Happy Birthday, Heather!!!!  Life would be empty without you.  Mwah!

Funniest memory of Heather
Kathy - When Heather parked her car in the covered cart parking at Costco or Sam's Club in Georgia, and when the guy who worked there tried to get her to move it so he could put the carts away she absolutely refused, convinced he just wanted her sweet parking spot.  She thought it was the only covered parking spot in the lot and she had scored BIG, he chased her into the store and she ignored him.  HILARIOUS!!
Luke - Heather as sleeping beauty and me as prince charming in some creepy theater in Poway.
Mary - Playing the song game on car trips and listening to all the crazy country songs Heather would make up and then argue they were legitimate songs written by her friends in Athens.
Liz - We decided to go canoeing in Georgia, and it was so horrible because the water got so low for a very long stretch of the way..and I just remember while others got out and pulled their canoes we refused to admit and laughed hysterically the whole time as people are WALKING by us in our canoes...ohh..so funny.  And we have to mention the only funny in hind sight memory of the Everlasting Oaxacan Hike
Elena - when heather and i get into a car together
Jen Meyer - Putting concealer on our lips instead of lipstick to see how modern and cool we would look. Not good.
Karen Sweeney Gerow - Heather just has a unique way of looking at the world and a unique way of phrasing things. This memory encapsulates the latter. One hot Georgia day we rolled by her and Ben's house so that we could go swimming. As they were heading out the car, Heather yelled back to Ben: "Don't forget your swim panties!" I'm not sure if it was the phrase or the look on Ben's face as he tried to melt into the floor. Heather was unfazed by our laughter: "What? What do YOU call them?" (BTW, Heather, not sure if we stopped laughing long enough to tell you, but we call it a bathing suit.)


Most nostalgic memory
Kathy - Felix' birth
Luke - Riding down to Mexico together for a Kaiizen trip.
Mary - Driving to Sara Flemming's house for voice lessons on Saturday mornings.  She would always take me to Thrifty's afterwards for ice cream. 
Liz - Living with Heather in Georgia, eating popeyes, baked potatoes or conventional oven egg rolls.  Watching movies from the local video star that owned only weird artsy movies or BBC documentaries and trying tofu for the first time pretending to like it:), her women at the shelter thinking I was a weird narcoleptic lazybones, laundry mat drug dealer.  Hilarious Side Note......Did not know what Nostalgic meant,  just asked Curly....his answer.."It means like being out of it...like drunk or really tired.  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAHAH
Jen Meyer - Shoe shopping with Grandpa. Time for just us 3.
Karen Sweeney Gerow - Our trip to Adam and Wendy's farm. We were both new moms of two - something you have to become before you realize just how hard it is. There are not many people I would get in the car with for a road trip with 4 kids under 4, but Heather's can-do attitude is infectious. It was an amazing time.


The memory the fewest people might know about
Kathy - After Luke was born, Heather would rush home from school every day and go straight to Luke 'Hi baby Luke, don't worry, I'm home' then she would pat him on the head, give him a kiss and go on her way! One day I asked her about it, thinking she would just say how much she loved him, but she said 'he worries about me when I'm gone mom!'
Luke - Heather's patience with Bill when he slipped and lost her keys in the Mexican iceplant. Or dancing all night in Mexico. 
Mary - Mom and Dad were in Hawaii one year for my birthday and Heather threw me the most amazing birthday party.  She invited all the girls from church and made me feel very special and cool.  
Liz - I went to visit Heather when she lived in Carmen del playa..or maybe it's play del carmen, anyways...we went dancing one night...showed up at the first disco tech and we both realized we loved mexican disco-tech music...so when that club closed we combed the streets and found another club...super small, semi shady but nevertheless playing our beloved  mariachi -techno-repeat on music so we danced until they closed...just when we thought our dancing night was over, we saw a beach party playing our song, and so we closed out the night there.  I really think we ended up dancing for at least 5 hours straight.  One of my favorite memories ever.
Karen Sweeney Gerow - Oh, it's a funny and sad little memory. We met working at Project Safe in Athens. One day, it happened to be Halloween, I was called to the office as soon as I got to work and after a long, dramatic, drawn out talk, I was told I had to resign or be fired. It was clear through the conversation that Heather was about to meet the same fate. I loved that job and was crying as I packed up my desk. Heather came into work dressed up like a cowgirl with pigtails in her hair and red circles and freckles painted on her cheeks. It was sad enough knowing that she was going to get fired, but knowing that she was going to get fired while dressed like the cheeriest little cowgirl on the planet was just heartbreaking (though it totally makes me laugh to think about now).



Funniest Fight
Kathy - Can you say grilled cheese sandwich?  Can you say self serve check out at Walmart? Can you say beat the crap out of the gypsy that tried to mug her in Romania?  One tough cookie our Heather.
Luke - Mexico. Burnt grilled cheese.
Mary - Never happened
Elena - chevron experience ...... one word, HORRIFIC!!



