Dad's Marlin!

My parents just got back from Cabo San Lucas and sent this awesome picture. They sent one in the mail of the marlin standing upright from the tail to the tip of its nose, and it's about 2 feet taller than my dad (he's 6')!!

Way to go, Dad! That would be so cool to do sometime in my lifetime :)

President's List Honors

I don't mean to brag, but I'm so excited about this news that I have to share it. I earned President's List Honors at Kaplan University for the second term in a row! In order to earn this award, I have to get at least a 3.96 GPA. I've earned a 4.0 both terms. I thought I was going to get an A- in algebra, which would have brought my GPA down just a little (enough to drop me to Dean's List), but I was surprised to see the A+ today on my grades. My goal is to graduate Summa Cum Laude, which is the highest honor possible. If I can get an A in English and Algebra, I should do okay with the rest of the degree requirements. I don't have to take any more math, thank goodness!

Also, my previous goal was to major in Psychology, but I decided to change to Criminal Justice with an emphasis in Forensic Psychology. It's a more specialized field, and the degree courses seem really exciting to me. I will graduate at the same time and all my previous courses transfer to the new degree without losing any credits or having to do any more. I love being in college again, and this time to finish!!! What fantastic news to start my day :)

Fischer's 14th Birthday

Yes, it's true. Fischer turned 14 yesterday. He grows faster every year. It just never slows down! Unfortunately, we have no pictures because his camera broke and ours has been broken for quite a while. We used the video camera though :) Time to buy a new camera it seems.

We spent the day catering to him. I made waffles with syrup and whip cream for breakfast. We took the girls to my friend's house and took Fischer to lunch at the Roadhouse Grill, then to the movies to see Push. Then I made a cake and let him open his present from us. He got the XBOX 360 game "Sonic Unleashed," two books "The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and "Invisibility", and a music book for his guitar. I think he had a good day (he didn't have to do ANY chores all day!). His party will be on Saturday where he has invited three friends to come and play XBOX all day, eat pizza, cake and ice cream! Yea :)

Then, his first church dance is that night. MY SON IS GOING TO A DANCE!! I am so old. It's been funny reconnecting with old friends on Facebook lately, and they all say the same thing. They can't believe it's been 14 years since the little tike was born. Where does the time go? He's such a great young man. I must've done SOMETHING right.

Number 4 what?! :)

So my friend, Maria, tagged me, and this is what you do... You go to your photo files and pick the fourth file and the fourth photo, post it, then tell about it.

I was so nervous to find what the picture would be and was very relieved to find this one was without me in it! WHEW :)

So this is Gracie running at CSU Stanislaus (in Turlock) with my niece, Hailey, in the background. We were there for my my sister-in-law's graduation. It was a great weekend full of fun activities from the graduation to the party, then my other neice's 1st birthday the next day.

I tag Amber, Amanda, Loma, and Melissa!