it's been too long

since my last update... or so my husband says. i think i've been in a funk and didn't want to write about it.. but i'm finally feeling up to writing. my laptop was also on the fritz, and i could have used zach's computer, but it wouldn't have been the same.. weird, i know.

anyway, yesterday was zach's birthday. he is 29, but i have been joking with him that being 29 is basically being 30, so he is 30, and therefore old. i know 30 isn't old, and i will be there in 2 years or so myself, but still... i like being feisty from time to time (or almost constantly).. ;) we really celebrated zach's birthday well.. we went with a big group of friends to the cheesecake factory in downtown denver on friday night and really enjoyed that! we were also celebrating my friend sarah's birthday.. and tonnie's.. and christina's! there were almost 20 of us... but it was great fun! i kind of didn't want to go when i found out how many people would be there because i can't hear everyone and spend time with everyone when there's that many people and i tend to feel overwhelmed in that large of a crowd in an already crowded space... but it was FUN!

yesterday, we continued the celebration for zach by hanging out in the morning, then heading to ophelia's, this little hole-in-the-wall mexcian restaurant for breakfast burritos and then to a wedding shower for his best friend and his wife to be. that was a lot of fun.. then we came back home and rested before dinner with zach's dad at gaetano's italian restaurant. zach has always wanted to go there because of it's old ties with the denver mob families, but hadn't been yet. the food was good.. i have a new favorite ice cream.. spumoni! YUM! then we went to see taken at the movie theater by our house.. full of suspense and shootings and violence. just how zach likes his movies. hehe... we both loved it though! zach says it's better than the bourne series. now, that's impressive!

i really have been pretty frustrated at work the last month or so.. this last week everything kind of hit the fan and i was ready to pack all of our stuff and move away. i know it will get better, but i was really over it. we'll see what transpires over the next 6 months to a year... i really have faith that God is going to move some people around and that it will be a very good thing. i just have to hold out.. that's the hard part.

i'm really excited to see my sister-in-law! she's coming in this week from thailand and i think she said she'll be here 2 or 3 weeks. we're helping put on a benefit dinner for a thai orphanage called house of hope next weekend. it will be really fun and i'm praying that we can raise the money that we need to raise.

it is SUCH a beautiful day here in denver today.... it's about 78 degrees and sunny... a little windy which helps keep the heat from sinking in.. and it's simply gorgeous! we saw a ton of people out working on their yards today.. and it's the perfect day for it!

i promise i will try and post more often.. but this sleepy girl needs a nap!