Past Two Weeks

I am so overdue on a post! Since my last post, I have finished the semester and finals and traveled to/from Rochester. It has been a great last couple of weeks!

I had a great trip in Rochester. I was able to see most of my family and also spend some time relaxing and hanging out with both Grandmas. It was nice to get away for a few days after a busy few months of work and school. I didn't get many pictures at all, but I did get one picture of my Grandma Clark's gorgeous garden. Now that we are home owners, George and I always pay attention to "curb appeal" :)

George had a great time in Vegas with the guys....although no one was a winner. Is anyone ever a winner in Vegas?! :) George also started his new job this past Monday. He is doing all of his training for the next five weeks so things have been pretty simple so far, but he is really enjoying it. He especially loves the extra two hours each day (from the lack of a commute).

Yesterday, Emily, Hannah, my mom, and I went peach picking. We were actually on our way to Schenpf Farms where we went last year, but Emily happen to spot a sign for another farm. It turns out that the peaches at Veruccio Farm were cheaper and easier to access. Also, the farm is less than 5 minutes from our house. The peaches are delicious. I have been eating at least a couple each day. 

And, of course, today is Mother's Day! We celebrated Anna, George's mom, this morning by making her breakfast at their house. We prepared french toast, scrambled eggs, tortillas, bacon, and strawberries. The kitchen was crowded with three cooks -- George, Marie, and me! Then, we went to a new restaurant, Federal Pizza, to celebrate my mom. We have all been wanting to try this new brick oven pizza place for a couple of months. We ended the day at Emily's apartment. Emily made my mom's favorite, Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp.

I hope all of you mothers had a great day!!

Home Free and Last Day

I am just about home free from school. Classes are done for the semester, I have all of my Finance work submitted, and I am wrapping my a paper for an elective. I also have the next couple of days off work for my trip to Rochester tomorrow!

Today was George's last day at the Apple Store. He starts his new position working from home with Apple on Monday. He said it was really weird walking out today. He has worked there (not specifically at that location) for just about 6 years. He is ready and excited for the change....and the lack of commute!

We booked a weekend trip to Southern CA for the weekend of May 17. I have to fly out there for a work meeting on May 16 so George is going to fly out on Friday and we are going to spend the weekend with Sergio and Andi. We haven't been back there or seen them since their wedding in July so we're definitely excited. And actually, George is taking advantage of his long weekend this weekend too -- he is going to meet up with Sergio and Sergio's brother, Edward, in Las Vegas. I'm sure they'll have a good time...it's hard not to in Vegas! They are staying at Bally's (we've never stayed there) and they also bought tickets to see a boxing match. Not sure what prompted them to do that, but I guess it is something new :)

A lot to look forward to! I think I've mentioned it before, but I love to have trips planned. Boston and the cruise with most of the Warren family is not too far away either.

Better get back to wrapping up that paper.........

See you tomorrow (or the next day), everyone in Rochester!

Prom

Yesterday was Hannah's senior prom. For the non-Facebookers, here are some pictures of her and Jeremiah from last night. They did dinner at the Melting Pot (fondue), went to the dance, and then went back to my parent's house for the hot tub and dessert. Just call this the Hannah blog :)

 

Here is part of her group....there were 14 in the group.

I thought everyone looked so nice! Hannah looked gorgeous :)

Hannah's Senior Pics

I thought I'd share some of Hannah's senior pictures that Emily took a few weeks. I thought they turned out so good!

Enjoy :)

 

 

Backyard Update

A quick blog update before I get started on some homework. Over the weekend, we tried a new restaurant called Osaka. It is a Japanese teppanyaki restaurant -- the kind where they cook in front of you. It was so much fun! The chef was so entertaining. We will definitely go back again. For those of you in Arizona, it is right near Superstition Springs, just south of the 60.

George has been working on some backyard enhancements over the past couple of weeks. He added these lights last weekend. The actually provide a lot of light and they look really nice too.

This week/weekend, we got a table from Ikea (actually two tables put together) and some cute red chairs too. Now we can have have people over and hang out in our backyard. Too bad it is too hot already! It will have to be after the sun goes down :) The picture with the red chairs is not uploading properly so I'll have to post that later. 

Last week was such a crazy news week. I was following the Boston Marathon story all week. My brother was following it very closely too. In fact, on Thursday night, after the first suspect was caught, Brian somehow found out the Boston police radio scanners could be streamed online. He sent me the link and we both listened to them for quite awhile. It was SO intense! It was so much better than watching the news...plus we were getting the news before CNN could get it on its website or broadcast. I think Brian and I both missed our calling as FBI agents! 

Busy, Busy!

Busy, busy week this week! Lots of homework and studying to do. The good news is that there is so much to do because we are quickly approaching the end of the semester. My elective is over this Saturday and my Finance class is over next Wednesday. I cannot wait for Finance to be over. Let's just say it has been a loooong class!

There is light at the end of the tunnel :) And the really great thing is that I have a trip to Rochester booked for May 2-5. I purposely timed it right after the semester as a reward to myself for finishing the first year of my MBA!

This summer, I am taking 2-3 classes. Probably 2 in summer session one and 1 in summer session two so no "summer vacation" for me! Although, I do have about 3 weeks between the end of this semester and the start of the summer session.

This weekend, I went with Hannah, my mom, and Emily to pick out Hannah's prom dress. She has several dresses in the running, but found "the one" yesterday when we went shopping. It is a gorgeous floor length, black dress with lace in the neckline. I will post pictures on the day of prom which, I believe, is April 27.

George found out last week that he got a new job! He will still be working for Apple, but he will now be working from home!! The position will involve IT/tech support via phone so he will be setting up camp in the office (Apple will be sending him a desktop computer, etc). He isn't sure what his schedule will be like yet, but he is just happy that he will no longer be commuting 45+ minutes each way to work! I'm proud of you, George! :)

Well, no exciting pictures to share today. I better get back to homework. Goodnight!

Bike Ride and Farm Animals

Just finished our taxes! Talk about last minute. I actually started working on it back in February and completely forgot about it until this morning. Oh well, they're done...and now we just wait for the return!!

Tonight we went to Charleston's for dinner. It is my Grandma Clark's last Sunday here (she leaves on Tuesday to head back to Rochester). After dinner we went to Freddy's for frozen custard. I also went with Marie to look for wedding dresses again. She said "YES" to the dress. The dress she chose was gorgeous...I'll say no more! And you'll have to wait until November for pictures. 

The rest of the weekend was pretty uneventful which was fine by me! 

I have a few more pictures from Gabe, Katie, and Caleb's visit. On Thursday, I took a PTO day to hang out with them. Katie, Caleb, and I went to Ikea. Ikea is definitely one of those places where you suddenly remember that you needed something (that you really probably don't need)! I bought a new duvet cover for our bed b/c I hate our old one. I have been wanting to buy one from Pottery Barn, but they are so expensive. This one from Ikea will be nice until I can justify paying for a Pottery Barn one (and it was only $25). 

We all met back at our house for a bike ride, dinner, and roller hockey. Here are the pictures:

Ready to ride!

Paisley and Caleb were in on the bike ride too. My mom borrowed this seat from a friend. They even brought drinks and snacks along :)

Along the bike path is a home with a ton of farm animals. Paisley and Caleb loved the animals and the owner even had some food for kids to feed them. I think they fed them enough for the week!

It was so awesome b/c the owner came out with a 3 week old baby donkey. It was born on St. Patrick's Day and is named Patrick! It was sooo cute (pictured on the left).

I made pasta, homemade marinara sauce (tried a new recipe), meatballs, garlic bread, and salad for dinner.