Arizona

Dear Capital Grille, you were lovely. I truly enjoyed our date at Phoenix Moms Night Out! You were yummy and delightful. When sweet Valerie politely declined the usual appetizers, the chef surprised us with a delightful appetizer that she could enjoy. We celebrated...

  When we moved here {almost two years ago} quite a few friends came with us ~ Matt and Liz, Justin and Micah, Dave and Melissa, Curtis and Erin... One by one, they have returned to the promised land {Texas}. I miss them. There are a few left {We love you Truett,...

There is a bunny in my front yard! My nephew is here to play! There are purple trees everywhere! They are dropping their pretty flowers, so there are carpets of purple everywhere! I still have so much to tell you about our awesome trip to California on Mother's Day...

  I signed up for Bloggy Boot Camp. For those of you that know me, that was probably not a HUGE surprise that I would be willing to go be in a room with happy strangers who liked to blog.... But I have a secret. Since our move to AZ, two years ago, I have rarely...

  Have I ever told you about Cosanti? Paolo Soleri was a student of Frank Lloyd Wright. He is Italian and spent 1 1/2 years at Taliesin East and West. He was commissioned to build a ceramics factory in Italy and became passionate about ceramics. He settled here in...

    It was his first time in Scottsdale... I L-O-V-E when people come... I get to revisit all my favorite places. There is a beautiful, F-R-E-E, sculpture garden at the corner of FLW and Scottsdale Road. We took a walk. It was a wonderful time to talk and reflect...

For as long as I can remember, the answer to 'are we there yet' was 'Do you see the pink cow on the side of the road saying "this away, this away"?' It made me laugh... So while J, N, mom and I were waiting for my bro and dad to drive in from Texas, they decided to...

  Mom came back to Scottsdale with me after my trip to Corpus, so that I didn't have to travel alone. B found the most amazing place to eat and sent my mom and me for lunch...   Arcadia Farms... Good food, good conversation... I find that when I really let my guard...

  One of my very favorite blogs, Decor8, had the most beautiful suggestion a few weeks ago... 'Always notice what others overlook'. We went to Northsight Park that evening and I tried to really capture those moments that I am sometimes too busy or distracted to...

I always try to work a few extra hours in the evenings after the kids are in bed so that I can go to field trips and be THAT mom. The cupcake baking, fund-raiser organizing and field trip mom. Last week, I went on Julia's field trip to the Lost Dog Trail here in town....