So far behind!

I think life moves at warp speed when we are back in Phoenix, because I just realized its been a month since I wrote anything! And there has been plenty to write about! I guess I will try to fill in the gaps with the next few posts...

Right after all of my TCU friends left (after a disappointing Fiesta Bowl) JJ came home for the off-season. We had about a day or two before Molly, one of our closest friends from Green Bay came out to stay with us for the Packers/Cardinals play-off game to watch her husband. Phoenix was football central for us this year but I guess I am bad luck for all the teams I support because the Packers lost to the Cardinals in one of the craziest games I have ever watched. Well, we were disappointed for Molly and Mason for about 15 minutes after the game, because then we realized that this meant their off-season had officially started. And that means its time for the fun to begin!

Originally Molly's trips was scheduled for 4 days, enough time for her to escape the snow in Wisconsin and have some fun with us in beautiful sunny Phoenix. After the Packers lost we decided that it was not in her best interest to go back up to the snowy north and that she should just stay here with us and have Mason fly down after wrapping things up in Green Bay. So Molly's trip was extended by 10 days. Once Mason got into town, the vacation began! The weather was perfect, so we spent the days golfing, playing tennis, hiking, shopping and exploring all of the fine culinary options Phoenix has to offer. It was like a vacation for us too, and we didn't even have to pay for flights!

Now, let me just say, there are VERY FEW people in the world that you would be able to deal with as house guests for 10 days. I mean, in all reality after about day 4, people stop being polite and start getting real (where have I heard that before?). But we really had fun the entire time they were here. Probably because after a few days, Molly and I realized we could yell at each other's husbands the same way we yell at our own to clean up their dishes/pick up their laundry/take a shower/get off the couch. I have always wondered what communal living would be like, so I guess that answers that!

We had so much fun that we are already discussing our trip up to stay with them this summer when Phoenix is 112 degrees and you burn yourself on the steering wheel every time you get in the car. Ah the benefits of having friends all over the country, vacations are so much cheaper when you don't have to pay for a hotel!