that as well.
For part of my birthday celebrations, my friend and I went to Rock the Keys. It was great to have my friend there with me to celebrate. Later that evening Katie, Jarrod, Jim and I decided to go to the Brandin Iron too. I started going to the Brandin Iron when I was 20 and have been there every year for part of my birthday celebrations so I guess it was something we just had to do... its a Tradition! Katie and I laugh when we think about being 21 and would say "Can you imagine us coming here when we are old and 30?" Awwww, to be young again naive again.

On my actual birthday, I worked that day and came home to a great surprise. Jim has a bouquet of balloons, decorations, presents, dinner (made by Jim and he never cooks) and the pool was ready. I got some very thoughtful gifts from Jim this year. He got me a thermos coffee mug since I cant live without my morning coffee, the Wave by the Firm (excersize program that I wanted) which I have been wanting for months now and the best present of all, a set of our wedding china. I was so surprised that he thought about the wedding china since it is not something that I have told him I want more of and because I never thought he would know which one it was in a department store full of china. I have an amazing husband!!!




As a birthday present to myself, I cut my hair. I have had my hair long for years and decided that it would be nice to have short hair again. They cut about 6 to 7 inches atleast. Its a fresh starts...