Under the sea

Our visit to the Sea Life aquarium at the Arizona Mills Mall.

Fiesta Bowl 2011

You can't ever have enough football, right? We attended our 2nd bowl game of the season, the Fiesta Bowl, Oklahoma vs. UConn. It is our opinion that the BSC rankings are messed up and whomever decides who plays who needs to figure out a new system. UConn didn't really have a chance against Oklahoma, but we were cheering for UConn anyways.



A rescued bald eagle named Challenger flew thru the stadium.

UConn marching band.

Our big project

1 year ago this is what Jr's Dads 1966 Chevy truck looked like. It had been sitting in a field in Utah exposed to all kinds of weather for years.
Total rust bucket
The final result of our 1 year project. A beautiful 1966 Chevy C-10This picture does not do the beautiful wood bed justice. It is really awesome!!!!

A little trip

This years Las Vegas bowl had Boise State playing University of Utah. They are the 2 favorite teams in this household so off to Vegas we go. Vegas had 5 straight days of rain and lucky us we leave sunny Scottsdale for rain and lots of it. Thankfully shortly before game time the rain stopped & we could watch the game without being drenched. Boise State won the game 26-3 great game for me the Boise State fan but I do wish Utah played better & made it more exciting.The night before the game there was a pep rally held on Freemont Street. The cheerleaders cheered, the bands played, the mascots made fools of themselves & the fans taunted each other. We had a great time.

We braved the rain and took a walk down the strip to the wax museum. Gotta love seeing all the famous "people". Some of them really creeped me out, they seem so real like they could reach out and grab ya or start talking to ya.
He knows how hot he is.
Jr meet Jr
On our way home we stopped at the new bridge over the Colorado River. It's was so cool to get to walk across it and look down at the Hoover Dam. On our trips to Vegas over the years we have watched the progress of building the bridge and to see it finished was great. It will make getting to Vegas so much easier by not having to fight traffic crossing the Dam. If you aren't paying attention you will drive across it and not realize that you drove 880 ft. above the river.

What a great view of the Dam.

Great reason to take a moment

The other night I took a moment to sit on the patio and enjoy the sunset. Arizona is known for amazing sunsets and I love to just sit and watch the sky change colors and think about my day. I am so grateful for the beauty around me.

Fall comes to Arizona

I love fall, it is my favorite season. Living in Arizona fall doesn't usually mean any color changing or crisp coolness. This year was different, we have had cool beautiful weather, the leaves on a few trees changed color. We have been enjoying every moment of it.

Kick off to Christmas

We attended the annual Casa Grande light parade, in my opinion this year was one of the best. It was a beautiful warm evening, didn't even need my jacket but it was easier to wear it rather than carry it around. Casa Grande has some amazing school marching bands, the kids were all lit up with Christmas lights playing Christmas music. It was a really fun evening spent with family kicking off another holiday season.