It was a very, very, very happy 30th birthday! My wonderful husband made me breakfast before work, gave me a beautiful new journal and took me out for an amazing dinner at the Thai Cottage, one of our favorite restaurants...we ended the evening sharing a yummy slice of lemon meringue sponge cake...what a wonderful day...thanks Brian - I love you so much!

Different things create a sense of anticipation and excitement in different people. Sometimes it's big events like getting married or being pregnant. Sometimes it's a big purchase such as a car or home. Sometimes it's the excitement of a new job...for me, right at this moment, it's a 5 foot tall used black legal sized filing cabinet. I know, I know, kind of a let down for y'all isn't it? For me it is the solution to the Mt. Timpanogas of paperwork that surrounds me. I am literally drowning in paperwork, both work and personal, right now. Our office area reminds me of a war zone, I get to dodge teetering boxes on the way to my desk, hoping and praying that they don't explode as I pass by. :-)

After we got married, I inherited the task of sorting through and filing our paperwork (Brian doesn't like doing it, but I lucked out since he does dishes) :-) It took a while, but I got the majority of it under control...and then came my new job...and file box after file box of paperwork to bring home and organize. Then we decided to clean out more of the garage in August...and lo and behold...more boxes of our old personal paperwork appeared! Unfortunately, this time we had no more room, as our 2 drawer filing cabinet was already full. It is also in the forefront of my thoughts since our office area is directly off the living room, and we currently don't have any doors on it to hide the clutter.

So, on to my current excitement...and a salvation of sorts for our office area...our new (used) filing cabinet...I feel like Mt. Timpanogas is starting to fall off my shoulders....if only the delivery guys would show up! ;-)

We just returned from Destin, FL...we were celebrating our one year wedding anniversary. What a wonderful year it has been - one filled with love, adventures and all the magic that marriage brings. We look forward to many new and exciting adventures together!

We are so glad we were able to work in this quick anniversary trip - it was so worth it. Believe it or not, Destin is only a 9 hour drive from Texas...emerald green water and white sandy beaches...and it was still warm enough to swim in, even though it is October! Laura grew up going to Destin almost every summer with her family - her grandfather had a home there until recently. We spent Friday making the drive over to Florida - it is a pretty straight shot down I-10. Saturday was spent enjoying the beautiful beaches...a bit of window shopping at some pretty cool art glass stores, P.F. Changs for a late lunch and then we finished the evening off at The Track, a really cool go kart and putt-putt golf amusement park. We got to test out our mad Mario Kart skills on their really cool tracks - they have 5 of them! We kept Sunday pretty quiet with church, the required time share presentation (that is how Brian got us such a sweet deal at the Marriott - $170 for 4 nights!), followed up by a siesta.

Monday was our anniversary, we started the day at 5 AM - we were going deep sea fishing! We had such a great time! The seas were pretty rough (thank goodness for Dramamine!)...but the fish were biting like crazy! We probably reeled in over 30 fish between the two of us...unfortunately, we only got to keep six (Red Snapper have to be over 16 inches to keep them). The group we went with was so great - and the captain really kept us moving...if the fish stopped biting he moved us to the next spot. We got home around two, got cleaned up and took another siesta (it is vacation after all!). Brian surprised me for our anniversary dinner by taking us to The Melting Pot, a really romantic fondue restaurant. We had a wonderful time. We had to leave Tuesday morning, so we packed up Monday evening so that we could get up super early to watch the sunrise on the beach before we drove home...what a beautiful end to a wonderful vacation.