No Phone Zone

I am not one to get on my soapbox and lecture about what I think you should be doing. But I am with Oprah on this one. I feel very strongly that we need to make our cars a no phone zone while driving.

I have complained(nagged) to Kev about how he is constantly talking on the phone while driving and he shouldn't be. Not only is he putting his own life at risk but all the others on the road. I just can't imagine being one of those tragic, horrible stories that you always hear about.

I am watching Oprah right now and I have been brought to tears as I have watched some of these personal stories shared.

Now that I am a mom I just feel things in a different way and I don't ever want my child to be a victim of distracted driving or responsible for. Of course not only my children but any loved ones. There are too many other things in this world that we can't control but distracted driving isn't one of them. We can prevent these tragic accidents from occurring.

That's why I have gone to Oprah.com and taken her no phone zone pledge. And I am encouraging you to do the same.

Just like I don't want my babies on the road with drunk drivers, I don't want them on the road with distracted drivers either.

A Great Day

I am coming to terms with the fact that age is simply just a number. As much as I would like that number to be 25 it is now 27. I am okay with that because I don't feel any older. However, when that number is 30 I may not feel this way. Anyway, I had a wonderful birthday. Kevin took the day off and we headed up north past Seattle to the tulip festival. It was beautiful!

There are fields and fields of beautiful tulips. We stopped at these fields real quick to get a picture.




I kept thinking about the planning that must go into planting the tulip bulbs in different color arrangements. I was impressed with how well the colors looked next to each other.


The coral pink color was stunning.


We went to Tulip Town and took Ty and Gracie on a trolley ride to see the fields.


They had an indoor portion with tulip bouquets displayed with their names. I loved this one.


On our way home we stopped at the great outlet malls and did a little shopping. Then we ate at PF Changs in Seattle which was delicious. When we got home I blew out my candles on my banana ice cream cake. Mmmmm yum!


It was a wonderful birthday and Kevin spoiled me with this huge gift full of lots of fun surprises. He is the best, most thoughtful, creative person.


So, my first day of being 27 was pretty great!