Rattlesnake & Fugu!

I can now check eating rattlesnake off my life long list of things to do! Zack, Kyle, and I headed out to Rustler's Rooste - a very Arizonaish cowboy steakhouse (http://www.rustlersrooste.com/)! It's a really fun restaurant with sawdust on the floor, a great country band, great view of the valley, a live longhorn that hangs out in the front of the restaurant. Anyhow - they serve RATTLESNAKE so we decided to check it out! No bad! Almost like chicken - but thats always what they say about frog leggs, snails, etc.


Next on our list is eating FUGU - a deadly Japanese blowfish! There are only a handful of fugu chefs in Japan that are licensed to serve Japanese Blowfish. It's a delicate affair - and it's really not that expensive - but there is something about eating a dish of raw blowfish that if not prepared properly will lead to a slow and agonising death!

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you did'nt do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
Mark Twain

Wine & Weddings - Love it!

What is better celebrating true love in wine country? Life does not get much sweeter than that! One of my best friends Emily got married to her sweetie Chad in Napa, CA recently (Sept) and Zack and I were honored to be there! It was seriously one of the most beatiful weddings I have ever been to - straight out of Martha Stewart.

And what get's even better is that I got to be in this amazing wedding!
We had so much fun - we stayed at an amazing resort that had a huge pool heated by a geyser (talk about relaxing)- got massages - ate amazing food - the ceremony was at a picture perfect church - Emily looked so beautiful - went to the reception at a winery - drank great wine with with great friends and danced the night away Life does not get much better than that! Is that a perfect weekend or what? Thank you so much Emily for letting us be a part of your amazing weekend! We love you very much!

The harvest moon is shining!

I love Fall - even if it's still 93 degrees here in Phoenix! I love the anticipation of the holidays and my busy schedule! The lazy days of summer are gone and I love it!

Kyle is now in preschool and doing very well. His day's are filled with school lessons, swimming lessons, and soccer. Yes - that's right I am now an official SOCCER MOM! He's a superstar at pracitce and I'm one proud mama! Kyle's soccer team the Green Dragons is composed of 3-4 year old boys and girls and they are so cute to watch. The games are the best - lot's of grass picking, airplane watching, etc. Kyle even managed to pull the front side of his shirt completely over his head during the game in order to look what he thought looked like a "monster". The games are halarious and always make me laugh - and Kyle sure does look handsome in his uniform!

Halloween was great! Kyle picked out a pirate costume this year and was even wearing it weeks before Halloween! At least we are getting the $30 worth out of it right? We joined our neighbors Timmy and Sammy and headed to the development of houses across the street. They get really into Halloween here in Ahwatukee- people were having chilie cookoffs in their driveway, some had created haunted houses in their house/garages, etc - it was a blast!

Kyle got a ton of candy - which Zack and I are also enjoying of course (=! Kyle was also saying the most funny things(I really need to write these things down). Every time a little girl would walk by Kyle would take off his pirate hat and say "Hello little lady!" - not sure where he got that - but it was so funny/cute. I also loved the way Kyle kept on saying to his friends "Guy's this is SO COOL!". He really lives for the moment - and really makes me and everyone around him appreciate those little things in life. He is such a blessing - I am so thankful for him in my life