Who Needs a Locksmith?!

Last week the manager at the Jackson Hewitt Flagstaff office called and said she needed something out of their electronic safe. Cade gave her the code and told her how to open it. She spent all day trying to get it open, with many phone calls to Cade, but couldn't ever get it. So eventually Cade had to spend his Friday night driving to Flagstaff. As it turned out the safe was actually broken and Cade decided he would try to break into it to get the stuff out of it. It was quite a sight seeing him in his home-made protective gear. And with the help of a few power tools he did make it inside and there was only a thin layer of white powder ALL over the garage.

Happy Birthday Dad!

I am bummed that I didn't get to see my dad for his birthday this year and that I missed his birthday dinner party with everyone. But a couple of weeks ago my parents and Ashley came to visit me and we made him open one of his presents early. It was the Mario Brothers game for the Wii and we wanted to play it! So I decided to share these pictures of him so I could feel a part of his birthday. You're welcome dad.

Here he is a little annoyed that he has to open a present early, and that his picture is being taken

But here he is excited with the results

I hope you have a great birthday dad!

Happy Birthday to Me

Cade and I went to Mesa to see my sister who just returned from her mission and we also celebrated my birthday. I had a great time taking advantage of all the free things businesses give out on birthdays. I started out by eating a free lunch and dessert at Joe's Real Barbeque, it was delicious. Next we went to Danny's Family Car Wash and I received a much needed car wash for free and they even vacuumed and washed the inside of the windows! For dinner my mom took Carol Ann, Jen, Ashley, and I to eat at MiAmigos. It was especially great because the waiter guessed that I was only 21. Thanks to Ashley the restaurant sang to me and made me wear their sombrero. I think she really just did it to eat my free dessert. After that we had a good time shopping and topped the night off with free Krispy Kreme doughnuts. It was a great birthday and I can't wait to try out some other freebies on Cade's birthday!

P.S. I know this post is very delayed but I wanted to add a picture from a phone.

Welcome to Prescott!

We've lived in Prescott for over a month now and are really enjoying it. I'd say that about 80% of that joy comes from living in an actual house, but hey whatever it takes. (No, we haven't bought a house yet but we are working on it.) Overall it seems like a nice city and we moved into a great ward. Cade says he prefers still Flagstaff but what he really means is that he misses the hunting around Flagstaff. I'm sure once he has time to scout out the hunting near here he'll be just as happy. Here are the things I have figured out about Prescott so far.

Things I like:
1. Living in a house, thanks to there being affordable housing
2. Lots of restaurant choices - There's even a Fuddrucker's which is one of Cade's favorites
3. Big stores - There's a Hobby Lobby close by!
4. The only freestanding rehab hospital in central or northern Arizona that I would love to work at is here
5. Friendly people
6. More cowboys than liberals
7. They even get snow - Its not the same as the 5 feet Flagstaff got on the same day but its something

Things I don't like:
1. The way the streets are laid out you have to drive through a bunch of neighborhoods going 25 mph to get anywhere
2. The Dairy Queen that I went to at 8:25 on a Saturday night which was already closed!
3. Many of the streets do not have sidewalks. Doing a comparison of two streets that are a block away from each other I decided that streets with sidewalks look so much more complete and less deserty. What do you think?

We love to have company, come visit!

Farewell Flagstaff!

Hip hip hooray, the glorious day has finally come! On January 1st we moved out of Flagstaff. I've been waiting for this day since the day I arrived for my freshman year of college over 7 years ago. In a way it is bittersweet. Since moving to Flagstaff I did live on my own for the first time, got a bachelor's and master's degree, got my first car, and got married. I also had some good times with great friends. However, Cade and I are the last of all of our firends, both from our single and married days, to leave town. So it's about time if you ask me.

In no particular order, here are some things I will NOT miss about Flagstaff:
1. Traffic on Milton 12 hours a day everyday.
2. The ever present smell of Purina dog food on the east side of town.
3. The city ordinance preventing large stores (so instead all the people from Flag, surrounding towns, and the rez get to PACK into the one Wal-Mart that isn't even a Super Wal-Mart!).
4. Dog worshipping granolas who smoke and then preach about global warming.
5. NAU robbing me of every dime I get but still not offering classes I want.
6. No free t.v. stations.
7. Scraping the frost off the car in below freezing temperatures.
8. Living in apartments.

Things I will miss about Flagstaff:
1. The snow (I'm not kidding, we both really do like the snow, especially when it snows enough to cancel classes).
2. Hmmm. . . I can't really think of anything else.

Here are some random pictures of good times. They aren't all my favorites but I only have selected pictures on my computer from back in the day before I had a digital camera.

I won't say what's going on here, but Cynthia, Jessica, and I are on a special mission.

Cynthia and Jessica checking out Williams, Az.

My roommates.

Barbeque at Lake Ashurst with Chariy, Blessing, Michael, me, and Cynthia.

Cade and I at Lake Mead.

Adrianna, me, and Katie at graduation!!

Cade and I at the Grand Canyon.