CONGRATS LIZ!!

LIZ is Officially Done!! She got her last grade in tonight, so all that is left is turning in a graduation application. Saturday night, I surprised Liz by inviting some of our friends together for a party at my sister Suzi's house. Thank you Jandas for hosting and thanks for all who came.

You can call me "Master Liz"

So last night I finished my last class of my Masters program!!

It felt so good to turn in my last assignment. The next homework assignment that I will do will be with one of our kids one day!

Crazy!!!

You may ask, Master Liz what will you do with your time from now on? I plan on sleeping, baking, reading for fun, scrapbooking, sewing, shopping, watching tv...yada yada yada.

Brad surprised me with two dozen yellow roses to celebrate with me last night, and we are going out to dinner this weekend. Pictures to come I am sure.

Spring Break in New York City!

I feel that the lists of our daily happenings as well as the pictures are self explanatory! It was amazing, and we thank David and Stephanie Wilson for being such great hosts!

Wednesday
Financial District
World Trade Center
NY Stock Exchange
Federal Hall
Trump Tower
Little Italy
China Town
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Central Park
Grand Central Station
Chrysler Building
Bloomingdales (Barbie Display)
Trinity Church (From National Treasure)
Dylan’s Candy Bar (Owned by Ralph Lauren’s Daughter)

Thursday
Rockefeller Center
St. Patrick’s’ Cathedral
5th Avenue (Every high end retailer known to man)
Tiffany and Co. (Six stories worth)
Trump Tower (Where the Apprentice is held)
F.A.O Schwartz
Disney Store
Central Park
Columbus Circle
Time Square
M and M Store
ESPN sports bar and grill
Toys R’ Us
Empire State Bldg
Macy’s (All nine floors, world’s largest dept. store)
Phantom of the Opera on BROADWAY!

Friday
Natural History Museum
Shake Shack (Best hamburgers!)
Manhattan Temple
Julliard
Ashby’s Café
Wall Street Charging Bull and Bear Market Panda
Battery Park
Hudson Riverside and Boats
Staten Island Ferry/ Statue of Liberty
Pizza in Union Square
Dessert Truck (Gourmet desserts out of a truck! Delicious!)


Saturday
Time Square- Got Limited Edition Barbie
Madison Square Garden/ Penn Station
‘Burger Joint’ inside La Parker Meridien Hotel
with the Wilsons, Click on Eat and the Burgers
Pizza in Brooklyn at Grimaldi’s
Brooklyn Bridge
Night in with the Wilsons watching Brian Reagan

Sunday
Relaxed
Church
Hung out with the Wilsons
Said goodbye to the city in Time Square..

I do not bake ALL the time...

However, I do love re-creating something when I have seen it done professionally.

I made these cupcakes for my nephews as I thought they were adorable, and I made my nephews growl like a lion before they could have one. Of course the originals were better, but I do not think they are too bad.

We are headed to New York City this next week for our Spring Break! BLESSED DAY!

I have ONE class left for my Masters Degree in Education and Brad is almost done with his second year of law school! Yippee.

Valentines...

So...tis the season for love!

For the past 11 days I have been doing something for Brad everyday, that shows him how much I love him. One example of this is the picture below.

I did this to thank Brad for having such a BIG Heart in our relationship and towards me.

Last night I made heart shaped cookies for Valentine's Day.( I know, Valentine's is not till Saturday) I love decorating with chocolate though. Sorry the picture is a little blurry.

I LOVE BRAD ASHBY!

HAPPY PRE-VALENTINES DAY!

Hiking

This is a picture of our friends the Crandall's. They were kind enough to get up on a Saturday morning and take us hiking on South Mountain. It is the mountain right next to our house. It was fun because at the highest point we were able to see absolutely everything in the Phoenix valley. Thank you Landon and Kaylene!

Brad was pointing out some landmark. I was fixing my sock.

Oh the beautiful Phoenix desert in the background. haha. Brad was standing on a rock by the way, he is not that much taller than me.

Picking Fruit in February

Below you will find a picture of three grapefruit, an orange and a golf ball for perspective.

We were over at our Sunday tradition of a ward missionary meeting and we picked some fruit off of our ward mission leaders trees in the back yard, when we were done with our meeting. It was fun using the "grabber" stick to get the fruit that grows high up in the trees.

Only in Phoenix can you pick delicious fruit off a tree in February!