Arizona Creatures

Living in Arizona has given me the chance to have new experiences. One of them I'm not particularly fond of are some of the "creatures' living in my backyard. While Rabi, the baby rabbit Amanda kept as a pet for several weeks was darling, I'm not so sure about the Rattle Snakes. We found three in our yard in one week. We also see lizards on a daily basis, but found this one with a blue stomach especially interesting. One impressive side note is that every time we find one of these "things" as I call them, Dave actually knows their actual name and something about them. He's a smartie and the kids have all learned to be interested in them as well. In particular, Amanda has a special bond with all animals, especially her horses.

Mederios Family Visit

We are always wanting our friends and family to come visit and we had our fair share in April. After my mom and dad left, Julie and Chad and their kids came down for their spring break. We had a great time with them here and enjoyed taking them to our favorite restaurants and even trying a few new places.

Ryan and I both have some of our favorite places that we like to take company to. Tia Rosa's is a great Mexican place (love the fish tacos) in Mesa and LGO (Le Grande Orange) is the first place Ryan ever took me when I came down to meet Dave for the first time. LGO is like a bakery, gift store, deli, yuppie place all rolled into one. They have to die for red velvet cake (6 layers alternating with cream cheese frosting) and a gelato place next door. I introduced Julie to Sprinkles cupcakes...Red Velvet rocks. Can you see a trend with the red velvet and eating? :) We also went to Canal in Old Town Scottsdale.

Since it was the kid's spring break we did enjoy a few other activities other than eating. The kids loved our pool and we used our fire pit for possibly the third time and roasted marshmallows. Sarah seemed to be really excited about those. I also went to our Children's Museum with everyone. That was quite interesting, although it made me realize how much I've forgotten. Sarah knowing more about a black hole than me means that either she's really smart, just had a lesson on that in school or I am not as a smart as a 5th (or even 2nd) grader. I was pleasantly surprised and had a good time.

Green Day

Fountain Hills is famous for for having the worlds tallest man made Fountain. It is made with airplane motors that sphew the water up. It shoots up over 330 feet every hour. Every St Patty's day, they dye the water so that the fountain is green. I've heard about it from Dave, but hadn't actually seen it yet, so we went down to see it with our own eyes. Yes, it really is green, although appears greener from a distance. I'm not sure why this is the one holiday each year they change the color since we aren't an Irish town, but it's fun nonetheless.

This Blogger is Back!

After taking a hiatus and having no good excuse for it, I'm getting back into the blogging world. If anyone is still out there, hopefully I'll be better for the next half of the year. The year started out uneventful (don't they all after the holidays?) :), but as expected, has gotten busier and busier. Stay tune for my posts.

Birthday Wishes

I'm sending out a shout out to Chase and Dave who just (sorta) celebrated birthday's! Parties aren't what they used to be, but we had a good time. We celebrated Chase's b-day early during our Super Bowl party and than Dave took him and Amanda to dinner at Water's Edge, while I was in Hawaii. They had a good time and Chase is now officially an adult (18).

Dave's birthday was on April Fool's Day. I met him at his office with cupcakes (no, I didn't make them) for his co-workers and took him to lunch. Unlike me, Dave does not enjoy going out to dinner, so since it was his birthday, I decided to do what he wants and that was to make him dinner. I guess I learn new things about him all the time because when I asked him to cook his favorite thing, he wanted chicken tacos. Now, I know his fav food is Mexican, but we have been married over 1 1/2 yrs and I have NEVER made chicken tacos. Dave, you have to let me know these things!!! :) Anyways, I slaved over the stove (not doing that again for a while) and made tacos, spanish rice, cornbread, dips and his favorite white w/ sprinkles birthday cake. We had Chase and Amanda and our good friends Joe and Kristen over. My parents came into town the next day, along w/ Judy and Christen and Ryan and Jodie and we all went to Water's Edge again.