A Few Pictures from Our Trip to AZ

     I forgot how busy life is when I'm in school and working. Whew! So blog posts may be a little less often... Oh well! 

     Anyway, here are a few pictures from our trip to Arizona. None of these are from the actual reception, but I will get those up soon hopefully!

Snuggling with my girl after the reception. She was inconsolable, and only wanted me to snuggle her. Please excuse the creepy red eye I have going on.

The plane ride on the way home. So tired!

Apparently there was lots of tiredness going on...

On the way to Arizona - why is the trip to a vacation so much more fun than the trip home?

My handsome, blurry boys on the way to the wedding. Nathan sure looks like his daddy!

     We were so glad to be able to go to the wedding and to spend some time with family! Luckily our kids have mostly gotten back on their schedules. Thank goodness!

Love,

Back to Real Life

     We got back from my brother's wedding last night around 9 pm. It was great to see family, and especially to be present for the marriage. I have lots of pictures to post, but I will get to those later this week. Right now we are trying to help our kids get back on a schedule because they definitely didn't get enough sleep while we were gone!

     Hopefully getting them back on a schedule will curb Ellie's screaming. To be honest, I'm really quite sick of it. Yesterday, on the way home, we stopped at a grocery store to pick up a few things before we really got on the road (this was after a plane ride, so of course Ellie was exhausted) and Ellie screamed for a sucker the entire time. Oh man, that girl tries my patience sometimes. It's a good thing she's cute and that I love her so much!

     More about the wedding later.

Love,

Things We Learned: Week 1

We've been married a little over a month now, and we thought we'd share a few random things we've learned with you:

1. The prayers of faithful blog followers can change the weather forecast. (Rain was predicted for both receptions, but we ended up having perfect weather for each)
2. You really can fit all your wedding presents in the back seat of a 4-door sedan.
3. Though you can drive right over a pigeon without any damage to bird or car by strategic positioning of the wheels, the best option for a 4x4 foot tumbleweed???
• Driver: grip steering wheel tightly, hit the gas and hope for the best.
• Passenger: put hands straight out in front of you as if trying to stop it with the force.
4. Remember to strategically place gifts in the car and DON'T open the back doors. (Sam's Macbook fell out - the first true test of our marriage. Don't worry, he was very forgiving.)
5. When examining seashells, don't stand too close to the water. And make sure your phone is securely in your pocket before trying to escape a second wave.
6. Denny's bacon is better than the sausage. And you gotta hate good waitresses... cause then you have to tip them.
7. The Hollywood sign is smaller than it looks on T.V.
8. All seafood tastes better when fried.
9. Fruit stands are better than gas stations for snacks... in CA they give out free samples - even when you abuse the privilege.
10. The destination is more enjoyable when you take the time to enjoy the journey.