Caribbean food, a wonderful surprise, and a new toy!

i had a GREAT birthday yesterday! After work, Michael and my parents and i went to Mojito in Santa Clarita. It's a Caribbean/Cuban fine dining restaurant and the food is excellent. You can check out their menu here. After we ate we headed back to our apartment, and i was pleasantly surprised by my sister's family who came with homemade cards, gifts, and a yummy mango cake!

Then there was more!

i've always enjoyed photography a lot. i've never taken a photo class and don't really know anything about apertures, F stops, shutter speeds, blah blah, but i've always wanted to learn. i decided a few weeks back that i wanted to get a DSLR to play around with. My dad has a Nikon D-whatever with like 5 different lenses or something, and i wasn't looking for anything that intense, just a good quality camera to learn on. Well, my wish was granted yesterday. Michael with the help of my dad researched and got me a Canon EOS Rebel XSi with an additional telephoto lens. i was sooooo excited! i'm looking forward to learning and playing around with it.

i am so thankful for God's many blessings.