Hiking Gorgeous Arizona

Okay so here are some pictures from some hiking we've done in the last month or so. I know I live in the desert, but the beauty amazes me. The scenery is absolutely breathtaking, I just can't get enough! My new goal is to get out at least once a week and do some hiking, haven't quite kept up with that, but hopefully soon. Thank goodness I have a great boyfriend who enjoys going with me and taking some great pictures! Kris (Brian's mom) and I went up to a small trail yesterday, and it was great, so at least we are going to go there if we can't hit the big trails. I would love to head up to the Grand Canyon this summer and hike around there, but I guess we will see what happens. I will do my best to post some captions, but sometimes it doesn't work out right. The pictures above are from the Heiroglyphics Trail, and the our hike thru the desert up to the Siphons Draw trail in the Superstition Mountains. The best thing, is both these trails are only about 15 minutes from my house!!! Enjoy and wish you were here!

Yes, I am still here....

Yep, I am still here. Sorry I haven't written on here in forever, but there has been a lot going on. To catch everyone up, in case you didn't know, Brian bought a house on an acre and a quarter in Apache Junction at the beginning of November. So, needless to say, we have been very busy. We pretty much remodeled half of the house. Brian got some killer deals on Craigs List for wood floors, cabinets, and appliances. So that has been what we have been doing since the beginning of November. It is almost done, just have to finish putting the trim up, which doesn't take long, we are just both sick of working on it I think. Once we get it all the way completed, I will post some pictures on here.
Christmas was great, very quiet, but wonderful, except that I couldn't see all of you! We went to the candlelight service Christmas Eve, and that was beautiful. Christmas Day we just relaxed at Brian's parents house all day. I know everyone had snow, but we did have a ton of rain that day, and it was pretty darn chilly outside. New Year's was good too, the first sober New Year's for me in about 10 years, and I had a great time. We went over to Renee's for a little while, then came home, watched the ball drop and went to bed. Yes, very exciting, I know=) New Years Day we went hiking, which was a ton of fun. I will post pictures of our hiking on here too, just didn't want to do it all at once.
Well, that's about all that has been going on in our lives down here in beautiful Arizona (oh yeah, it's supposed to be 80 degrees today, just had to rub that in). Hope all is well for everyone! Love you all tons!