Happy Birthday Andy!

Ok, so my blog post is a tad old since Andy's birthday was 10 days ago.  At least I am posting something about it right?  It's better late than never.  For Easter we went to the Seifert's and Karen always makes a bunny cake for Easter and she was so kind to include some birthday candles in it so we could sing to Andy and he could blow out his candles.  If you know Andy well, then you know how embarrassed he was.  His face was red and he didn't seem thrilled.  He really was not expecting it since his birthday was two days away, so when Karen came around the corner his face was priceless.  HE HE!

Two days later was his actual birthday and that is when I gave him his fabulous present and we went to dinner at Brio since that is his latest favorite restaurant.  Maybe it's because it's an Itailian restaurant that I can eat at, so now we can finally eat at an Italian restaurant.



He loves getting his picture taken, especially when he is center of attention!

 

Izzy wants to help!





One shocked, but happy, husband!

I got my husband the new iPad for his birthday and he was completely shocked.  During the week of his birthday he was joking with me and his mom (Laura was in town too) about wanting an iPad.  He of course knows how expensive they are so he was just joking about it.  Little did he know that I had ordered him one three weeks prior.  It was fun to mess with him though.  Talk about gaining some awesome wife points for the next five years!

I Hate Phoenix Traffic

I absolutely love living in Phoenix.  I love the weather, our friends, the mountains, and the location as we are so close to CA, Las Vegas and Mexico.  Ugh, but there is one thing I absolutely hate about Phoenix...the traffic.  Since I live in North Phoenix and drive to Tempe for work four days a week I just deal with the traffic and my commute and try not to let it get to me...until the other day.

One day every year there is always some horrific accident on the 101 that causes a huge taffic mess and then it typically takes me 2 hours to get home.  I usually just deal with it and suck it up since that happens once a year, but when it does happen it is miserable!

My mother-in-law is in town and on Tuesday night we were planning dinner at the Scottsdale Quarter.  I leave work at 5pm and head up the 101 to be faced with a traffic nightmare.  Everything comes to a complete stop and I am just hanging out on the 101 since I could not go anywhere as nobody was letting anybody over to try and get off on an exit.  I of course was in the far left lane.  After an hour of creaping along the 101 I was finally able to exit at Chapparal Road, which is approximately 10 miles from work.  My number is not exact, but it sounds about right.  That took me an hour to go 10 miles...lovely!  I proceed to side streets thinking it should take me about 30 minutes to get to the Quarter now.  Mmmm...I was wrong.  As I started down the side streets I noticed how crowded it is due to everyone exiting the 101 and taking side streets too.  It is now and hour and a half into my journey and now, I have to pee.  This commute is just getting better and better.  I hold for another half an hour until I arrive at the Quarter 2 hours later.  I meet up with Andy and Laura at the bar/restaurant and immediately order a glass of wine.  This girl needed a bottle of wine from sitting in my car for two hours to go a total of 22 miles. 

I do love Phoenix, I just hate the traffic!