Blogging on my phone

I'm blogging on my new iPhone! Here are some pictures I took on the phone and what we have been up to lately. 

Laying by the pool. 70 degrees. 

New restaurant called Tom's Thumb Fresh Market. It is inside a classy full service gas station in classy Scottsdale. The Mac n Cheese in a skillet and James' pulled pork burger with sweet potato fries was delish! 

Then we went to the Scottsdale Arabian horse show. It was fun to see the horse competitions. If only my allergies didn't get the best of me! 

We hosted family home evening at our place. Such cute kiddos! 

I found my favorite childhood valentines book! It's called Valentine Foxes by Clyde Watson. 

James and I love going to Paradise Bakery Cafe! 

I went to my good friend Jessica's baby shower! She is part of our medical school wives group. 

We had a lovely dinner hosted by our friend Ayda who is in James' class. She made delicious food including a Persian roulette (roll cake). Our Persian neighbor Parisa also joined us! Oh and it was windy outside so Ayda lit her fireplace for us! 

We were able to watch the Gilbert temple dedication. It was wonderful. 

James started a new rotation--urgent care in downtown Phoenix. So far he likes it! 

I was able to visit my dear coworker Sue to see her month old baby Arbela! So sweet. 

James made me breakfast in bed! Sweetie hubby. 

We went to a spring training baseball game! I was "rooting" for the Texas rangers even though the Dodgers were the home team. It was a neat experience and James found an autographed baseball under his seat! What are the chances? 

After the game we went to Grimaldis pizza for the first time...seriously.so.good. 

The next day was a beautiful day to go to the temple. We went to Mesa and it was less crowded on a Saturday morning because the Gilbert temple just opened! We will have to go sometime soon. 

After the temple we went to Costa Vida for lunch. This was my first time experiencing the food and I really liked it! 

We explored Barnes and Noble and found a treasured childhood book of mine (on the right) and James also loved the book (on the left). 

We headed to Rex's 2nd birthday party! The theme was trucks! So cute. We love that little man. We miss him and Than and Ixchel. Thanks for a great party! 

He loved the t-ball set we gave him! 

We love having iPhones. We have had a great few weeks! Until next time! 

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Valentines Week 2014

**Please excuse the use of Google Images for this post. I want to document everything and didn't take enough of my own pictures!**

February 7th 2014

Glendale Chocolate Affaire with the Earls.

Brad & Julianna are our new-found friends! Together we explored downtown Glendale and tasted chocolate dipped pretzels & rice krispy treats. Because we live in AZ where the weather is exactly the same as it is in December, the Valentines Lights were exactly like the Christmas Lights when we visited for Glendale Glitters. There were not enough free chocolate samples for us, so we left and made homemade pizookies at the Earl's apartment and watched the opening ceremony of the 2014 Olympics. We shared a lot of laughs and had a lot of fun--we're so glad we can make new memories with new friends!

February 9th 2014

Sunday Dinner with the Becksteads.

We have always loved Sam & Emma. This was our first time hanging out one-on-one with them and we have no idea what took us so long! We had a blast. James and I made Nana's Spaghetti, so in no way does this generic google image portray her amazing recipe, but we did have salad & garlic bread so this is a visual reminder that we ate that. Emma made these delicious brownies topped with powdered sugar--mmm (also not a real picture). After dinner we played Deer in the Headlights. We love this game. As you may remember, this is the game that I bought James for Christmas that I found randomly at TJ Maxx. We introduced it to the Jacksons the week before, they loved it, and the Becksteads also loved it. I think everyone in the world should own this game. Thanks guys for a fun night!

February 14th 2014

Valentines Day with James

This year it was very fitting that James was working his cardiology rotation in downtown Phoenix. How many people get to say they worked on hearts on Valentine's Day? Well I guess cardiologists do that's who! It was not so fitting when his preceptor had him work late and his romantic surprise plans had to be canceled at the last minute. I quickly made chicken enchiladas for us and we watched a chick flick (The Vow) together. He still surprised me with gorgeous pink roses the day before and bought me a mini skillet to bake homemade pizookies! Yes we had pizookies for dessert. Again. It was still a great Valentine's Day. He says he will save his surprise dinner reservations for another romantic evening in the future. What a sweetie. Our gifts to each other are our iPhones coming to us on Tuesday. Hooray! He ordered the iPhone 5s in space gray and I ordered the iPhone 5c in pink. For James I made a list of 101 Reasons Why I Love You and gave that to him. The next day he surprised me with chocolates that spelled out "I ♥ You." Not our typical Valentine's Day but that's what happens when you're hubby's in medical school! Love you sweetheart!

Oh and the day before Valentines Day I made these delicious sugar cookie bars. They are the exact same consistency as sugar cookies, but instead of rolling out the dough laboriously you just spread the dough in a pan! So easy and SO addicting. Here is the recipe. You're welcome.

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