Monday, January 25, 2010

Our 1st year anniversary

I can't believe it's been a year since we got married in St. Thomas. Boy, do we miss being in a tropical climate enjoying some R&R. It's been a great year and looking forward to many, many more! Happy Anniversary Babe!!!!

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

12 of 12 FIVE: January 2010

I missed doing 12 of 12 the last two months. It's a new year and the final one for Chad Darnell's concept as he's putting it to bed. So, my goal will be to complete every month for 2010. Click here to check out this fun concept thought up by Chad Darnell. On to my day....

7:45am - Me driving to work on the 101.

7:50am - This is the Henkel building that people think is a real eye sore as it looks nothing like the other Arizona buildings. I understand it's a German company that acquired Dial Corp. and think it's interesting that they brought a little German architect to the AZ desert.

8:00am - The tents are going up along the 101 in preparation for the Russo and Steele car auction. It's an annual event for car lovers.


8:05am - The beautiful McDowell Mountains.



11:00am - My hubby as we head into AJ's for our ice tea fix.



4:30pm - My workout partner...the elliptial machine. I sprained my MCL and PCL in my knee last month putting Christmas garland up in the house by stepping off the ladder the wrong way so I haven't been able to go to Boot Camp, which sucks! Hopefully a few more weeks and I can get back out there with the Boot Camp Chicks for some early morning workouts.



5:15pm - Post workout and looking all red in the face. Today I felt the best working on the elliptical and knee wasn't that sore tonight. Progress!



5:20 pm - The weather for the week. Lucky us when so much of the US is being hit with freezing temps. This is why we live in Arizona.



5:45pm - Christmas all packed up. It's been packed up for a few weeks now but we just haven't made it to the storage unit yet. This weekend for sure.



6:15pm - Doing a little farming on Facebook.



7 ish - Watching the new season of Biggest Loser.



8:30pm - Checking out my home page on Facebook.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Stehower 2009 Christmas

We always get together for Christmas with my mom's side of the family. It's really the one time of year that we all get to see each other as we are all so busy throughout the year. It was great hanging out with the Stehower clan at my Uncle Tom and Aunt Mary's new home in New River, AZ!
Miss Sophia with her new ornament.

Cousin Adam and my brother Dan.


My sister-in-law Linda and brother Dave.


Aunt Donna, Adam and Uncle Jeff (my mom's brother).


My cousin Caitlin.


My beautiful cousins Jenny and Caitlin.



Sophia with one of her presents. It was a cute singing dog.

Shane getting a tool set. Now it's time to help dad!


My Grandma Anne with my Mom, Aunt Mary, Uncle Tom, Uncle Jeff and Aunt Donna.


The grandkids with Grandma Anne and Mart.


The great Grandkids, Sophia and Shane.


Grandma Debbie with Sophia and Shane.

Christmas 2009

A few shots from Christmas...

This is our new ornament we bought in WDM to celebrate our wedding year.


Our tree. I love my star that I purchased in Cabo San Lucas.


Christmas day at my brothers house. Brycen and Shane goofing off.
My mom gave Joe a leg lamp that is a replica from the move A Christmas Story. It was a perfect gift.

My mom and her grankids. We were so happy to have Caitlyn and Piper home for Christmas!!!

Sunday, January 10, 2010

An orange creamsicle sky

The sky was amazing tonight at the start of dusk. We had this orange creamsicle display in some clouds outside our apartment. It was so pretty that I had to get a few shots.





Thanksgiving in Iowa

So, I've got a few post to catch up on...here we go.

We got to spend some time with the Cavanaugh clan in West Des Moines, IA for Thanksgiving and had a great time!!! We saw New Moon opening night, saw the Blindside, shopped at our favorite grocery store, HyVee and visited the local gym where I tried a Spin class for the first time. Between Spin class and my father-in-laws stairs my legs were like jello all week! Here's a few photos from our time in WDM.

11/19/09
Loren, Kaye, Kate and I in front of Bella's truck at the New Moon premiere. We saw the midnight showing and I did find it a bit difficult to stay awake because the movie theatre was warm and we'd been up for just about 24 hours.


I love the Chipmunks. My favorite is Theodore. The cute lifesize posters were in the theatre lobby. I could resist snapping their photo.

11/20/09
The amazing cookies at HyVee.

My hubby waiting at Maid Rite for our sandwiches.



Maid Rite sign...they have unbelievable loose meat sandwiches. I'm wishing we had them here in Phoenix.


Yummy time!


Thanksgiving football with John, Nelson, Murphy and Gabby. It was very cold out so there wasn't alot of time spent outside.


My hubby throwing the football.
John tackling Murphy...they had fun despite the cold temps.

More football

11/27/09
Major shopping day!
Here's Miss Murphy sipping a hot chocolate sample from Godiva Chocolate.


Uncle Joe and Murphy at Jordan Creek mall.

Me and Miss Murphy.


Uncle Joe and Nelson


Nelson attempting the upside down smile.