Lake Pleasant & Dreaming of Home Projects

I never realized how close we lived to Lake Pleasant. Amy and I met up with some friends on Saturday to hang out at the lake. We definitely were unprepared. I only had a towel and some clothes with me. All our friends showed up with coolers, food, drinks, camping chairs, towels, sunscreen, and you [...]

Cupcake Date

Amy and I had a cupcake date last night. YUMM.. This “Ooey Gooey” cupcake by Tammie Coe is so special. The frosting is so thick & cold – delicious! This cannot be eaten without making facial expressions. We have decided that this was our last cupcake date until we reach our weight goal. Tyler’s been losing weight…rapidly. He [...]

The Boogeyman

I’m thinking about getting a security alarm installed in our new house. I’m always waking up in the middle of the night thinking that there’s a boogeyman in the room ready to attack me. I always make Tyler get out of bed to check the entire place to make sure the boogeyman doesn’t exist. The same exact [...]

The Quiet Murmur of the City

Friday night we went to South Mountain to watch the sunset and it was gorgeous being able to see Phoenix all at once. While on top of the mountain, I wondered how many people… won the lottery? got married? just gave birth? died peacefully? etc… Tyler got on his knees and did a fake proposal. Who ever does that!? I tried [...]

On Our Way to Homeowners!

The Backyard We got the house!!!! Yesterday I received an e-mail from my Grandma and I was in the middle of typing an e-mail back to her explaining about our house search and I saw I had an e-mail from my Mom saying we got the house!! BUT of course there was something else. Our realtor told us [...]