Our owl frenemies had babies! Matt told me he saw them on the way to work yesterday so I made him take me to see them when I got off last night. They were just sitting outside their storm drain and their mom was freaking out. As Matt got closer to them the mom screamed and the babies zipped into their home. Too cute. Not a great picture but it was at night and I haven't figured out how to use my new camera yet!! More to come, I'm sure :)
My cousin Katie and I are 6 weeks apart to the day. We did everything together growing up. She lived in CA when I did and then she moved back East when she was probably 8 or 9 and my family followed a few years later. We were even baptized on the same day! So naturally when she had her first little baby doll I had to go spend some time with her and baby Cami. I bought a plane ticket (for the same price as driving) and flew to LA for four days. She lives in the cutest house right smack in the middle of Los Angeles!
A few weeks back we took a road trip down to Tombstone, Arizona. Matt has literally been begging me to go there ever since we moved here three years ago. My Aunt and Uncle are both very adventurous and so when he mentioned it to them there was no more putting it off!! Tombstone is very close to the Mexican border about 1 hour south of Tucson. We drove down Friday night and stayed in a nice hotel in town. When we checked in we asked the front desk attendant if there were any good restaurants in town (it was 8pm). She said, "you want a restaurant that is open"? haha...yes..."well they all close by 8pm but try the bar, it might be open until 9pm". Ok so I don't know how people live there but to each his own! We did find a place that was open and Matt won a prize (which means he found hair in his food!!) We all got a good laugh. ~ Saturday morning we had a delicious hot breakfast at the hotel which was included in the price. Then we headed over to Boothill Graveyard which is a real graveyard but also a museum. It was very interesting to read the reasons people died 150 years ago....lots of violence and freaky deaths. After that we headed downtown and saw some people competing in a shooting competition....Matt really wished he could have joined! After watching them he got the bug and had to find a shooting range. We found a shop that let you shoot old guns but they weren't full of bullets just paint pellets. Matt had a great time doing that and I even shot some and hit the paper cutout in the head! Watch out! We next went to the Birdcage Theater where all of the 'cool' people used to hang out. There were nightly shows, gambling, and prostitutes. Who could ask for more?! The theater museum was kind of spooky but I got to learn about all of the prostitutes at the end so it was worth it! The most famous wild west men would frequent the Birdcage Theater like Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday. After touring Tombstone and learning all about how people used to live I am SO grateful I live in this day and age. ~ So after Tombstone we headed 45 minutes South to Bisbee, Arizona. It's a little town with the homes built into the hills. We had a fantastic lunch at a Mexican restaurant and then walked around. Let's just say it's a hippy town and kind of weird. After that we headed home. Glad Matt got to finally accomplish one of his life long dreams! Next time it will be my turn to pick our weekend getaway!
Matt has been telling me for some time that he keeps seeing owls sitting on fence posts in our neighborhood as he drives to work in the early morning. I believed him but never saw the owls myself (I don't get up before 8am....just sayin). So a couple of months ago I was driving at dusk and I saw the little precious things sitting on the school fence. Since then we have gone on many walks and taken pictures of the burrowing owls. They like to live in the ground and burrow into the dirt...hence their name. However, these owls do not live in a dirt hole. No they are much more sophisticated. They live in the rain gutter! I don't know what happens to them when it rains but good thing they live in AZ. There are three of them that live near the school and we always see them on our night walks. They don't like when we get too close and they hiss at us. That is why they are frenemies and not just friends. We are getting there slowly but surely! Matt wants to take them some meat and see what they do. I got a new camera from Matt and took these pictures. Aren't they just the cutest things you have ever seen? I've only named one so far and his/her name is Hoot. I'm still working on the others.
We were so happy when we found out that Matt's sister's family was coming to Arizona for a few days. They spent Friday night and all day Saturday with us at our house. The girls went swimming literally all day long! It wasn't even that warm but at 8:30am they were out in the pool! Glad the pool gets some use! Friday night we went to a spring training game. Angels vs Indians. We were planning on sitting in the berm but it was sold out so we sat in the left field seats. The Angels won!! Saturday we hung out while the girls swam and then we had to go to Cabela's! Matt has to go there every chance he can get. In fact I think he is there right now. He shops more than I do! Anyways we had a lot of fun and love when family visits!
I absolutely have been looking forward to this movie ever since they announced they were going to make it! I read the first book almost three years ago and it has been one of my favorites. So I knew I had to see the midnight showing with my girlfriends. We were invited to a party type premiere with giveaways and swag bags. The party was fun but I didn't love that we sat in the 3rd row! The movie is shaky and my eyes were killing me by the end. Anyways, so my review of the movie is that it was EXCELLENT. I loved it. I loved it even more when Matt and I went to see it last Friday. Yes I have seen it twice already and yes I want to see it again but I'll restrain myself! Of course the movie doesn't have everything the book has but for a 2 1/2 hour movie I think they did pretty good!
