Thanksgiving 2014

Thanksgiving 2014 was such a great holiday for us! We got to not only spend it with our little Arizona family, but we also got to see our good friends, Chris & Ainara, who flew into Tucson from Seattle, to visit Chris's parents.

Well start off with Thanksgiving day.  We decided to take it easy, we slept in and just hung out at around the house, until I got started on dinner.  I love cooking, especially for family & friends.  What was on our Thanksgiving dinner menu?  Turkey, Mashed potatoes & gravy, bacon wrapped asparagus, mac & cheese, and green bean casserole. It was my 1st time making the bacon wrapped asparagus & green bean casserole, and they both turned out great, thank goodness! lol.  I was also very happy that I was able to find 90% of our dinner ingredients at Trader Joe's :P

Here are some pics from Thanksgiving:

Our new formal dinning room.  We feel like such grown ups now, lol

I was very excited about our new placemats and dinner plates

Jon doing his yearly duties of pulling the neck and yucky stuff from out of the turkey

We had some champagne and brie while our the turkey was cooking

All set and ready for dinner!!!

Husband carving away 

Jon was very proud of his plate for dinner :)

Our little Arizona family! Me & Jon, and My little sister and her BF Austin 

After dinner & clean up, we all headed outside for a little bonfire

Friday evening, Jon and I made our way to Tucson to spend the weekend with Chris & Ainara and Chris's parents.   We stayed with them until Sunday afternoon.  Friday, we all just hung out at their house, enjoyed some pizza and drinks.  Saturday, the boys headed to the golf course, and us girls went out to do some shopping and lunch & drinks.

When we all got back to the Sherwoods house, the boys hung out in the pool.  Then we all got ready for the evening festivities, FOOTBALL!!! Our college teams were playing their rivals, 1st up, with our Oregon Ducks & Oregon Beavers, of course, the ducks dominated and did a great job :)  Then it was time for the Washington State Cougars & Washington Huskies (boo)…. The cougs did not do so well, and got beat by the Huskies, but it was still a great night and a fun night of football.

Ainara and I, we captioned this photo "Bisco Wives" since our husbands work together :)

The gang 

The boys being silly in the pool

The view from the backyard, so pretty :)

The whole gang watching football.  Chris's dad is in the 3rd seat, and his mom is next to Jon.  The other couple are good friends with Chris's parents. 

Go Cougs & Go Ducks! 

We had such a great holiday weekend, it was great to catch up with our friends.  And Tucson is not a bad place, I love how cute it is :)

She has arrived!

My little sister arrived this weekend! Yay!

Friday night Jon and I went out to dinner, and then we headed to the bar down the street from our place, we planned on only staying there for 1 drink, BUT ended staying for a little longer, because they had a live band and Jon was really enjoying the music.

Saturday was the big day my little sister arrived.  I finished getting her room put together and then we headed to the airport to pick her up :)

Im a little jealous of her room, lol, but she still has to share some of her space with  my craft supplies.

We got to the airport a little early, so Jon went inside to wait for her and take a picture of her arriving.

She didn't even notice Jon taking a picture of her, lol.  She was on the phone with my mom, my little sister is growing up, how cute! lol

Once we took her home and showed her around her new home, we went out for some lunch.

Then we headed out to Tempe to meet up with our Oregon friends and introduce her to them.

After that, we spent the rest of our night at home, watching sports.

Michelle sporting the Oregon Ducks helmet. 

Jon in his helmet watching the Eagles game. 

Sunday, we all rode our bikes to the park nearby, then Jon and Chicha played some basketball.

Our Sunday ended with some more football.  Go Niners!

Weekend update

Well I survived my 1st week at my new job! Yay! By friday afternoon, my brian hurt! lol.

Happy Wendy on Friday morning! 

I became official at work with my new name plate :)

 Friday night, Jon and I headed out to the Old Spaghetti Factory for dinner.  We love that place! Then spent the rest of the night hanging out at home.

Oh Mr. Burns, he cracks me up :) FYI, he slammed his finger in the bathroom door, so now he has an yucky nail that will probably fall off :(

We stopped by a bar near our place before heading home for some drinks :)

Our Saturday of course revolved around college football! We headed to Scottsdale to watch the game at Dos Gringos.  We ended up sitting at a table with another couple and ended up hanging out the rest of the night.  They are both from Oregon, so that was fun, and then while we were sitting there, one of our friends from back home ended up walking into the bar! lol, it was so random! So we hung out with him and his coworkers also.  So it was a very fun filled day!

Such a beautiful sunset saturday night!

Sunday morning, we headed to the sports bar near our place to watch the Eagles game.

Mimosas and football!

Then came home and Jon got ready for his trip, sad face! And then I drove him to the airport, sadder face! He's in California for work until Wednesday, and then his bff Rob comes into town on Friday night.  So we are pretty excited for our very 1st Oregon visitor in our new home :)

Hopefully these next few days go by quickly, I hate being home alone with out my lovie!   Hope everyone had a great weekend and has a super week!

Happy Monday!!

Guess who has a job and 1st day is today??!!! This girl! Yay!!! I am now an Employment Coordinator for a big pool company.

I had my 1st interview with them 2 weeks ago, and then I had a 2nd interview on Friday.  The interview was at 10:00 am Friday morning, and at 12:20, I received a call from my new boss offering me the job :)  So it was a GREAT way to kick off my weekend!

Friday night, Jon and I went out to dinner to celebrate, and then got home and had a FaceTime hanging out with our good friends, Janet & Phil, back in Oregon.  I think we FaceTimed for about 2 hours, and it was a lot of fun.  I love FaceTime, it definitely feels like you are hanging out with your friends, even if they are far away. We are planning a Vegas vacation to go see Britney Spears new Vegas show that starts in December.  Janet and I are lucky enough to have husbands that are willing to go to the show with us :)  We are planning our trip sometime in February, and I am SO excited for it!

Saturday morning consisted of breakfast, mimosas and a surprise from the husband with some pretty flowers :)

Slaving away making breakfast! lol

Pretty colorful flowers from Mr Burns

My scruffy dog! We are finally getting her groomed Wednesday, thank goodness! 

And no Saturday is complete without some college football! So, Jon's friend, Curtis came over to watch the Duck game with us.

Jon and Curtis supporting their Ducks

Miley hanging with the boys watching the game

Supporting my Duckies! 

Miley fell asleep towards the end of the game.  The Ducks were dominating the other team, so there wasn't much action.

Sunday, Miley had a vet appointment to get her vaccines updated.  As you can see below, she was a very happy doggie, until the vet came into the room and started messing with her, lol.  But really, she did a good job, and is a very happy and healthy doggie, which makes me a happy dog mommy!  And she got to come home with a new super cute dog collar :)

After Miley's appointment, Jon and I did a lil shopping to get me ready for my 1st day of work.  Ever since I left my job in Oregon, which was 3 yrs ago, I have had very casual jobs and very laid back dress codes.  Now with this new job, I'm entering a very professional work environment, so it's time to vamp  up my work wardrobe.  Any kind of shopping is fun, so i don't have a problem with that!

Well, that was our weekend! Hope everyone has a great day and wish me luck on my 1st day of work!