Birthday (Day) 2010.

For a birthday surprise, Paul made reservations for a Bed and Breakfast in the Poconos. 

After lunch at Panera, we headed to Pennsylvania. 

The drive there was amazing, and I enjoyed all two hours with this guy and the beautiful fall colors. 

This is a cool castle looking thing we saw.

The Inn we stayed at had a beautiful river in the back. 

 

 And a beautiful lake nearby.

 Maybe when we are 85 we will come back and sit on this bench. That'd be awesome.

 And we ate dinner in down town Hawley. 

The Settler's Inn was the perfect mix of old-fashioned, fancy, and wonderfully quaint. I loved it!

Birthday Morning.

This birthday was so full of fabulous things, that it's just gonna have to come in a few seperate posts.
First- birthday morning.

 Breakfast in bed--- crepes, every year :) 

 Paul, not cooperating... me, showing off my toosh for some reason.

 wishes...

 Ice Cream Cake! Paul bought those candles because they matched the oreo theme just perfect. Couldn't have done better myself!

Birthday call from Eric/Showing off my new coat- yehawwww.

Coming up next: Suprise get-away to the Poconos!

Stake Conference.

*** I wrote this post about a week ago, but finally was able to get the pics of the camera... so enjoy!

This past weekend we had Stake Conference (a large church meeting for several congregations in the area).
Before the Saturday night session we went Applebees and watched some members of the Princeton stake cheer a little too enthusiastically for BYU. The high fives? Come on guys, too much too much. We were happy to get to see some of the game, however.

Both sessions of conference were focused on the family and home. It was a great lesson for me to realize my responsibility in making this new place a home for Paul and I. We are really starting to like this place.

Sunday's session was also great, and I decided to take notes. However, to keep my focus (really, this works for me), I drew some pictures too.
Thought you might enjoy some spiritual inspiration, as well as our innate fashion sense, haha.

Compare to our actual "looks" here.

 Seriously, couldn't he be a JCrew model?

 Me... not so much. 

:)

Person of The Week: Amari

There are so many people in this world that I love. They mold, they influence, they help. I want to try to recognize these people more so you can see what a lucky world I live in.

The only hard thing about this will be not making Paul the Person of the Week every week. He deserves some real credit for making my birthday the best ever- and I can't wait to show you all the pictures from the Poconos- but today, is about Mar-mar. 

 

She is my niece. I think I get her because she's stubborn, like I can be. 

The reason she deserves some special attention is because she called me and sang Happy Birthday to me in the sweetest little girl way. It made me get all teared up. :) It was awesome. 

She lets me do mohawks in her hair too. Haha.

 I think she ate that whole box of Cheez-Its. Haha

She likes to be in charge (I know how that feels too). 

She loves kitties. Actually, she is a kitty in her mind.

See you in December Mar!