SF Trip!

Who doesn't love flying shrimp and an onion volcano! In case you think I have lost it... I'm talking about Benihana's! My BFF, Lena, LOVES this restaurant! She has gone almost every year for her birthday. This year she had an extra special celebration of her birthday with a group of 10 of us there to partake in the fun if teppanyaki! It was so nice to be in SF to celebrate Lena's birthday. We all had a great time.

The next night, we were off to another birthday celebration for my Nana. My Nana and Pappie are my "adopted" grandparents. I grew up across the street from them and they are a very important part of my life. Saturday was a milestone birthday for Nana- her 80th! And to make it even more special, family and friends had flown in from all over the WORLD to be there to celebrate with her. Her daughter, Lisa, and her granddaughter  Lisette, and her boyfriend had flown all the way from Australia to be there. It was also Lisette's 30th birthday and so we were celebrating 110 years of birthdays!

It was so much fun with delicious food from Kingfish, dancing, and most importantly catching up and spending time with some very special people.

2nd Anniversary Getaway!

Greg and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary on March 5th. We had planned to go to Sedona, like we did last year, to celebrate. Unfortunately, I came down with a yucky virus and so we had to postpone our trip. Last weekend, the beginning of my Spring Break, we headed up to Sedona for a much need relaxing weekend!

We headed up Friday afternoon. Driving up the I-17 always reminds me of the MANY trips I took to Flagstaff when Greg was at NAU. We headed to The Enchantment for their beautiful view and yummy cocktails! After the sunset, a few pictures and some appetizers, we went back into town for dinner at Oak Creek Brewery, home of Greg's fav beer- Nut Brown Ale.

Saturday, we headed out to explore some of the wineries in Northern Arizona. We started in Jerome. What a fun little town! It is perched up on a mountain, overlooking the Verde Valley. We braved the wind and had tastings at Bitter Creek Winery and Caduceus. We really enjoyed Bitter Creek's, Cat's Meow, and decided to take home a bottle for our very empty wine fridge. Check out this sprawling view from the Bitter Creek tasting room!

We headed down to Cottonwood, for 3 more tasting rooms. We LOVED the quaint little main street the tasting rooms were on. We picked up some delicious olive oil from Verde Valley Olive Oil Traders.   After a tasting at Pillsbury, we got a bottle of the 2010 Diva. We really enjoyed Burning Tree and grabbed a bottle of the 2011 Mirror... We also LOVED 2011 Poet but we were trying to control our wine purchases :) Our FAVORITE tasting of all was Arizona Stronghold. We took home a bottle of the Lozen and the Pick 3. We loved the wine SO much that we ended up doing a membership, so we get to enjoy their wine throughout the year. Plus going and picking up our wine will give us an excuse to bring friends and take advantage of our 12 tastings a year... Who wants to go!?! We finished our Northern AZ wine country tour with Page Springs in Cornville. They have a great tasting room and deck that we had been to on our last anniversary with some friends. This year, we did a tasting, relaxed and had some truffle potato chips and bruschetta for lunch. We had so much fun!


We finished our amazing day with a delicious dinner at Elote in Sedona. Yes, the wait was long but SO worth it! Sunday morning we had a couple's massage, lunch, and then headed back to Phoenix. The weekend was really perfect... so relaxing and it was great to get away with just the Hubs and I.

I'm Back!

After a LONG, LONG hiatus, I'm back to try this blogging thing. My husband and I just celebrated our 2nd anniversary and it got me thinking about how I had wanted to start a blog when we got engaged.... way back in 2009! So with a little motivation from my fabulous friend Mande at All you Need Is Love, I decided to try and get back into the blogging world. My goal is to create a "scrapbook" on our blog that will chronicle what is going on in our lives. I hope down the road this will be something fun to look back at and reminisce about our journey together.