Happy Birthday Jared!

Yesterday the most amazing man in the world turned 26! Just look at him, isn't he such a cutie? I asked Jared what he wanted to do for his birthday and he said he wanted to work. I really appreciate how hard he works and how much he loves me. He is such a fun loving guy and celebrating his birthday was a blast. I surprised him with cake and singing during his daily meeting with his sales team. Then in the evening he opened up presents and I made him one of his favorite dinners and then we ate more cake. Jared had requested an ice cream cake so I made him and angel food strawberry ice cream cake. I am quite proud of this cake-it turned out beautiful and was scrumptious! I will post a picture of it later. Happy Birthday babe!


We arrived in Atlanta safely and are enjoying it so far. Here is our first view of Atlanta as we were driving in.
Our apartments are located in North Atlanta. They are really upscale and have lots of available services. For example, complimentary trash disposal. All I have to do is set the garbage outside my apartment and they whisk it away to the trash compacter. Very nice. Here is our kitchen, living room and the view outside our patio. We are on the ground level and we can walk right out into the courtyard. Lenny has been loving this feature.



Last week we did some sight seeing and headed to the Georgia Aquarium. They claim to be the largest aquarium in the world and I believe it. I had never been to an aquarium before and it was really exciting to be so close to the mysterious creatures of the water. Our favorite creatures were the whale sharks, jelly fish, and beluga whales. THere was also an exhibit where you could touch bonnet-sharks and some type of sting rays as they swam by you. Neat but extremely slimy.:)

This little girl was so fun to watch. She just sat right next to the glass and stared for who knows how long:)
There is a whale shark in the corner of the above picture.

Beluga whale

And the journey begins...

We're off to Atlanta bright and early in the morning! I survived my finals and packing and Jared has everything ready for the office! Woohoo!

Interning

Yes!! I got my internship lined up for the summer. I decided to work with the Dekalb County Board of Health (click on it to see their website =)) in their children's health and safety department. I'm excited, as it sounds like they have a lot of fun and interesting things for me to do. One of the main projects I get to work on will be organizing the upcoming Safe Kids Walk This Way event. This event promotes children leading active lifestyles by walking to school while being safe at the same time. And just a fact from Safe Kids USA: Unintentional injuries are the number one killer of children and youth ages 0-17.

Gearing up 4 the summer

We've been both been very busy lately-me with school and Jared preparing the office for the summer. I think the biggest hassle for Jared has been trying to get all the licensing done. Every one in his office has to obtain a permit for every single city/suburb in the Atlanta area. That's a lot of paperwork! So he's been busy busy. A couple of weeks ago we had a party for his crew at FatCats, a bowling alley. We had so much fun! I'm so glad there are so many fun people coming with us, including close friends!

Here's a link to our apartments that we'll be staying at in Atlanta...http://www.loftsperimetercenter.com/ I tried to get some pictures but they are all copyrighted. Looks pretty sweet!

School is almost done for the semester. Yes! However, my original plans have changed. You know that saying about if you wanna hear God laugh tell him your plans? Sometimes I feel like that. I was going to "walk" this April and then be officially graduated by August. But I've now decided that this summer would just be way too busy if I tried to do my required internship along with about ten other credits. Especially since those credits would have to be online through Independent Study. And I have no plans for the fall like I thought I was going to...so I will do my internship this summer in Atlanta and then finish up in the fall. So a December graduation it is. I have applied several different places in Atlanta for an internship...still waiting to hear back. I have my fingers crossed for the Dekalb County Board of Health, maybe in their Safe Kids program.

Update on Lenny: His new thing is to stay outside most of the day and once in awhile all night. He likes to bring me home surprises...Sick! The neighbors love it though...one neighbor told me Lenny will catch a mouse and then drop it off by their dumpster. LOL

14 Nieces and Nephews!-now with pictures!

Jared and I now have 14 nieces and nephews! Welcome baby Macy Jane Day, born March 10! Macy is my sister Jackie's 4th child and I was lucky enough to visit mom and baby already. Macy came a little early but is perfectly healthy and I had the privilege to babysit Jackie's other kids while she was in the hospital. Let's just say it was interesting going from having no kids to taking care of 3 kids for a couple of days. Jackie you are an amazing woman!
Sisters!

Cooper after I did his hair
Group kiss=)

We have lots of wonderful nieces and nephews!

APX Alarm protects families!

We just learned about this story of a boy in Amarillo where the APX alarm that was installed in his home last summer (by one of the guys in Jared's office, our friend Jon. You're awesome Jon!) helped the police catch the guy that broke into his house and held the boy and his family at gun point! It only took the police 2 minutes to get there! Sweet! Go APX!
Here's a short video about it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeqhVPs46FI
And here's the full stroy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fevjj1Qmla0&feature=related

Guess where we are going this summer ;)

We found out where we are spending our summer! Here are a few clues...

1. Think southern hospitality...


2. This is the downtown skyline...



3. THis is the temple...

4. The 9th most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. with 5, 278, 904 people...



5. Location of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (just had to put that in for public health reasons :))



6. Turner baseball field...


7. "Gone with the Wind"...



8. The city was burned to the ground during the Civil War.


Any ideas??











AtLAnTA!!