Monday, August 10, 2009

Still Loving Arizona!

I don't have too many pictures of this week! Marc is loving his job, he had a sale on his second day and found us a yummy new frozen yogurt place to go to! It's called Red Mango! They have them in Utah and Idaho, so keep a look out for them! They use real frozen yogurt and one serving has only 90 calories! Plus they have fresh fruit and cereal you can add! Talk about DELICIOUS!

We have been having fun swimming at his parents and just spending time with our families! I have been going to Jazzercise with my sister in law, Danielle, 3 days a week and really feel like I am getting into better shape! Now, to get Marc back into an exercise routine again...

On Thursday I went with Whitney and Danielle, my wonderful sister's in law and their cute kiddos to a splash park in Fountain Hills. The kids had so much fun and neither of them were afraid of the water! After playing in the water we came back to Cave Creek to Danielle's and ate lunch, then the 3 of us and the kiddos headed to the Anthem Outlets! I haven't been there since I did back to school shopping in High School! There are so many new stores! It was a lot of fun! The kids were pretty good too, until the end. I think they were a little tires of sitting in strollers and being in the sun. But it was well worth it for some amazing deals on clothes!

On Friday Marc and I decided we needed some M&M time and went out to eat. We were looking for Pei Wei, but couln't find it. So we ended up at Jade Palace. A little more pricey than we wanted. After we got home we realized we have coupons that we could have used! But it was well worth it to get our Chinese fix in!

Saturday, we decided that we wanted to go exploring. There is a new shopping center near I-17 and Happy Valley. Marc had never been, but I had gone at Christmas with my mom. We decided to go check it out. There are some name brand stores and a bunch of little boutiques. I guess the ecomony hit some of them a little too hard, all that was left were the name brand places. We did find a Pita Pit though, so now we have a little tase of Rexburg here! We ate lunch at Chipotle which was so yummy! Then we walked around some more. The place was pretty empty. We went to a yummy Gelato place called Paciugo. It originated in Italy and the owners brought it to the U.S a few years ago. I had been, but Marc hadn't, and we saw them on Food Network a few weeks ago and put that on our to eat list! They have some pretty yummy flavors which makes it hard to decide, but luckily they let you chose 4! We ended up with Mango, Wild Berries, Dark Chocolate, and my favorite Mediterranean Sea Salt with Carmel, I know, strange, but just try it! When we got home Ben and Danielle were cleaning out the garage. We decided to play with their little boy to help them work faster. Marc took him on the long board, he loved it! Actually that is an understatement! Just look at how happy he was!


Sunday we went to dinner at my parents! We love hanging out with our family and eating yummy food! We are so glad to be back and be able to spend so much time with our families! Tonight we are all getting together with Marc's family for dinner and swimming! Don't worry, we still love it here!

2 comments:

Theler said...

Hey Melissa! Sounds like you are having a blast in AZ! Miss you girl!

thesvancaras said...

it must be great to be back. see you on friday!