Happy Birthday Nicole!

Our favorite blog reader's birthday is today so I couldn't resist giving Nicole a birthday shout-out!

Happy Birthday Nicole...

You don't look a day over twelve years old!

I've known Nicole for about six years now, and we've had some really fun times.

*Hanging out at the park for hours {before we had yards}, with Nicole getting second-degree burns and me being completely fine. {Oops! I guess I should have warned you Nicole about my olive skin. I don't burn too easily. My bad.}

*Pepper Spray Debacle at Shari's Restaurant with Nicole high-tailing it out of there and me a deer in headlights who won't leave the pepper spray-filled restaurant because I hadn't paid my bill yet.

*Me always calling Nicole for directions when I get lost somewhere. Who needs a Tom Tom when I've got Nicole?

*Nicole driving me around at night because I'm not the best night driver. It's our version of Driving Miss Daisy.

* 6 words---Grand Coulee Dam Laser Light Show


31 Fun Nicole Facts--

1. She grew up in Kirkland, WA

2. She is one of 8 kids

3. Her parents just went on a mission to Auckland, New Zealand

4. She is crazy good with numbers---she can memorize phone numbers, license plates, and addresses like nobody's business

5. Her husband is a plumber

6. She has 3 kids--
Tyler: friendly, soooo smart, and a talker {gee, where's he get that from?}
Nick: full of energy, all boy
Zoe: quiet, happy, so sweet

7. She graduated from Ricks in Office Education

8. She was hit by a car

9. She graduated from Walla Walla High School

10. Her biggest phobia is people grabbing her ankles

11. When she first moved here, she worked at Target

12. She's trying out for The Biggest Loser

13. Growing up, her family drove a baby blue van with airplane seats

14. She had preeclampsia with Zoe so she delivered her 8 weeks early

15. She had a childhood crush on The Hoff

16. She's always the first one to have or try out new products.

17. She has the best ringtones

18. She's a phone talker and loves caller ID

19. favorite phrases--totally, seriously, what on earth?

20. She likes to assemble things

21. She is the Enrichment Leader and loves her new calling

22. She always runs a smidge late {I can say this because I do too.}

23. Someday she may go back to school to be a neonatal nurse

24. She makes really good chicken cordon bleu

25. She currently baby-sits in the VERY EARLY morning

26. Her family is constantly at the dentist

27. She likes to play video games

28. She is a social butterfly and girls night out planner

29. She is an awesome scrapbooker/paper crafter and has a scrapbook supply collection I completely drool over.

30. She's a rockin' mom--She has one of the best parent/child relationships that I know of. Her kids know they can ask her anything and she always says the right thing when answering their questions. In fact, I've filed away many of her answers in my brain so that when my kids ask those questions, I'll know what to say.

31. She is an amazing friend---I know that everyone who knows her, loves her, and we all count ourselves so lucky to have her as our friend.

HOPE YOU HAVE A FABULOUS DAY, NICOLE!!!