Best Heather Quote
Kathy - I know there are many but I can't be expected to remember any because of my age and the current medication I'm on.  However as her mother I can categorically assure you that she HAS eaten both bologna and hotdogs.
Luke - Heather: [says something shocking]
            Anyone: Heather!
            Heather: What??
Mary - "Don't tell me my knife doesn't work." - Romania
Liz - Poor Jerry's employee offering Heather a FREE doughnut. Maybe someone else will remember word for word..but it was something along the lines of "I don't like sweet things, I don't eat them, I only like things that are salty...are those salty?"
Elena - ewww your not really going ot eat tuna in front of me?



Funniest Heather Personality Trait/Characteristic
Kathy and Phillip - getting in people's face when fired up
Luke - Never knows when her flight is scheduled to take off. Doesn't know, doesn't want to know.
Mary - Saying things are fun or delicious when they are actually horrible.  IE cleaning and eating broccoli
Liz - Pretending things that are so insane are perfectly normal.
Elena - The Tongue thing


Favorite Heather Personality Trait/Characteristic
Kathy and Phillip - Her Laughter
Luke and Julie - Love and loyalty toward family.
Mary and Chris - Being able to talk to anyone, anywhere and making them feel like her best friend.
Liz and Steve - Laugh
Elena - Her Smile


Movie that reminds you of Heather
Kathy and Phillip - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Luke and Julie - Flatliners.
Mary and Chris- Sleepless in Seattle - We saw this movie in the theater together and Heather cried and cried.
Liz and Steve - Business of Being Born....never seen it..never will
Elena - Breakfast Club


Movie title that embodies heather's life and personality
Kathy and Phillip - Happy, The Movie, The Movement
Luke and Julie- Too Fast, Too Furious
Mary and Chris- Singing in the Rain
Liz and Steve- Dancing Flower, Power Storm 

Song that reminds you of heather
Kathy and Phillip - This Girl is on Fire
Luke and Julie - Are you gonna go my way? (Lenny Kravitz)
Mary and Chris- Take on Me
Liz and Steve - Any Mexican Techno song


If heather were a...
Song title 
Kathy and Phillip - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Luke and Julie - I'm Just a girl (No Doubt)
Mary and Chris - Life is a Highway
Liz and Steve- She's Not Stopping



Color
Kathy and Phillip - Red
Luke and Julie- Metallic Pumpkin
Mary and Chris- Yellow
Liz  and Steve- Sherbet
Jackson - Mexican blanket design colors


Cartoon character
Kathy and Phillip - Mulan
Luke and Julie - Wonder Woman
Mary and Chris- Foofa from Yo Gabba Gabba
Liz and Steve-  Daisy Duck


Animal
Kathy and Phillip - Tiger
Luke and Julie - Lioness
Mary and Chris- Tropical bird
Liz and Steve- Tiger
Elena - Dog
Jackson - Mother wolf


Candy
Kathy and Phillip - Dark chocolate covered espresso bean
Mary and Chris- Jolly Rancher
Liz and Steve - Whatchamacalit... I started eating these in high school because my cool older sister did..At least I think she did.
Jackson - Organic fruit candy



Twilight Character
Kathy and Phillip - The Chick who sees the future
Luke and Julie - The one who always gasses up the room. Wait, are we talking about Liz or Heather? Oh. My bad. Hmm. The one who fights werewolves with her tongue bunched between her teeth.
Mary and Chris- Amazon vampire who can control what people see
Liz and Steve- Alice
Elena - Rosalie
Jackson -  ?


Car
Kathy and Phillip - cabriolet convertible with pink heart beat racing stripes
Luke and Julie - Toyota Camry wagon with 200,000+ miles
Mary and Chris - VW Bug
Liz and Steve- Audi
Elena - Convertible
Jackson - Heart pulsed old VW


Heather traits that you'd like to emulate
Kathy and Phillip - energy, enthusiasm, optimism, spontaneous, loving, tenacity, adventurous, courage, determination
Luke and Julie - Determined, passionate
Mary and Chris- Helpfulness
Liz and Steve- Creative, energetic, motivating, quirky
Elena - Positivity
Jackson - Go-get-‘er attitude




Actress that would play heather in a biography
Kathy and Phillip - Kate Hudson
Luke and Julie - J-Law
Mary and Chris - Reese Witherspoon
Liz and Steve- Scarlett Johanson
Elena - Goldie Hawn before her surgeries




Title of Heather's biography
Kathy and Phillip - The Power Within
Luke and Julie- "I've Never Eaten Bologna"
Liz and Steve- Dancing Flower
Elena - I am Who I Am
Jackson -  Becoming the best you




One word that describes Heather
Kathy and Phillip - Creative
Luke and Julie- Sister
Mary and Chris- Awesome
Liz and Steve - Beautiful
Elena - Spunky
Jackson - Motivated




