1 Year Anniversary - Scottsdale

Blake and I spent the long weekend in Scottsdale, Arizona

celebrating our 1 year anniversary

(a few months late)!

We stayed at The Phoenician Resort

and LOVED it

We were coming back in from a walk

so I had to stop and take a picture

(so touristy, I know)

They had a water slide

that we really enjoyed

(along with all the children, ha!)

Our view from the pool,

gorgeous

If you look real close

there's BEG in the bottom center

The hotel left us champagne in our room

for our anniversary

And we got some free chocolate covered strawberries

from the room service guy in the hall on the way back to our room

(the people who ordered them cancelled the order!)

We set out on a walking adventure Friday

that was only suppose to be 3 miles

but instead ending up being about 5.5

but we stumbled upon Old Town Scottsdale

And finally made it to our destination....

What do they serve you might ask??

Well we ordered

fried chicken,

waffles,

grits,

fried okra,

and mac n cheese!

Ha,

good thing we walked!!!

He was SO excited for this meal =)

A little stroll through the cactus garden

at the resort

On Saturday

we decided to hike the Camelback mountain

seen in this picture

Doesn't look to bad

but it was hard work!!!

But worth the beautiful panoramic view of the city/cities

That's the resort in the bottom left

Saturday night

we decided to head to supper to

celebrate the anniversary

Blake loves Entourage

and they eat at Mastro's often so ......

We thought we would give it a go

and it was superb!

And on the way out of town

we couldn't pass this up......

We attempted to stop when we arrived

but Phoenix is 2 hours behind Lubbock

and it was only 9:15am Phoenix time when we landed

and they don't open till 10:30.

So we stopped by on the way back to the airport

and it hit the spot!!

We have had a blast these last 12 months

but have had A LOT of transitions to say the least!

We've lived in 4 different cities, 2 different houses,

2 different hotel rooms, I switched jobs,

Blake quit work and went back to school full time

to name a few things that have changed in the last 365 days!!!

Our trip was a nice break from the work/school grind

that is now our life

and it was refreshing to get away

and really enjoy being together without

"life" getting in the way!

To many more years together......

CMG