Rob and I decided not to head up north last weekend. The weather had been cooler (for Phoenix, at least) and we felt like we could get a lot of work done on the house in preparation for the Agnews' visit. On Saturday, we bought a kitchen table. And assembled a kitchen table. All that took a good bit of the afternoon. Up until that point, our table only had seating for 2 people, which worked for Rob and I, but left us dragging out computer chairs anytime we had company over. Our new table is a countertop height with four barstool like chairs. I love it :) We had Davina and Brian over for dinner and drinks last Saturday to celebrate the new table and catch up. It was another really good evening.
Throughout the week we tried to knock a few other things off our endless house project to-do list. :) I finally broke down and cleaned the guest bedroom window and hung curtains to match the room.
We also hung the mirror that Rob's Aunt Sue gave him in the guest room and hung a few other picture collages up throughout the house.
Anna and Jeff came into town this weekend for a wedding, which, conveniently, was on Friday night. Anna came in on Thursday, and we picked her up from the rehearsal dinner Thursday night, but Jeff's plane didn't come in until Friday afternoon. This gave Anna and I time to sleep in and catch up over breakfast on Friday morning. Really though, our adventures took place on Saturday.
We woke up, surprisingly, to rain. It's monsoon season here, and while it's been getting cloudy, dark and even humid on a somewhat regular basis over the past few weeks, we haven't seen too many actual storms. The rain wasn't super ideal because we'd planned on driving up to Sedona and hiking. We still went for a short hike, and while it wasn't raining much at all when we started out on it, at one point there was a pretty steady rain, and the four of us jogged along the trail a little. The cloudy, dreary day masked some of the beauty of Sedona, but we were still able to appreciate some of it.
You can see here how cloudy it was and how low the clouds seemed to be.
We all look a little wet here from the rain :)
We kept our time in Sedona somewhat short and headed back into Phoenix to introduce the Agnews to Oreganos. It was a surprisingly perfect evening. The rain cleared out and it was cool...only about 80 degrees with a nice breeze! Not at all weather you'd expect in Phoenix in August. We sat on the patio for pizza and pizzookie, enjoying the company and the break from the heat (and for the Agnews who are currently in southern Georgia, the humidity as well).
Rob took them back to the airport today, and headed into work at Cutter a little early. I stayed home to finish up some school work, probably head to the Y here shortly to run off some of that pizza and relax a bit before life gets crazy again tomorrow. I feel fairly ready for it, as things are quieting down around here again. I really want to try and find time to visit all of our friends living all over the place, because we have some pretty awesome friends in some pretty awesome places. (This weekend reminded me of that.) I really like having guests out here, and cooking good food and taking them to see the popular places in Arizona. So, let's plan visits. You come here, we'll go there, it will be splendid. Ready, go. :) Love, Sarah and Rob
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We had a great time with you guys! Come visit soon, or maybe we'll come back to Phoenix and stay in your sweet house.
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