Happy Early Birthday, Shauna!

I wanted to make sure that you saw this post before you leave for Reno on your birthday. Lucky me, that I get to drive you and Dave to the airport on your birthday so I can give you a big hug before you leave.

Thank you for being my friend. I can't even begin to tell you how much your friendship means to me. You have the biggest heart of anyone I have ever met. To know you is to love you. I would give anything to have your way with words... to write the kind of post you deserve. 

Thanks for all of the wonderful times we have shared together... I will never forget meeting you at the first scrapbook class that I ever taught. Me teaching the master scrapper...OMG was I intimidated!! But then I quickly realized what a special person you are and that I was lucky to meet one of my best friends. 

We have shared lots of amazing times through the years... the scrapbook retreat at the coast (and Hefeweizens at Moe's!); many metroscrapper and other crops; scrapping at Teri's cabin in Black Butte; picking berries, playing in the park, and eating ice cream with our then little pre-schooler children; watching our kiddos at farm camp (remember those adorable little kitties and fuzzy cows??); CKU in Provo (the best part was meeting Nic at the airport with those sponges spelling her name!); carpooling and so many fun days at work with desks next to each other (was that really work??); "The Artist's Way" classes and artist dates; TCC get-togethers (thank you for introducing me to such a wonderful group of women); kiddo's birthday parties (and ours!!); Art & Soul; Harry Potter midnight book parties!!; scrapbook conventions and road trips to scrapbook stores; countless cups of coffee (fraps!!) and good conversations; hanging out at Red Robin and going to movies; thousands of phone calls when we laughed and cried (sometimes we laugh to keep from crying!); zillions of emails back and forth (God was it hard being out of the country during your surgery, diagnosis and recovery!); and the list goes on and on and will continue to go on and on. I wouldn't miss a minute. Hope you enjoyed this little trip down memory lane ;)

We will create new memories in Reno too. I can't wait! I have so much hope for 2008. I just know that it will be a year of miracles for you. You deserve the best year yet, my friend, and I will be there every step of the way. Happy Birthday, Shauna. Love you.