random road trips

Yesterday while hiking Telegraph Pass, midway up the trickiest part of the hike, I blurted out, "Let's go on a road trip today". An interesting fact about Wes and I is that we have an uncanny ability to hop in the car and go on, shall we say, "random road trips". The kind of trips where you don't necessarily have a planned destination, you lack any form of an itinerary, and you simply go where the wind blows you (or rather, where the car drives you).


So, after a great morning of calf-killing hiking (leg calves, not to be confused with baby cows), we literally jumped in the car and drove north on highway 95. Thankfully, we ended up in Lake Havasu City, a great little touristy town, located perfectly on Lake Havasu. We enjoyed a day of exploring, swimming in the lake, and laying out in the good ol' sunshine. I am so thankful I have a husband who is just as spontaneous as I am.

the real london bridge

lake havasu

swimming

view from the towel. life is rough.

just another az sunset

FUNNIEST STORY OF THE DAY: for all of you who made it to the bottom, this is by far the best part. on our way home, we stopped at a mexican restaurant in a little podunk town. as you can tell from the video below, here are some of the locals at their best. awesome

date nights

Wes and I are pretty cheap people. So, this Friday night, when the temperatures started to kick it up a notch (into the 100's), we just couldn't bring our cheap selves into turning on the air conditioning (despite the fact that the thermostat claimed that the indoor temp was a whoppin' 92). I decided to use the opportunity to be cheesy and have a cute little movie night date in the backyard. As the evening went on, the temp outside dropped much lower than the temps inside our oven (I mean home) and we enjoyed sleeping outside in the 70-something degree weather.

here are a few pictures of cute little date night. awwwww......

taco fest

you know you live in yuma when you have an annual taco fest. if any of you know us, you know that we love visiting taco trucks. how perfect that all the local taco trucks came together for us to enjoy their deliciousness!

mariachi wes

we ran into our old neighbor carl 

taco fest delicousness

arlene (wes' grandma) decided to show up at the taco fest 

(ok, this isn't arlene, but this woman is her spitting image!)

lessons learned

a few weeks back Wes and I went to the fair. We learned a lesson.....until we have cute children to entertain and take cute photos of on the little kiddie rides, the fair is frankly a big waste of money. We spent $18 to ride two rides, not to mention the additional money to buy the corn dogs. Lesson learned!

house project #1

Holy moly, a lot has happened since my last post 19 days ago.

Well....let's see, since then we've bought a house, had a great visit from the in-laws and the Wrights, and managed to keep ourselves plenty busy moving into our new house during my Spring Break week.

Since our house is "so cute yet so small" our first home project (and the consumption of my Spring Break) was to build an attic space in the garage. Ironically, building in the Desert Southwest during Spring Break is nothing new to Wes and I, as we've been building houses down here in Mexico since we were little immature teenagers.We always joke it's where we first fell in love. Awwwww.

So friends, here's how you build an attic.

Step 1: Go to Home Depot to buy materials (only to realize that this store will soon be your second home over Spring Break)

Step #2: Build and work late into the evening (hoping and praying that you are not pissing off your new neighbors)

Step #3: Tada!

On another note, we are loving our new house and feeling so blessed. We already LOVE our neighbors. Our goofy next door neighbor, Simon, who always managed to forget our names, has given us new nicknames, Julio & Spuds (I am Spuds after the Budweiser dog, Spuds McKenzie, and I have no idea why Wes is Julio). Yesterday, as we were spending our Easter Sunday installing the insulation in the 92 degree weather and sweating our buns off, Simon came over and said, "Hey Julio and Spuds! Why don't you two stop for awhile and come join us for Easter." We spent the rest of the evening forgetting about the work that needed to be done, filling our stomachs with deliciousness, and simply cherishing the joy of living next to great people. Oh, and did I mention that these great neighbors have two young toddlers. YES! Anyone who knows me, knows what good news this is.

P.S. Oregon friends, please come visit us. We can't wait to have visitors! Thanks to Wally, Melinda and the whole Wright gang for your visit. It means the world to us!