Happy Birthday to me!

Well.....I'm officially 26!!! YAY!!!

Do you feel like this too?

Lots to do at home?

Piles of business to take care of at work?

Even more to do at school?


This about sums up my stress levels, not to mention:
Cars duties, animals, being a wife, church callings, family things, books I'd like to read, cooking meals, and a little bit of NOTHING every once and a bit. SIGH.

The last bit...

So Emil and I celebrated our 3rd Wedding Anniversary on Aug. 16. A few weeks before that, we talked about what we might do. We couldn't think of much...but I did tell Emil to just think of something that we could do to get away for a bit. I told him how much I like surprises and and he offered to do the planning. We wanted to celebrate it instead of be at home--since that day is also a VERY difficult reminder of burying Naimah... So on the 15th, Emil called me from work and said to pack an overnight bag and that he'd taken care of dinner. I LOVE surprises, as he well knows, so I was all giddy the rest of the day. We went to eat at La Nonne, the best ever Italian food I've EVER had!!! We ate outside under trees and the sun setting...very romantic. =) Afterwords we took a walk. The weather was perfect and soon we wanted to stop somewhere for a bit. We tried to find a place that was open and I noticed this renovated home that looked opened. As we got closer I noticed that lots of people were showing up to this place and it looked like a reception...Emil just said to not worry about it cause we'd be in and leave before anyone knew. The sign in front said it was a Mansion built in 1899. I'm intrigued my older homes, and just kept looking around..then Emil was no longer in front of me. So as I was trying to catch up I saw him enter a room and as I got closer this is what I saw...


Turns out, it's this beautiful Bed & Breakfast, and holds other events, called the Rider Mansion.

They made and brought us breakfast in the morning...

We took a walk around in the morning...

We got back from a trip from Yellowstone last week and really had a great time with our friends. Here's a peek...

On the way home I got pulled over for speeding...we were SO nervous! Basically, b/c of my speeding in the past and an accident our car insurance would've DROPPED if we got another ticket. Emil and I were prayin' hard...the cop was cool but still left me not knowing what he was going to do. He did the ticket electronically so didn't know what to expect. He said that we would need to call to find out how much it would cost. I HATE getting pulled over so I was all shook up cause I thought our car insurance days were OVER! Well...we found out there is was NO ticket issued!!! We called and it was only a warning...YAY!!!

School is going well, but our lives are even more busy than before and we don't see each other much. We are excited for our future! I want to have an education and it's going to be a very good thing for us. I don't know when I will have time to update this thing-ama-jig but I'll do what I can. Ciao for now!