Happy Birthday Kortney!!!

Today is Kortney's birthday!
(By the time this posts it will probably be tomorrow, but...)

Because we live across the country from each other - we have to communicate through the telephone. Which works ok for us because we are never at a lack for things to talk about on the phone - we usually get off the phone because the kids need us - not because we are actually done talking! So - since I can't go to her house and take her out for her birthday - here is my

"Ode to Kortney"

(This will most likely be dumb to everyone else - so feel free to stop reading at any point!)

It's fun to have a friend that you instantly click with - it is even better and much more rare if your husbands click also! We always joke that we are living the same life in two different places. When one of us has a problem - the other one has usually just barely gone through the same situation. So- it is nice to always have someone to talk to that understands the stress of your life.

I was remembering all kinds of funny things today - so I thought I'd list some classic Jarvis/Manning moments - please to enjoy...

* Playing rook into the middle of the night -
* Playing rook when I was pregnant with the twins and my belly was so big that I played leaning over the chair???
* The rook notebook - I think the girls were ahead, right?
* Learning to play Skip jack - which kind of replaced rook - then watching Devon and Greg make a skip jack board .
* Pig Mess - (what is that exactly???)
* Stopping at every gas station to find the perfect ice and diet coke!
* Going to Kirtland for youth conference and driving the Kron mobile!
* Going to Cincinnati and driving through the ghetto to see where Greg did his rotation - and I had to go to the bathroom so bad!
* Ohio State football games - need I say more...
* Watching Brother Kron dance Footloose at the stake dance :)
* Laughing our guts out over any and everything... (even when Greg and Devon thought we were dumb - we knew that we were truly funny)
* Watching Greg and Devon climb the playground tree at the Polaris mall.
* Getting the "Ditto" jitters!
* Driving to Mansfield for potato chips!
* "Enjoying?" the aquarium in Cincinnati
* Listening to the vocal stylings of Greg and his award winning song - "Let me be Your Dentist"
* All of us appreciating how hard Greg works!
* Swoobs
* Making cards - every month... (man dates to Long John Silver's)
* The "A.L." dance off
* Salty hamburgers - (Greg we know that it was first BBQ of the summer)
* Devon, Greg, and Scott dressing up for the ward Halloween party.
* Tuesday night basketball retro night - complete with socks, wristbands, and headbands - all matching of course.
* The boys trying on the awesome tight white Guess jeans at the outlet mall!
* P. F. Chang's to celebrate boards
* Eating out at every possible place in Columbus.
* Watching "Extreme Home Makeover" on Sunday nights and crying - (Devon and Greg cried too - even though they might not admit it...)
* Greg telling a story (which I can't remember all the details about) - something about a little kid's heart and then pretending to laugh to cover his tears.
* Sunday night hangout - treats of every kind

There are a million more memories ... too many to list! I am lucky to have such a great friend! I miss living close - but that's how it goes. At least we can talk - and maybe actually get to see each other again...

Anyway - Happy Birthday to Kortney - you're the greatest - I love you!