STOCK AWARD PLANS (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs

A summary of our total compensation expense recognized in our condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income for stock-based compensation is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
Stock options	$	2,308	$	319	$	2,761	$	620
Stock awards	8,840		3,940		12,353		7,842
Company expense on ESPP discount	482		511		1,309		1,423
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	11,630	$	4,770	$	16,423	$	9,885

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Activity

The following is a summary of the employee stock purchase plan activity (dollar amounts in thousands):

Three Months Ended June 30, 2014
Shares purchased by employees	Aggregate cost to employees		Expense recognized by the company
50,365	$	2,731	$	482