South Mountain

A few weeks ago, Sam & I met up with an old friend of his for lunch.  He hadn't seen Tammy since highschool, but they've gotten back in touch through the wonders of Facebook.  We finished lunch, and Tammy was on her way to meet up with round two of old friends.  Sam & I didn't feel like going home, so we decided to take a little drive up to South Mountain.  It has been on our very long "must do" list, so I was happy to finally get something checked off! :)  We've been here for over a year now, and yet I feel like there's so much that we haven't seen or done yet! 

I consulted my trusty iPhone for directions, and we were on our way.  I don't know where the iPhone was directing me to, but we wound up driving around aimlessly through a subdivision at the base of South Mountain.  I plugged the address in again, got the correct directions, and we quickly got back on track.

The drive was absolutely gorgeous.  I was glad that Sam was the driver, and I got to admire the views.  After quite awhile, we finally got to the top of the windy road, and got out to admire the view.

Obviously, I really liked that shot. :)

Disregard my irritated looking expression.  I really did enjoy myself!

It was a fun afternoon, and I'm really glad that we decided to go.  We'll definitely be going back when it's not quite so hot outside! 

Anniversary Celebration

We decided to go pretty low key this year.  We thought about going away somewhere for the weekend, or another "stay-cation".  But ultimately, we're saving our pennies for our Disneyland trip with Rachael. 


Wednesday, Sam brought me a dozen hot pink roses to my work.  Poor guy is always trying to surprise me, and it always gets foiled.  It's kind of funny, but I do feel bad for him.  That day, my two work bff's (Michelle & Monica) and I decided to go to the store on our lunch break.  As we were coming back, Michelle pulled into one of our parking lots, and parked right there, was Sam.  I pointed that out to the girls, and they looked & saw he had flowers.  So then they decided that I should just get out of the car, and run in the building so as not to spoil his surprise.  I jumped out, and went into the building.  I just kind of stayed in the lobby, as I work in a secured building, which you need a badge to get in.  Our receptionist was also on her lunch break, so there was no one there to open the door for Sam, other than me.  The buzzer went off, and I opened the door for my poor hubby who had his surprise foiled again.  But it was worth it, as the flowers were (and still are) gorgeous!

Saturday night was the night that we decided to celebrate officially.  We went to dinner at The Keg.  Due to a series of miscommunications, resulting in a long wait for our server & Sam having to change his order, we wound up being comped our appetizer & cocktails.  It's kind of funny, as nearly everytime we've gone to The Keg, we wind up being comped something.  Once our entire meal, as they messed up Sam's prime rib.  Another time, we got a $75 gift card, because of a bad experience where I may have written a letter to the manager in regards to it. 

All in all, it was a nice anniversary celebration.  Low key, but perfect.  :)


In honor of our recent anniversary, here are some more of our wedding photos.  Because I love any excuse to show them off! :)  Of course, all wedding photos are by Amber Roberts Photography