A good nickname for Heather
Kathy and Phillip - Firecracker
Luke - Righteous Girl
Mary and Chris- Wonder woman
Liz and Steve- Princess Superstar I thought was always fitting
Elena - Spunky




One thing you believed as a child because of Heather
Luke - 1. That the following words were legal in Boggle: An, ann, anna, nan, nanna
            2. That only one person could score the words in #1, and that that person cold only be the person who came up with them originally
            3. Leukemia was a disease that you contracted based on whether the letters of your name could be found within the disease's name
Mary - That sharks lived in pool filters
Liz - My dog died every vacation
Elena - Gypsies




One thing you think Heather would outlaw
Kathy and Phillip - Sugar
Luke and Julie- Non convertible cars
Mary and Chris- Bad attitudes
Liz and Steve- McDonalds
Elena - Underwear




If Heather were a politician her campaign headline would say...
Kathy and Phillip - don't be an idiot, outlaw sugar and stop watching those mindless tv shows
Luke and Julie- I don't need your vote to win.
Mary and Chris- All aboard the awesome train.
Liz and Steve- LIVE LIFE
Elena - Just Keep Moving
Jackson -  Rock On




One wish you have for Heather
Kathy and Phillip - continued discovery of her greatness
Luke and Julie - That she always stay close to us.
Mary and Chris- To know what a blessing she is to us all
Liz and Steve- For her to see herself as I do..brilliant, powerful, beautiful, addictive, hilarious.
Elena - I wish Heather to find someone she loves forever
Jackson -  Always wishing her the best
Jen Meyer - A fantastic year full of pleasant surprises and people who love you and support you. May all the good you put out into the world come back to you tenfold!!




One thing you love about Heather
Kathy and Phillip - continued discovery of her greatness  and she keeps my house really clean when she visits. love that.
Luke and Julie- 1. Her laugh
            2. Her passion
            3. Her spontaneity
            4. Her handwriting
Mary and Chris - Heather
Liz and Steve- Her confidence
Elena - i love multiple things about heather but one thing i love about her is how loving she is
Jackson -  She is always thinking about others




Who knows Heather best?
Heather's favorite actor/actress
Kathy and Phillip - duh, Kevin Bacon the greatest actor ever
Luke and Julie- Kevin Bacon
Mary and Chris- Kevin Bacon
Liz and Steve- Kevin Bacon
Elena - Kevin Bacon



Heather's favorite movie
Kathy and Phillip - I don't know the names of anything quirky enough to make this list
Luke and Julie- Something obscure. You wouldn't have heard of it.
Mary and Chris- I've never seen it or heard of it
Liz and Steve- Amelie
Elena - Anything with Kevin Bacon




Heather's favorite animal
Kathy and Phillip - anything resembling myliq
Luke and Julie- Myliq
Mary and Chris- Dogs
Liz and Steve- Myliq
Elena - Dog (Duh)
Jackson -  Poodles




Heather's favorite color
Kathy and Phillip - depends on what it's for, could be black if you're talking about her clothes, could be red if you're talking about necklaces or deer cabinets, could be green if you're talking about soft pants...see what I mean? The important thing about color for Heather is that you color code her clothes in the closet when you hang them up!!
Luke and Julie- Black
Mary and Chris- Yellow or Purple
Liz and Steve- Turquoise
Elena - Black
Jackson -  Blue or Purple




Heather's favorite hobby
Kathy and Phillip - personal development and playing with her kids
Luke and Julie- Chilling with her boys
Mary and Chris- Roller Skating
Liz and Steve- Home Decor
Elena - Being a mom
Jackson -  Hangin out with her kids




Heather's favorite band
Luke and Julie- Carpenters
Mary and Chris - Carpenters
Liz and Steve- Southern Bi*73 :)
Elena - Styx




One materialistic thing Heather would rather not live without
Kathy and Phillip - cell phone or coffee
Luke and Julie - Her iPhone (which includes her electronic photo/music gallery)
Mary and Chris- Smart Phone
Liz and Steve- IPhone
Elena - Cell Phone, computer




Heather's favorite thing about herself
Kathy and Phillip - Creativity
Luke and Julie - Her resilience
Mary and Chris- Her positive attitude
Liz and Steve- Creativity
Elena - Teeth (Elena's butt)




Heather's favorite food
Kathy and Phillip - sushi, sesame covered cashews and almonds, spicy seaweed, trader joes snacks too many to name
Luke and Julie- Street tacos
Mary and Chris- Coffee
Liz and Steve- Coffee
Elena - Chinese
Jackson -  Mexican




Heather's favorite member of the family

Kathy and Phillip - Her Mom
Luke and Julie- If Wiley and Felix are off the table, then the answer is surely Mom.
Mary and Chris- Wiley and FiFi
Liz - Duh! Me
Steve - Liz
Elena - ME!  Because she's always grabbing my butt.
Jackson -  Wiley and Felix