Today Mark, the girls and I went to the Puyallup fair with Aunt Jeni to celebrate my 29th birthday. We sure had a lot of fun taking McKenna on all the rides she could muster and eating bad for you concession foods. It couldn't have been a more beautiful day to wrap up the last birthday of my 20's and for that I am very thankful. It has been a busy few weeks around the house as we are trying to wrap up summer and summer projects. Mark finished the front yard remodeling on Sunday with the addition of a lovely little enclosure around the Japanese maple my dad got me for my birthday. He also added some drainage/river rock around the outside of our gate which really makes the area pop. It's pretty awesome. Now we are hoping to work on the fireplace in the house next, we got some rock tile last Christmas to accent the pellet stove area and are planning on having it installed before the cold of Old man winter arrives. That is just a small project on the list of before winter projects we have been thinking about for the last few months (bathroom remodel and more insulation are also potential works in progress), but we will see what and when any of these things will actually come to fruition. It's so sad that the summer is almost over...where did it all go anyways? Well, it's late so I am gonna jet, thank you all for your Happy Birthday wishes. Love, Jaime