Visitors!

A couple of weeks ago R.J. and Jen came to visit us and we had a great time. (I apologize to our previous visitors who did not make it to the blog but an update was way overdue by the time they came :) They stopped by for a couple of nights on their way back from a trip to Sedona. R.J. started the visit by trying to improve our gas fireplace so it produced some heat. After first breaking it and then messing with it for a long time he was able to fix it and make it a little better. Then we convinced Jen to take her first crack at ice skating. I couldn't believe she had never been before! It took a little arm twisting, but she reluctantly agreed to give it a try. Here are some pictures of her trying to have a good time, but she really didn't like it. (At least now you know for sure that you don't like it, right Jen?!)

R.J. and Jen had both bought new hiking shoes for their Sedona trip but since it snowed on and off the whole time they were there they never got a chance. So we went on a little hike in Prescott to make up for it. It was perfect, nice weather, good views, and I didn't even break a sweat.

We also took our regular visit to Sonic (sorry you missed out mom and dad) and Cade had his first experience with Texas Roadhouse. He loved it and I'm so excited to live in a city with lots more restaurant choices!

Thanks for visiting, we had a great time and can't wait to do it again next year!

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!