Anniversary Photos!

  During our family reunion in Utah my cousin Kendyl offered to take anniversary photos for us there, but we didn't have any nice clothes to wear for the photos.  Kendyl offered to take them for us when we all got back to Arizona, so we met up with her a couple weeks ago and she shot some awesome photos!  We are a good-looking couple if I do say so myself... Check it out!

Such a hottie!

Had to add a serious one.  If it looks like I have a black eye, I do.

Ka-chow!

Had to add some jumping pictures too!

The ultimate photo-bomb!  It was planned.

I love Caitlin's face in this one.  It's a classic Caitlin face when people jump over her.

I was having way too much fun!

Caitlin was a cheerleader in a previous life.

  Thanks Kendyl!

3 Year Anniversary!

  Our 3 year anniversary was on August 12th this year!  We didn't have time to do a trip or anything, but we did go out to dinner.  We went to an Italian restaurant called Brio at San Tan Village.  It was way good!  We really liked the steak bruschetta!  Even though it was a simple celebration, it was great to have a night out with Cait, eat good food, have fun conversations, and to let her relax from her busy school teacher life.  Happy anniversary Cait!  I love you!

The Lone Ranger

  Sorry, not the movie...  The other day we found this Banded Gecko running through the kitchen.

  I had a couple of these when I was younger so I like them and Caitlin thought he was really cute, so we decided to keep it.  We talked about keeping it in Caitlin's classroom to be the class pet, but we haven't taken it there yet.

 I went to the store and got him all set up with a new living space and some tasty crickets then took this video.

  So the gecko has a black band mark around and between his eyes so it looks like he is wearing a mask like the Lone Ranger, so Caitlin named him Lone Ranger, or LR for short.  He's a pretty cool dude!

Biloxi to Queen Creek

  Hey, this is Billy again.  On Wednesday, August 7th, I went to help my brother pack up and move from Biloxi, Mississippi to Clovis, New Mexico. It was a good trip!  I flew into New Orleans and we went to the French Quarter.  It was pretty cool.  We saw St. Louis Cathedral and ate Beignets, which were delicious, then walked around the area and saw the Mississippi River.

St. Louis Cathedral

Me outside of Cafe Du Monde where we ate Beignets

Statue of Andrew Jackson outside the Cathedral

The Mississippi River

 This is a fun video because you can hear the band playing out there and you a great tour from me and my brother who know the place so well...

  We also ate some good Southern food.  I don't remember what this first dish was called, but it had shrimp in it.  And there are a bunch of Waffle House places there so we ate there too.  Everyone was really nice and it was really fun to be there around so many friendly people.

  After touring for a bit and eating some southern food, we got to work loading the moving truck.  It was a big truck!

It took a couple days, but we got everything packed and the truck was completely full.

  We started the drive to Clovis.  Jon drove the moving truck and I drove his Honda Pilot.  We stopped in Louisiana at Barksdale Air Force Base to sleep, and then drove all the way to Clovis the next day.  Here's a picture of Jon's living room before we unloaded everything and the truck outside his new house.

  We unloaded enough stuff from the truck the night we got there to get to the mattresses so we didn't have to sleep on the floor, then we unloaded the rest of the truck the next day.  The day after that we drove the Honda to my parent's house in Queen Creek, Arizona.

Jon snapped a picture of me sleeping with my neck pillow I used on the flight to Mississippi.

  It was fun with Jon's family in Arizona!  Grayson really loves Caitlin and it's so funny!  When Caitlin came home from teaching school, Grayson saw her and got so excited and was kicking his legs while someone else was holding him.  Then Caitlin held him and he just rested his head on her and snuggled up.  It was pretty nice, especially since Caitlin had a tough day at school that day.

 It was a lot of driving, but it was fun and I'm glad I got to help out.