22 Seems So Old

     On June 30th I turned 22. Wow. Where as the time gone?? Actually, 22 doesn't seem that old, and thankfully I married an older man so I can always remember I am the younger one ;) I didn't really feel old until last weekend when I was hanging with the high school girls from church at girls night and we started talking about September 11th, 2001. I asked one of the girls what grade she was in when it happened and she said kindergarten! I was in seventh grade! Ahhh! But all of that aside, my birthday was on the 30th and Ryan had been telling me for weeks that he was so excited for my birthday surprise. (Hint to my dear sweet husband: don't tell me when you're going to surprise me....it KILLS me!) He told me he paid a "good amount" of money for it so I got the hint that I should dress up a bit. I went to Kohls for about an hour looking for a good deal and was disappointed when I couldn't find any, until I was on my way out and found my dress for $12! Originally $60! Talk about exciting! I also decided I wanted to try to curl my hair, ya know, change it up a bit from always being straight, so my friend Brooke Frye came over to teach me! 

     So the 30th comes and I start getting ready around 3:30, thinking Ryan wouldn't be home until 5:30 at the earliest because he had to go to the doctor to get his stitches out. I am about half way done curling my hair and at 4:15 in walks my sweet husband, surprising me already! He brought me a BIG balloon (which Chels was SO scared of), a delicious giant cupcake from publix, and the sweetest card I have ever gotten! Aaaaaand in that card were tickets to see the Cirque du Soleil show Alegria that was in Jacksonville for the weekend! I was so excited to see another show & to reminisce about our honeymoon, too! :) We went to dinner at a sushi place in the Landing called Koja and then headed over to the Veteran's Memorial Arena. (On our way we saw Jack Del Rio!) 

My curls started out looking pretty cute!

 Here we are, all ready to go! 

(He is just the handsomest!)

At Koja Sushi

The show was amazing as always! I would highly advise anyone to see a Cirque du Soleil show whenever possible! 

After a great night we headed home to pack up for the weekend and get to bed. About a mile (or less!) from being home we smacked right into a deer! talk about a bummeerrr! Ryan actually saw a deer and slowed down and swerved to avoid it, but then a second deer came out from the median on our other side and there was just no avoiding it! It was definitely not the best way to end the night, but it was a great birthday none the less and we didn't let it upset us too much! :)