True Emotions

True Emotions, originally uploaded by reasonenoughtocelebrate.

La's last day at Victor Global is going to be Friday, August 10th. And in case you haven't looked at a calendar recently, that's really, really soon.

While sitting at lunch today she looked particularly sad so I decided to snap a picture to capture what (I felt) was her physical expression of the reality/separation we are about to endure.

She, however, felt that she should take the time to show how she really feels.

You know, I keep telling myself that it's just the summer job she's ready to leave, not me. Because I'm not going to lie -- I feel more like the way she looks in the first picture.

Except with more tears and (of course) hotness.

Waiting for...

Waiting, originally uploaded by reasonenoughtocelebrate.

"And if I sleep just to dream of you, I'll wake without you there.
Isn't something missing? Isn't something..."
-Evanescence

Sometimes days, I can't help but feel like my entire life is nothing but me waiting for the next moment to arrive.

I'm not going to lie. I'm tired of waiting.

Birthday Cake... for No One

Birthday Cake... for No One, originally uploaded by reasonenoughtocelebrate.

This morning within ten minutes of getting back from church, I decided to go on a quick day trip with my parents back down to West Virginia to see the babies. Yes, I really I was just there on Monday. But I can't tell you how attached I'm getting to Gage, Laken and Liam this summer. Plus, I figured if I keep seeing them often enough they'll keep remembering me.

It was so nice too because while we were there, Quinton came home as well! He usually spends all his summer up in Erie with his dad, but he took a two week vacation out west with his other grandparents. He just got back this afternoon and if heading back up to Erie tomorrow, so it was nice to catch him. He made sure to tell us how big the Grand Canyon was too.

My aunt made lunch for all of us... which included a large birthday cake. We all gathered around the kitchen with the kids and my mom started singing "Happy Birthday" with everyone joining in.

...Only, it wasn't anyone's birthday.

You should have seen the faces of the kids when we sang, "Happy Birthday Quinton, Gage, Laken and LIAAAAAAAAM.... Happy Birthday to you!"

You'd have thought it really WAS their birthdays.

Though out of the four of them, Laken seemed to enjoy his cake the most - haha!

Edit -- An Email I had from Kelli, Gage's mom, when I got home:
I know we said you had to visit once a month - and that will do - but once a week is better. We love having you too! That is a really sweet picture. Maybe next time you can snap some of Gage and I like that and do the black & white thing. Talk to ya soon!

P.S. We love having you close by, I hope you don't go to NY for a while.

Love,
KJ

COCK + GWENYTH PALTROW!

COCK + GWENYTH PALTROW!, originally uploaded by reasonenoughtocelebrate.

....There are so many reasons I love my friends.

"Cock" and "Gwenyth Paltrow" are just two of them.

Matt = Difficult to Blog About

Matt = Difficult to Blog About, originally uploaded by reasonenoughtocelebrate.

Like I've said before, sometimes people aren't too thrilled with my blog-photo-action.

Case in point: Matt. Fever or not, he was the most exciting part of my day and I'll be damned if I'm not going to blog about him! HAH! Matt, you can hide under the covers BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM MY BLOG!!! ;)

Belated Birthday Gifts for the Boys

Belated Birthday Gifts for the Boys, originally uploaded by reasonenoughtocelebrate.

I was FINALLY able to give Joe & Bryan their birthday gifts! Their birthday was on Friday, which I missed because of my five-day-weekend. Then I forgot to finish/bring their gifts on Wednesday, so they finally made it into the office today.

I made a shirt for each:

Joe's Shirt: "Who needs hair? ...With a body like THIS!"
Bryan's Shirt: "I LOVE Pulled-Pork! ...Almost as much as I love my wife."

Now Joe's shirt is pretty self-explanatory, heh. The picture I put on the shirt just happens to be the infamous photo from Thursday, which goes GREAT with the caption.

But Bryan's is slightly more in depth and there are two things you need to know to understand it. 1) Bryan LOVES pulled pork sandwiches from Sheetz. He talks about them nonstop. I've never heard anyone worship pulled-pork the way this man does. 2) He's getting married on Saturday. And honestly, he is the most adorable thing ever when he talks about it. He is just SO in love with this girl and so excited to get married... I only hope I get married to someone as in love with me as Bryan is with his soon-to-be wife.

I'm glad they enjoyed them as much as I enjoyed making them!! I also included the Sheetz pulled-pork button on Bryan's shirt, which La & I asked for at Sheetz last week. The employee just stared at us dumbfounded, then handed it over. All we had to do was explain our crazy employee and we had our button! ;)

All and all it was a pretty perfect day.**



**Oh yeah. Except for the following:
1.) My 8 a.m. ultrasound for my gallbladder.
2.) The drilling of my four remaining cavities.


Which, both experiences, were hardly perfect. But they were okay.

Cleanin' Like Caroline

Cleanin' Like Caroline, originally uploaded by reasonenoughtocelebrate.

My closet looks AMAZING.
I should have taken a before picture.

My parents got new closet doors installed after two decades of the same broken doors... and now I actually have access to ALL of my closet, hence why I had to clean it.

Oh and the large blue thing hanging there?

My collection of Old Navy flip flops. :)