I'm Back.

Wow, it has been forever! In fact, the last time that I wrote was while Jeff was TDY in Louisiana. I stopped writing when I received news of Owen’s health problems and flew to WI. I was more concerned with keeping up with April’s blog about my nephew than I was writing about the trivial problems of everyday life here in AZ.

So much has happened, but I’m going to sum it up for you.

The weekend after Jeff returned from LA, we went to a retirement party for his good friend, Bayer, who he met in Italy. It was a fun night.

A couple weekends later, we went to the Arizona Science Museum. It was a place mostly for kids, with some neat stuff for adults. I’d love to go again to go to the planetarium. It was super cheap to get it and was something fun for us to do. The most exciting thing for me was the scaled-down version of Lego Land. What it had to do with science, I’m still trying to figure out, but that is okay.

After the museum, we took the scenic route home. We went off-roading for several hours to a place called Crown King. It is literally in the middle of nowhere, atop a mountain. The population was literally about 10 people. They managed to keep open a chapel, a bar, and two little shops, though. It was a really neat place. So, we decided that we would go camping there. Jeff invited several of his friends, but we were going no matter who could make it.

The next weekend, Jeff, a guy named Wasson, Al, his two kids and myself camped overnight there. Jeff let me drive, which was so much fun. We ate at the little bar, and enjoyed beer from mason jars. It was soooo Podunk, in fact, that even Toby got to come eat with us.

Labor Day weekend, Jeff and I went to San Diego. We left early on Saturday morning and arrived around 12. We went out for lunch at a small Mexican restaurant. Then, we went and walked by the ocean. He was so excited for me to see it. It was amazing.

Jeff took me shopping for something nice to wear.

We went back to the hotel and got in our suits, so that we could go swim. We played in the ocean for a bit. Then, decided to go get ready to eat somewhere nice.

On our way back, Jeff made me stop at this little cliff that overlooked the ocean. We had been there earlier to take pictures, so I didn’t understand why he asked me to take more. Well, until I heard him call my name. I turned around and he was down on one knee. It was the sweetest moment in my entire life! He had picked out a beautiful ring for me. I could write forever about this, but I'm sure no one except Jeff and I really care that much. :)

We couldn’t wait to tell everyone the news. The next few hours were filled with texts and phone calls. We were in heaven. Due to all of the excitement, we ended up leaving too late to go where we wanted to for dinner. So, instead we went to an Italian restaurant. We shared a bottle of wine and had some pretty good food. The waiter gave us a free box of the restaurants chocolate chip cookies. Yum!

The next day, we went kayaking on the ocean. It was so much fun; I’d highly recommend it to anyone. We didn’t even tip over!

We got dressed and walked around for a little bit. We saw the USS Midway. It was closing, though, so we couldn’t go inside. Another time.

We were going to go to Sea World, but I opted not to. We plan to go back before we leave AZ, though.

We went out to eat at Fidel’s Mexican Restaurant. He had eaten there when he went to San Diego in March to visit his cousin and brother. He raved about it. I got a crab enchilada. OMG! So tasty!!

We were very sad to leave San Diego on Monday morning. The drive home was fun, though.

Not much else has happened with us. We are having fun and doing a little wedding planning when we can. We set our wedding date for August 7, 2010. :)

My mom is coming in January to visit. I can’t wait!

I’m sure that I’m forgetting a ton of stuff, but that is okay. You get the gist.