July Update

We started July celebrating our 4th Wedding Anniversary! Since we got married around the 4th of July, we decided to take advantage of the long weekend. We headed to San Diego to celebrate and had such a great time. We did most of the touristy things including the Zoo, Balboa Park, The Gaslamp Quarter, Seaport Village, USS Midway and a Padres game.

On our anniversary we went to a really fun place called the Gaslamp Strip Club, which is a cool steak place in the the Gaslamp area and should not be confused with an actual Strip Club. You order the type of meat you would like and then they have grill stations all over the restaurant where you can season and grill up your entree. All the sides are family style and the food was so incredibly good!

For the 4th, we got tickets to watch the Big Bay Fireworks from the deck of the USS Midway. You could see five of the exact same firework shows being displayed simultaneously. Very Cool!

Here are some of our favorite pics from the weekend...



San Diego Zoo...We saw our first Panda!!!

4th of July at The Del

Soaking up some rays on the 4th

USS Midway

John sharing his patriotism on the 4th

Padres Game

Great view of the city!

The next weekend I celebrated my 32nd Birthday! I kept it low key since I am getting up there. John indulged me on a Chick Flick and a great dinner.

Mid-July we headed to Texas to see my family. We got to spend time with all my grandparents, my parents, my brother, my sister and her husband. It was great to see everyone since the last time we were all together was the Marshall wedding! It wouldn't be a Texas trip without a boys fishing trip with my dad. George caught his first fish in two years!!! We lit off a few left over fireworks and ate great home cooked food.

George's Fish!!!



We Love Sparklers!!!

The last weekend in July, John's dad and his family came to see us. We had a great time seeing them. We played Rockband, took the Tram to the top of the mountain, grilled out and just caught up!

The Whole Family at the Top of Sandia.

This month has been full of surprises including the news that we will be moving to Phoenix! My company is doing some restructuring, which led to them adding Arizona to my territory. With that addition of territory, it just made sense to move my office to Arizona. I will be moving in October and John will be heading out when he finishes the semester in December. Viva Grand Canyon State!

That is about all we could squeeze into July!