My Courtney

This is my best friend Courtney! She is Blair's mom. I know you all have heard me talk about her, so now you can put a face to a name! She is the FACS (aka Home Ec) teacher at Higginsville. We have been best friends since we were 4! Isn't that amazing? 24 years of friendship....and still going strong. I think it is better than some marriages these days!

If you look really close, You will be able to tell that I am wearing makeup! I don't wear it very often, so we took a picture....it lasts longer!

Love, Ash

Tag! Thanks Jamie!

Yes, I was tagged last week and didn't have time to post! Here are the rules:
1) Link to your tagger and list these rules on your blog ( Jamie.... www.parsonx4.blogspot.com )
2) Share 7 facts about yourself, some random, some weird
3.) Tag 7 more people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs
4) Let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog. So here we go, this should be enlightening for everyone involved.


1. I am a nurse....obviously! Not just a nurse, but a neonatal critical care nurse. I take care of the sickest of the sick in the Kansas City region (which spans from St. Louis, to Des Moines, to Denver, to Little Rock. Babies come from all around to be taken care of at Children's Mercy. It is a wonderful place to work, and they take care of their staff very well! But it is sort of a sad place, because we have the SICKEST, most critical babies around. Once the other hospitals get to the point where they don't know what to do next, they call us.

2. I am is school...to be a neonatal nurse practitioner. Yes, you already knew that too! I miss going to deliveries and getting that adrenaline rush! I mmiss my friends at St. Mary's and hope that one day I will get to come back and be a part of the FAMILY again.

3. I used to be very quiet and not speak my mind....not since I became a nurse! I have learned to voice my opinion on every subject!

4. A wierd one...I drive 50 miles one way to get to work. Yes, I could work at any one of the 3 other hospitals that I go past on my way to work. Instead, I drive 50 miles. I leave my house 1 1/2 hours before my shift starts.

5. I HATE snow! Because I hate to drive in it!

6. I have an addiction! To chocolate & coke. If I had to choose between the 2, it would be chocolate. I absolutely love it, in every form.

7. My dream vacation would be to go to Hershey, Pennsylvania! I want to go to the spa and have a chocolate massage. I want to go through the factory and see how candy bars are made. I want to enjoy smelling chocolate ALL DAY!

I tag Shannon and Amanda! Have a Happy Halloween! I will be working! I do get to dress up my girl though!!!! I will be eating chocolate all night, and letting her smell it!

Miss Blair

Here is Miss Blair! This was taken when she was 1 month old. She is now 6 months! I am a bad aunt and don't have any current pictures of her. She is so much fun and so playful! Once I get my digital camera for Christmas, you will be seeing lots more of her! I can't wait!

I've been tagged!

Oh, yes! I have only had a blog for not even 1 day and wouldn't you know, I have already been tagged!!! Thanks a lot Jamie Parson! Well, I am at work right now and don't have time to answer questions, so the tagging will have to wait until until Sunday when I am not busy! I am working tomorrow night, then Saturday is going to be a busy day. I have a bachelorette party at the winery from 2-5 for my friend Lindsay, the Sara R.'s wedding that night. I would love to stay at the bachelorette party, but they are going to Season's for dinner, then to Whiskey Tango. I can't handle that much drinking. So I better calm it down and go to the wedding , then eat, then drink & dance the night away in....Concordia!!! Yes, Amy Hemme, I get to go to your hometown! Can you believe it?

Of course I don't have a digital camera yet, so you won't be able to see drunk pics of me, but I will upload pics of my Courtney's baby...Blair! I love her sooooooooo much! I can't wait 'till you all get to meet her! She is AWESOME! She has the BIGGEST blue eyes that you have ever seen! You will have to wait until Sunday to meet her though! Have a good weekend!