{Happy Birthday, Mom}

This past week was my mom's birthday, so this is a bit of a belated post. We took her to Bonefish, which is one of our favorite places (bang bang shrimp & reasonably priced cocktails). Since my mom is only in town for a month or so, my dad covered our alcohol tab, which was a good thing (see above picture), I would have had to take out a loan! Thanks Dad. Anyway, I love my mom so much, she is like my best friend and I don't know what I would do without her. Plus, she looks amazing, I hope I look as good as she does at her age. Love you Mom, hope your birthday was wonderful!

xoxo

Kate

Kelly's 21st Birthday

This past weekend was my little sister's 21st Birthday. I feel so incredibly old. Our initial plans were to celebrate it in Las Vegas. That did not work out. So, we had to go with plan B. We head out to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tulsa (thanks mom & dad), which is about an hour away. Its no Vegas, but it was a blast. It was so nice to have everything all in one place. Gambling, drinking, restaurants, & a club. We did a little of everything. Didn't win much, I ended up breaking even at around 2am which I'm ok with. On a side note, Kelly found a casino chip in her wallet the next day, so we headed over to the casino on our way out of town for that one last chance. Sat next to a woman who had just won $1500 on a penny machine, figured she was good luck, ended up wining almost $300 on the penny machine right next to her! Who would've thought. It was a great way to end the trip.

{Ready to hit the casino}

{Kel & Jeremy}

{yummy crab cakes for dinner}
{this is my sexy pose, I've been dying to wear this dress for months now, it was perfect for the weather}

{hit up Whole Foods for lunch the next day!}

Happy Birthday, Dad!

{Catalina Island, Fall '09}

Today is my dad's 50th birthday! Old man!! Here are some things that will always remind me of my dad:

By the way, these are the ONLY pictures I have of my dad, half of them he's not even looking @ the camera!!


1. MUSIC, 60's, 70's, 80's, I grew up listening to it all, that is where I get my love of and knowledge of music, thanks dad, for waking me up @ 8am on the weekends blaring Bruce Springsteen!

2.DOGS or any other living breathing creature that God created, I also got my bizarre love of animals from him.

3. Would you rather?... its a game our family has played forever.

4. Traveling, I hope I can take my kids to some of the places that he has taken our family, can't wait to go on another family vacation one day?!

5. STORIES, hands down the best storyteller I know. My sister and I are always asking about "that one time" when he was growing up, we laugh so hard!!


Happy Birthday, Dad, Love ya!

Bug