100 in 1 Year

Yeah. We made it to 100 posts in just about a year. (Except for the fact that I am backdating this post!)

4 Years!

Jeff surprised me on our fourth anniversery by bringing me home some flowers. I was wondering why it took him so long to ride his bike home. I was starting to get worried but he arrived with flowers. It really surprised me because we are taking 2 vacations in August, so we had decided not to get each other anything. Too bad we keep our apartment so warm that they don't last as long as they normally would.

We celebrated with Jeff's choice of activity this year. Me picking him up from his clinical (so no bike ride), and then dinner at In-n-out Burgers and a Diamondbacks game. We would have chosen something cheaper but Jeff lucked out and was given the tickets to the game.
Here are just a few pictures of the game, and Jeff at the game. And some famous players.

At the game we were so fortunate to recieve an Arizona Diamondbacks sunshield. We now proudly display it everyday.

Wicked

We were finally able to use our tickets to Wicked. It really was a fun show. We both reccomend it. The only problem was it was the night before Jeff's last final so he was needing to study and a little more sleep the he got. I didn't really like the set up of the theater. The top level was above the top of the stage. So you are really looking down the whole time. We knew we had the cheap seats so we brought our little binoculars (the ones I got when I was little so we wouldn't borrow dad's nice pair) with us and it was a lot of fun to see their facial expressions. Made us feel a little bit closer to the stage.

Jeff didn't get the best pictures of me, but they are pictures and you can kind of see how steep the chairs were all put. We felt like we were on top of people. But it was soo much fun.
By the end I was glad that we keep our apartment so warm. Everyone else was hot and fanning themselves, and we didn't even notice!

Fourth of July

The 4th of July isn't quite as exciting in the Phoenix area as in other places. There is nothing to do until the evening when they have a couple of events and fireworks. We decided that we did not want to roast during the fireworks, and wanted to get out of the heat for a little while, so we went up to Fossil Springs. It was awesome. It took a little over 2 hours to get there, and then about a mile hike in to a really good swimming area. But it was worth every minute we spent there. We went with Devin and Marianne and enjoyed being able to swim in water that was cool. Here was one of the closer swimming holes. And a picture of all 4 of us.
Furthur up there was a large swimming area with some waterfalls and areas to jump from. Jeff and I under the waterfall. It felt great to sit there with the cool mist from the falls.
And a picture of the waterfalls. You might also notice that there was a little more vegetation than just cactus! We were there until the sun dropped below the mountain, and it actually got a little cold. But I enjoyed every moment of feeling cold. I litterally have not been cold since I was last in Utah.
The Springs were in the mountains just past the town Payson. After swimming we went and got some food and waited for the fireworks to start. The fireworks lasted a full 43 minutes. There were only a couple of false endings but the were fantastic. This was the only picture taken there and yes, we did have food in our mouths.

It was a great 4th of July, until we got back to our apartment about midnight and it was still sweltering hot.