Happy Birthday Mom!

It seems like June 24th is a pretty popular birthday day! Not only did Janet and Marianne celebrate a birthday yesterday, but so did my mom!

We had a great time. I invited over my aunt and my cousin and my friend Kaitlin. I made bbq pork in the crockpot (I got a recipe for pulled pork from Audrey and changed it a bit to be bbq-y) and we had sandwiches and Mark grilled corn on the bbq. It was a fabulous dinner, followed by karaoke. (weee!)

There was also cake! and the traditional singing of the birthday song.


And a karaoke game with a mean streak (we WERE singing, jerk).

All in all, I think it was a fabulous birthday. I love you mom! Happy Birthday.

Y-Me

Hey Look! I'm still alive! I know you all were wondering. (is there anyone even out there??)

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms! Marianne in particular what with it being her first year as a mom!

Mom and I continued our Mother's Day tradition of participating in the Y-Me Walk to Empower. We were joined by lots of friends and family and everyone had a really good time. We went from 3 people last year to about 15 this year! (yeah!)

Here are some pics from walk day.

Mom and Me!

The Rack Pack!


Kaitlin, Me and Our Moms
My friend Stacey from work.

After the walk mom, Mark, and I went to a barbeque at my dad's house. There was lots of family there. And I love having a big family (one that I don't see much so I get updates at these type of events - which are usually invite only and limited to the people we like this week. LOL)

Things I learned:

1) it is not good to call a family member and ask, "are you a good person or are you an asshole?"

2) the conversation isn't over until someone is called and F*ing C*.

I believe these life lessons will serve me in good stead. Hope you all learned a little something yourselves! Have a great week!