My 24th Birthday!

My 24th birthday would have to have been one of my favourite birthdays so far. Nathan planned a surprise party for me on the friday night before my birthday because he was going to be in Edmonton on my birthday. He is taking an Islamic language course in Edmonton. 1 of only 8 people that got to go.

So for the party he planned, a bunch of friends came over, we drank, talked and then they dragged me out dancing and I had a really good time. Yesterday, on my actual birthdaymy friend Megan invited Julia and Katie over to her house, we had wine, food (lots of cheese and you know how I feel about cheese!) and watched Good Luck Chuck! Hillarious movie by the way. I had MANY friends call and many MORE send me happy wishes through facebook.

I had a wonderful day although I wish I could have merged my BC family/friends with my MB friends. That would have been perfect. There's always the wedding :)

We set a date!

Ohy my am I sorry for my tardiness, I know that everyone has been patiently waiting to see some more pictures of everything and hear from us for those of you that we did not get to see on our trip home. We set a date for the wedding. As for now, it is July 11, 2009. We still have to double check when we decide where we are having it but that is the date that works the best for us.

Okay, for those who did not get to see us:
We rolled out truck on the Connector just outside of Kelowna. We hit black ice, tipped into the ditch onto our roof and rolled right back over onto the wheels again. Both Nathan and I were okay and we had 2 dogs and 2 cats in the truck as well and everyone was miraculously fine. There was $18,000 worth of damage done to the truck and unfortunately they will not write it off unless it is 60% of the value and our truck was worth a little more than double that. But it is all fixed up and seems to be fine for now.

Now for everyone:
We are back home now and getting back into daily life. I found a job at the local pub bartending and although I don't have very many shifts yet, I really like the job. Low stress, good tips, nice people. I really like it. I may need to find something else on top of that if shifts don't pick up eventually, but for right now it is good.

Unfortunately we still do not know when Nathan is leaving for Afghanistan. They are throwing all sorts of dates around and there is so much turmoil between the generals in this army that no one seems to want to make a decision. The airforce doesn't want to comply and it's just a big mess, so unfortunately we had a little farewell ceremony the other day but it does not mean much because at this rate he may be leaving in March and not home until October so we have no idea.

Little news that everyone seems to know already but I cut my hair!! It is short and cute and I really like it for now. It is back to being healthy. I think I will still grow it out for the wedding but it suits me for now, so we will see.

Well, as I am now mostly a house wife I should probably get going with the cleaning and whatnot :p I hope to see you all or speak to you all soon. I have added some more pictures below for you!
Hugs from afar!