Hyva Syntymapaiva! (excluding the A's double dots:)

Today I turned 24 and could not have asked for a better day! Started off as nothing special:  bought a phone card, ate some meals, picked up some keys...the usual.  Then when Shaun and I went into a restaurant called "Texas" in downtown Helsinki for dinner I knew something was up.  Greeted by church members, we ate good ol' fashion Tex-mex, the best that Finland could offer:)  After dinner we gathered in a park t0 sing Happy-B Day. My cake was in the form of an ice cream cone with one flickering candle representing my beloved days.  Presents?  Yep, and all of them, except for a wooden block game, pertained to "how to speak finnish!"  I've been obsessed with learning the Finnish language since arrival and they all caught wind of that:) 

If you are wondering about the picture, that's me studying none other than Finnish.  I know my numbers from one to a million and I hope ya'll keep me on my toes, quizzing me every now and again!  Honestly, I have so much say, but it is late and I need to get up early to take care of finnish-speaking children for six hours tomorrow!  I hope my excitement can counter the language barrier:) hyva paiva!