Home Alone

Pat has two of his best buddies in town.....Chris flew in from KY last weekend and attended a work training all week and Adam arrived from FL today.  They head out bright and early tomorrow morning to the White Mountains for a weekend of camping.  Which means I have the house all to myself!  Anyone care to join me in a HGTV marathon?  Pedicures are also on the agenda....

Wish me luck and pray for their safety.  Heaven knows they'll need it!

365 Days...

The first year of marriage is said to be the toughest.  I don't believe it.  Aside from moving across the country and leaving all of our friends and family behind, it hasn't been so bad.  It's actually been very healthy spending the greater part of our marriage alone.  Just the two of us.  No one else to rely on.  It can make a person incredibly grateful for being wise enough to marry their best friend.  We were lucky enough to spend our first anniversary surrounded by people we love.  We drove back to Phoenix from Lake Powell on our anniversary and had Gregg, Lindsay, Monica, Izabel, Indigo, Sophie and Sebastian staying with us.  My mom was sweet enough to let the top layer of our cake take up residence in her freezer for the last year and on my latest trip home, I carried it on the plane all the way back to Phoenix.  We were pleasantly surprised with the results.  The kids actually ate a decent amount of it.  Pat wasn't able, or allowed, to smash cake in my face per my loving mother's intense hatred of that particular tradition.  So, he took full advantage of the fact that she was 3,000 miles away on our year anniversary.

Haboob

We've been getting lots of haboobs lately. At first we thought they were monsoons, but, we were wrong. Oh Arizona, you have some big haboobs!

Lake Powell

A few weeks ago we went to Lake Powell and words cannot explain how beautiful it is. Probably one of the most majestic places I've ever been. Instead of writing about it, here are the pictures. Enjoy!

Home Improvement 2

We are lucky enough to have very generous family members who have donated/loaned/given various pieces of furniture to help us in our first home. However, I love to re-do whenever possible! Case in point:

It's Only Been a Month.....

....since I last posted. I know I say that every time. But, I've made a deal with the blogging gods to try to be better about posting more frequently. If I don't, they get my soul. Here is another picture board I put together on Photoshop, my new best (worst) friend. We were able to hang out with two of the Wells' boys and their significant others at La Jolla beach.