Ok folks, I know it's been a while since I have updated this here blog! We are enjoying our new home in Tucson. Nick has settled in to his job at Lewis & Roca and is LOVING it. There are quite a few people that Nick attended law school with at U of A that are still in Tucson, so it's been great getting to see them again and that has made the transition easier.
Since it's been a while, I decided that I would catch up with one entry with all that we've been up to!
At the beginning of June we had the pleasure of attending our friends Ed & Sacha's wedding at Tlaquepaque (where we were married last year!). It was so nice to be up there and enjoy the setting and all that Tlaquepaque has to offer and not have all of the stress from our wedding, but it definitely brought back so many wonderful memories!! Our friends Shane & Karyn were at the wedding too and it was great to be able to hang out with them, we had a couple of late nights catching up and a day trip to Slide Rock.
Rachel and her friend Mandi have an annual clam bake over the 4th of July which they started last year. We were so bummed that we were unable to go last year because of all the things going on (bar exam, wedding preparations, etc...), but we were able to make it out this year! I was so excited to see the girls and baby Caleb again. Rachel and Brian bought a giant flat screen tv and PS3 right before the holiday so Nick and Brian pretty much spent the weekend vegging out on the couch playing video games, they were in heaven!!! On the 4th, we woke up early and went over to Mandi's house to meet everyone and walk over to the Huntington Beach parade. Mandi is an interior designer too and makes invitations, needless to say her house is super cute and she always has everything planned down to the tiniest detail. She made a basket of muffins to take to the parade for us to devour while we waited for the parade to start. After the parade we went back to Mandi's house and were joined by some other families for the clam bake! They had pools, slip & slides, and games all set up for the kids! We ate outside and basked in the crisp California air and munch on great food all day! In the evening we made s'mores and camped out on the front yard ready to see the fireworks!!! Such a great holiday, but our time always seems to go TOO quick when we are with the Keranens!
On August 8th we celebrated our first wedding anniversary! The night before we went out to dinner at Janos at La Paloma in the foothills nearby. We both opted to do the taste of San Francisco that the chef was featuring which included a tapas offering with 10 bite size entrees / appetizers to sample!! Kind of funny, the other two couples sitting in our section were celebrating anniversaries too, 3 & 30 years!! Then the next day we barbecued burgers with a creamy blue cheese sauce, wine from our wedding, and our wedding cake! I was nervous about eating the year old cake, but it was yummy and we didn't get sick! :)
The second weekend of August we went to Denver, Colorado for one of Nicks law school buddies weddings. I had never been to Denver and was pleasantly surprised!!! The downtown area has been revitalized and kept up very well. There is a free shuttle that runs down 16th street that makes it easy to get around. I loved walking around and looking at all of the architecture!! Most of the law school clan made it out for the wedding, so thankful to have the wedding to unite everyone after a year! And maybe we will get to do it again sometime next year as another couple got engaged that weekend!! Our last day there we went to a local bar and had lunch on the patio and then walked around by the Rockies stadium and sat on a bench to people watch while the game let out and then we went to a rooftop bar.
That's all for now!!
I have been working on making some cards to put in my new etsy shop, stay tuned for more information on that... :)
