Eric's Visit

Last weekend, Eric came for his second trip to Arizona. This one was a little cooler than the last! He landed Thursday, and we went straight to Pita Jungle, one of my faves, for dinner. Friday called for a trip to Grand Canyon...BRRRR! The high was only 39! I'm not used to that here in the desert. It's such a beautiful drive up through the countryside. We had perfect timing because Northern Arizona got over 20 inches of snow last night! Saturday we went to the Tempe Arts Festival and then watched football. GO JACKETS!!! Eric was good about being supportive as painful as I'm sure it was for him :) It was a short trip, but it's always fun to get to spend time together. Thank you for coming Eric!

Our Trip Across the Pond!

This year, we decided to go to the UK for Thanksgiving. Well, more like we were given the amazing opportunity to have an international vacation! Some of our friends from Steven's company have moved over there, and we were able to go over and visit. We had a wonderful time and got see to a good bit of England.

We landed on Wednesday at 2pm and spent the afternoon in London. That night, we took a train up to Norwich, where Christoph and Becca live. Steven worked with Christoph in Atlanta and St. Louis, and Becca is Christoph's amazing girlfriend. Becca and I had so much fun while the boys were talking business. Thursday, Becca and I went back into London for the day. We went to Covent Garden, Oxford Street, and then had Thanksgiving dinner. We even got to watch American football on Thanksgiving! Becca and I had a great time shopping on Oxford Street. We tried on about 500 pairs of shoes between the two of us! So much fun! After Thanksgiving, we stayed up and talked for a while before calling it a day. The next morning we took a train up to Birmingham where we spent the rest of the weekend. We went out in downtown Birmingham on Friday night to the Pitcher and Piano. Saturday was the big rally for the Eurpoean division of Steven's company. Christoph got promoted to Regional Consultant. He's kind of a big deal. :) Then, we headed back stateside on Sunday. A whirlwind of a trip, but a wonderful time. It was great to spend 5 days together. It's been a while since we took a vacation together, since our honeymoon actually.