Wednesday we came home and opened all our gifts! We got a bar b que grill, a George Foreman grill, cute picture frames, pots, pans, kitchen stuff, bedding, towels, dishes, bowls, a toaster, a blender, a crock pot, a microwave, cooking pans, area rugs, $400 in Target gift cards, money, all sorts of great gifts! Then we took our gift cards and went and bought all of the other things we needed/wanted! It was so great! Taylor, because he is so so smart and always thinking ahead, only brought half of the gift cards with us so that we would be able to go back the next day and do even more shopping! Unfortunately, he forgot to tell Patricia that he only had half of them until we were standing in the check out line. So it ended up costing us a little more then we expected to have to spend but we had another fun day of gift card shopping on Friday! We also got to go on a little shopping spree at Bed, Bath & Beyond and at Walmart and we had a free dinner at TGI Fridays and Jack in the Box! YAY for gift cards!
On Thursday we decided it would be fun to drive the Apache Trail. We stopped at Superstition Mountain Historical Society Museum, Tortilla Flats, and the Roosevelt Lake Dam Visitor center. At the visitor center we saw a tarantula on the side of the building. While we were looking at it the ranger came out and said we could pick it up if we wanted to. Taylor wanted to see it move but neither of us were too excited about touching it. When the ranger encouraged us to poke it with a stick Taylor said he did not want to because he was afraid that it would shoot it's hairs into his skin! Patricia has a lot to teach that boy!!! :-) It was a long (6 hours) but fun drive!
After driving the trail we decided to head over to Taylor's parents'. Patricia was tired of driving by this point and she and Taylor were having a conversation when she looked in her mirror and saw a motorcycle cop with his lights on. After saying a few swear words and telling Taylor that she was in deep trouble... she pulled over to the side of the road. The officer was very upset with her and sternly asked "What are you doing going 70 in a 45?" Patricia mumbled some excuse and appology and said she simply wasn't paying attention. Then he noticed the dark long necked bottle on the seat next Patricia and demanded, "Have you been drinking that? Are you Drunk?" Patricia's heart sank as she looked over and saw an empty bottle laying on the seat next to her. Then she grabbed the bottle and showed it to the officer saying "no, it is root beer"! He said, " oh, alright, well just make sure you watch your speed" and left! Didn't ask for her license or anything! (Thank-you to who ever wrote "JUST MARRIED" on the back of our truck!)
Friday evening we went over to Taylor's parents to do some laundry. We only had 2 laudry baskets and they did not fit in our truck tool box. So Taylor, being the genius that he is, decided to use some of the saran wrap that was left over from our truck decorators to secure the clothes. We wrapped each basket 4 or 5 times in plastic wrap... we didn't loose any clothes! Saturday we continued to unpack and bought a few more things at Bed Bath and Beyond, like a new cabinaate for the living room, and lots of fun things at Walmart.
We got a phone call on Saturday from Patricia's mom saying that her 12 year old dog was not able to walk. He has had bad hips for a while and is pretty old. So we are affraid his days are numbered. We headed down to Patricia's parents for dinner and for Patricia to say her goodbyes to her beloved canine companion. He has an appointment at the vet on Monday morning. Fourtunatly we were able to have a fun evening with the Sherman's playing Balderdash!
Sunday was back to work for Patricia and Monday is back to work for Taylor... but it will be nice to still be able to see each other every night! We look forward to our life together and the fun adventures we will share... stay tuned.....
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