An A Letter Day

aka Artichoke and Anniversary.

One year ago today 4-22-06 we got hitched at the Z Mansion in historic downtown Tucson. It's hard to believe it's been a year in some ways, in other ways it seems longer because of everything we've done over the past 12 months! In honor of our anniversary (or so we'd like to think) our artichoke plant which has been growing for two years put out it's first little artichoke this week! Here is a photo, and here is a photo of our wedding day so you can remember it.

Rebecca Chihuaha, Bikers and Brazzie Lee

I believe I mentioned Rebecca's visit in our last blog entry, but here's proof she was here sitting on our orange couch with many chihuahas strewn about her. We had a big ol yard sale though didn't sell as much as we had wanted to, and also went to a biker party/crawdad boil. No pictures of that event unfortunately, but believe us, it was fun. JJ was home all week working and so got to take some time to hang out with Rebecca and dogs at the wash and other fun places.

What else? We are having beautiful weather, the back yard is lovely, and we have two new links added- check out P Squared, the new blog created by Karen (Peter) and PNut, and Andanda's Perseverent Tactics, Hugh and Patrick's chronicle of their new home and Ananda's (their weimeraner) reaction to it. And finally, here's another adorable pic of Brazzie, who turned 13 this weekend! Happy BDay Brazzie Lee!

Family Cuddle

Hi everyone- here's JJ with Bella and Rizzo and Brazzie, our new old dog! Since Auntie Karen moved out she went through a moping period, and we were pretty worried about her for about a week. For those of you who don't know, Brazzie and Karen had a special bond, and Brazzie was pretty much attached to Karen's hip.
As of now though, she's doing great again, and actually seems to have a new spring to her step (we figure this is only because she used to wear herself out following Karen everywhere!) and is joining in for Family Cuddle on the bed, and going to the park for short walks!
In other news, JJ had a pretty crazy March, with travel every week, though April promises to be a bit more mellow, with a possible training in Ciudad Juarez Mexico! Dina is meeting cool people at the Scientific Learning Tucson office, and is settling in after the initial training period.
The desert is incredibly beautiful at this time of year, our back yard is in full bloom, including cat claw and carolina jessamine vines, snapdragons, aloe, sage, and even our pyracantha bush! We are still having a chance to enjoy our hot tub, the nights cool way down in the spring, and for this summer we have plans to ice it and use it as a cold plunge.
Also, our guest house is a guest house again, and Rebecca wins the prize for first guest since Karen moved. She came over to hang out as she is visiting her mom this week, and after JJ and she went to a hip hop class at our friend Megan's dance studio, we hot tubbed and she (accompanied by Brazzie of course-always the dog with a job) stayed over.