A quarter of a century

I celebrated my 25th birthday this June. Wow, this birthday made me feel really old. We had "cousins and cheesecake" at the Cheesecake factory. I was so impressed that our waitress wrote a birthday message including the correct spelling of my name in chocolate around my cheesecake dish. It even had confetti polka dots on the letters.

I had a great day with

family and friends, and even a hot date that night with Ricky. I was very surprised when Rick brought

my presents out of the truck.

I have already put these fancy pink golf clubs to good use in the Monday morning golfing group. I can hit a good far drive off the tee, but we're still working on my chipping skills :) I'm glad I can golf with Rick now instead of just riding in the cart. It's actually been a fun sport to pick up, and I have enjoyed golfing around here, in St. George and Vegas so far this summer.

Update: 1 year anniversary!

Rick and I celebrated our one year anniversary in Las Vegas June 18. We both kept saying I can't believe it's been a whole year! Time flies when you are having fun :) We went out to dinner and the waiter brought this great brownie/ ice cream with a candle in it for 1 year. We shopped around Vegas, watched the NBA Finals game in the bookie room (wa

y loud and crazy and fun, only boo hoo the Lakers won), and had a great evening. I love being married to Rick- he is so good to me, and makes life fun. Love you honey!

Eating our wedding cake! 1 year old cake is so good when it's been in the freezer with frozen Mallard Ducks on top of it since Duck Hunting Season. Mmm mmm.

Ranger Rick: Bird Advocate

I have not posted for a few months because we moved, and had to disconnect our old internet. Then it was a task to get the internet set up at our new house- but finally I am re-connected to the digital world and ready to catch up. Expect posts to catch up on the last few months:

• buying our first house and moving- what an adventure!
• Our one year anniversary in June- time flies when you're having fun :)
• My birthday- I'm one quarter of a century old. Ouch.
• Finishing the hardest school year yet and job searching for a better fit.

Until I can download pictures and catch up, here's what we are doing this week- babysitting the Nehmers while the parentals explore New York. Last night Rick had to perform a miraculous bird rescue on a fallen starling to appease Carter. Carter found a tiny baby bird in the ivy in the back yard that had fallen out of his nest. Carter started freaking out and got all teary-eyed that we needed to do something now! "Hurry and call Eileen- she's a nurse- she will know what to do!" We decided Rick could handle it without a medical degree. Here he is climbing the big ladder to put the darling starling back in it's nest: