Saturday, June 11, 2011

8 YEARS!

Jesse and I celebrated our eighth anniversary over memorial day weekend. We took a road trip to Phoenix and picked Jesse up a car (VW Golf TDI)! Because it is a manual, Jesse had the honors of driving the whole way home! (I am in need of some serious driving lessons).


We had a nice dinner at this eclectic Japanese tapas place downtown, where we had bites of pork belly, duck, tofu, and squid.




We also got a tour of Taliesin West -- Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home, which is now a school of architecture and museum.




We had a good time and learned a lot -- neither of us had been to a Frank Lloyd Wright building before.



One of the first things we noticed as we approached Phoenix was the huge and plentiful cacti. We saw a huge variety of them and other plants at their botanical gardens.







There were flowers and hummingbirds too, and since we went in the morning it wasn't too hot.





They had a cute/corny photo op place, so here you go!






7 comments:

  1. Love the car, and that sounds like a fabulous way to spend your anniversary! The FLW building looks cool and the cacti look adorable! You should have broke some cacti seeds back to plant at your place!

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  2. Happy 8th anniversary and good choice on VW TDI

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  3. Well it looks like the "new color" of cars is now white!! 3 in the family in half a year - awesome!! Love the pics, so glad you had a great trip.
    xxoo

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  4. Lol. The car does look white in the picture, but it is actually silver. We're non-conformists! ;P

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  5. oh please i've had a silver car for 6 years ya copier

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  6. Congratulations on the adoption of a Golf TDI! It's a highly-coveted vehicle here.
    Manuals are great fun and what better for you to learn in than a Golf TDI!

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