Let's begin - this is my birthday weekend:
On Saturday, I was expecting cool, breezy weather, but it turned out to be quite warm and humid. I invited my parents to join Chad and me since they hadn't been to the zoo in over a decade! We had a good time and enjoyed seeing the animals. I took pictures of my favorite animals we saw that day: The Grizzly bear, the Great Horned Owl, the Mountain Lion, a Monarch butterfly, and last, but certainly not least - the baby elephant, Malee! (I always enjoy seeing the chimps, but failed to get a good picture of them.)
On Sunday, we celebrated all the September birthdays in Chad's family - five total! Chad's aunt baked a yummy cake and his uncle had an OU Sooner cake. Then, it was off to my parent's for our weekly dinner. My brothers joined us for dinner, cake, and playing with their new puppy, Rex. He is a Westie. My brothers and I grew up with a Westie, named Heidi, so we were all real excited to welcome another Westie to our family. He has proven to be a fun addition with his adorable, fluffy 3 lb self paired with his spunky attitude!
On Monday, my friend, Annaleise, her sweet little girl, Isabella, and I went to lunch at Nikelette's. It was yummy and Isabella kept us smiling with her jabbering and curiosity. That evening, Chad and I drove down to Norman and decided to walk around OU's campus before we ate dinner. We visited the Spoonholder on the North oval where he proposed six years ago. We snuck around in "the stacks" in the library where we used to study. We visited the Gaylord College of Journalism, from which I graduated. We walked and talked and felt like the old people on campus . . . we missed those days of going to class, staying up all night, walking around campus everyday. I missed the friends I made during college and savored the many memories I made on almost every inch of that campus. I couldn't look anywhere without seeing myself seven to eight years ago with friends stopping to chat between classes, alone under a tree writing, weaving my purple bike through the crowds of students walking to class. It was a great chapter in my life and I learned a lot about myself - how to be independent, what kind of person I wanted to be, how to open up to others, how to accept others and their differences. I could talk all day about my college experience and the impact it had on my life, but maybe I'll save that story for a novel. Who knows?!
After our stroll, we walked into the delicious aromas at Victoria's Pasta Shop on campus corner. We sat at a small table in a corner of the restaurant and ordered their mushroom caps, which were beyond yummy! Then, my old faithful, favorite - whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce. I think Chad got the lasagna rolls, which he said were good. We finished it off with a piece of caramel fudge cheesecake, which was amazing! My birthday couldn't have finished any better! My favorite man with me at my favorite restaurant!
Please forgive the formatting of the photos. They are a bit out of order and I couldn't figure out how to move them around once they were uploaded . . . I had a few technical difficulties! My picture blogging abilities can only improve, right? The next post with pictures should be better. :)
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