My birthday

We have an update on our move to Zurich.  It looks like we will be leaving around two weeks from now!  Moving plans are starting to pick up around here, so I should hurry up and get these posts done about our adventures here.

My 24th birthday was on the 17th of September and I was lucky enough to celebrate with Darren, my aunt and uncle and their kids, and my mom who was in town for business.  I started the day by opening my present from Darren, which was Halo: Reach!  Yes, I'm a video game nerd.  It's something I usually keep to myself.  I made the mistake though of telling a lady in my ward that I liked to play video games when she asked me about my hobbies.  She just kind of stared at me for a second before I recovered by saying something more girl-appropriate like music.  It was petty awkward and Darren rightfully makes fun of me for it.

Anyway, my aunt and my little cousins came down in the afternoon and we started the festivities off right by going to Togo's!  It's one of my favorite sandwich places.  Then we took the kids to the Children's Discovery Museum in San Jose.  It was fun to play with my cousins in all of the exhibits.

Me and my cousins playing dress-up

After that we met everyone for dinner at California Pizza Kitchen.  I really like pizza, but I get tired of the boring cheese or pepperoni, so CPK is the place for me.  They told the restaurant it was my birthday, so I got a free dessert.  Even though I got a free dessert, I still shared another one with Darren.  Hey, it's my birthday, I don't skimp on desserts on the birthday.

Mom and me

It was an awesome birthday!  Thanks everyone for celebrating with me!