Happy Birthday Ang and Cort!!!

You both are thirty. You know what this means- one year closer to changing each others diapers and hearing aids! This is quite depressing but I know you can both pull through. Ang you are so amazing at many things. You are a great mom to 3 beautiful children and amazing at anything you put your heart to (ie: gardening, running marathons, cooking, and other stuff). I love having you as a sister and love our daily talks. Cort is so easy going and easy to get along with. Me and Ang joke all the time that we married the same person. Cort and Scott are a lot alike. That makes it easy to hang out together. We hope you both have a great day and remember age is just a number! Love you both. More on the blacksters later...

As Promised

Make a Smilebox slideshow

I mentioned in an earlier blog that I would inform you all of my recent trip to France and Turkey. Here it goes... It was a very eventful 2 weeks. I arrived in Paris on Monday and met up with Scott's Aunt Gayla and her roommate Teresa. We had a rental car and drove to Normandy. We visited the sites of D-Day. This was a bit emotional. It put it all into prospective and made you realize the sacrifice that was made that day. We then traveled to Mount St. Michelle. This was by far my favorite place in France. It is an island built on a rock. Our hotel, the food, cobble stone walkways, and the view were all PERFECT! From there we traveled to Versailles to find the castle closed. This was a bummer but we were able to walk the beautiful grounds. In the grounds there was a little Swiss village that had darling little homes. In one of the pictures you will notice that would fit right in with my midget-like physique! We then spent the rest of the week in Paris. We visited Notre Dame, Arc De Triumph, Eiffel Tower, Champs Elysee, the Louvre and any where else the Open Bus Tour took us. Scott's mom, sister's Cally and Breanne met up with us our last day in Paris. That Sunday we flew to Istanbul. I loved Istanbul! We stayed at Hotel Empress Zoe. Our hotel was a restored Turkish Bath. During our stay in Istanbul we went shopping, visited the Blue Mosque, went shopping, visited Hagia Sophia, went on a boat to the Black sea, shopped, visited the Asia side of Istanbul, went to the Turkish Bath, saw the Whirling Dervishes, and shopped some more. Oh ya, I forgot to mention Breanne got her first kiss!!! (See earlier post). We meet many people along the way including: P-sticks, C-wrap, T- Bags, and T-guide. Being in a Muslim area, we woke each morning to the call of prayer. This happened many times through out the day as well. It was amazing to witness a different culture. I loved it! It was a lot of fun but I am glad to be home. I missed Scotty and being back to normal. This post doesn't do it justice so I think we all should take a trip there so I can show you what I am talking about!! More on the blacksters later...

Tribute to Breanne and C-wrap

This blog entry is for Scott's little sister whom lost her VL (virgin lips) in Turkey across from the Blue Mosque! C-wrap is the lucky man who stole her innocence! After much therapy, Breanne felt that 19 was too old to not take this risk with C-wrap. It was a beautiful moment for the whole family (since we were all watching!). C-wrap received his name for many reasons- He makes really good chicken wraps and wraps his arm with a bandage to show his masculine side! We felt the name would be fitting and one you could remember for the rest of your life. Breanne you are my hero and deserve many more C-wraps in the future. Remember who you are and that the floodgates have been opened!!! C-wrap keep making those delicious chicken wraps! More on the blacksters later...

Breanne and C-wraps love affair! After the fact. Smiles ear to ear!

Devastating News!

I am sad to report that on Friday Scott lost his arm hair while driving home from work. He was scratching his arm and realized it was no longer connected. Scott is grieving this loss and trying to accept the idea that he will not make it in the Guinness Book of World Records. I am hoping that he will attempt to break a world record with something that doesn't blow in the wind or prevent me from getting close to his arm. So if you have any great ideas, please pass them on! Scott we are so sorry that you are going through this hard time. TEAR! Good luck in the future with you next pursuit to break a world record. We are all cheering for you! More on the blacksters later...