cronaim thu: i am twenty two years old...

....really?!?!?! I don't feel twenty two at all... can't time go backwards, and I can be seventeen again? That was a good age. Twenty two just feels.... old?? I know it's not old, but I don't really have much to look forward to in the upcoming years besides turning 25, when I can rent a car without any extra fees for being young! Either way, I am still enjoying getting older and wiser, HA.

I had a wonderful birthday. I could barely sleep the night before because I knew I was getting a camera for my birthday, and I had dropped some hints to Ryan about what kind I wanted, but I didn't know exactly what kind I was getting. I woke up at least ten times during the night, I swear it felt like Christmas!!! Ryan woke me up to say goodbye as he was going to work, and the first thing I said was, "CAN I OPEN MY PRESENT NOW??!?!?!" He laughed, and grabbed the bag out of the hallway closet. I first opened up a memory stick for the camera... that was exciting. And then came the camera. I was in shock. It is incredible. He bought me a Sony A230 SLR. A FREAKING SLR!!!!!!! (For those who don't know a SLR camera is a Single Lense Reflex, meaning that rather than having auto focus with a point and shoot camera, you focus the lense.) In other words, it makes you feel like a paparazzi! Haha.

Since I had the day off so I spent it ~~cleaning the house in preparation for a party~~... no I didn't clean... I was too busy playing with my new schnazzy camera! DUH! I took lots of pictures of Kiefy. He started posing after a little while, it was too funny. I also picked up some cupcakes from the bakery. They were lemon cupcakes, with lemon curd and lemon buttercream. They were a smashing hit!

The meadow across from our house.

Kiefy posing... silly boy.

CUPCAKES!!!!

Playing with Kiefy.

Otherwise we spent the night with good friends, great food and lots of music!!! Ryan BBQ'd a bunch of burgers and hot dogs, and my friend Alesha brought zucchini boats filled with cous cous. It was delicious!!! I have quite a few friends that play guitar and bass and bongos... even an electric drum kit, so they all came over and set up shop. It was great!! When it started getting late and people started leaving, Ry, Mark and I all went into the hot tub, til very, very late... Couldn't have asked for anything more. I am one lucky girl!