Weekend Adventures

Casey's parents and sister came to visit last weekend and we had a great time. We ate lots of tasty food, had a few margaritas, went on two different hikes, and just enjoyed spending time with each other. Oh, and Harv hung ceiling fans in the office and sewing room. They have made such a big difference. Thanks Harv!

Case and I made lemon pepper shrimp with homemade alfredo sauce for dinner on Friday. It was really really tasty and we used all of our burners to make it so I felt compelled to take a picture:

The first hike we went on was at Spur Cross up near Cave Creek (north of Scottsdale). It was a nice hike with lots of variety in terrain. Here a few of my favorite shots (to see all of them click on the link to the right to get to our Shutteryfly gallery):

Who knew the desert could be so beautiful?

The whole crew (except for Aunt Kate who took the picture).

So lush and green...I don't think we're in Arizona anymore Toto.

Old dead saguaros make good benches :)

Cactus vs. Casey 2008

I LOVE this one! There is something about water in a desert

that is just beautiful and wonderful and unexpected!

A perfect ending to a great hike.

The second hike was more urban, but just as fun. We climbed Pinnacle Peak on Sunday. The trailhead is by no means rural and as you're hiking you can see enormous houses and several holes of a golf course. It was definitely a unique setting. We went sans Casey though as he was at home working on physics homework. I've never taken physics myself, but I'm pretty sure I would much rather be climbing a mountain than doing physics! Here is a pic of Kassi and me on the trail:

So all in all it was a good weekend. Yay :D

Life...

Life has been fairly uneventful around the Babendure household lately. Casey has been busy with homework and I'm still at the same hospital. The kitties have a new trick... They have for some unknown reason taken a liking to knocking over their water container which spills a half gallon of water all over the floor! Not fun to clean up. We've tried to reprimand them into behaving like civilized little kitties, but so far it's not working. Casey's latest method is to use the offending cat to mop up some of the water. Even if it doesn't stop them from continuing to knock over their water, it's at least kinda funny to watch! I haven't been doing much sewing lately, but I have been trying to spruce up the house a bit and make it feel a little more like home. I framed some wedding pictures and hung them up in the living room and arranged all of our dishes in the hutch so that they weren't all just helter skelter in there. (I know those seem like little things, but they made such a difference.)

Oh, I did sew some linings for these cute storage baskets we got at Ikea in the fall. I have a few more sewing projects on my to do list, though. I would tell you what they are, but some are gifts and if you are lucky enough to be a recipient I don't want to ruin the surprise! Casey's parents (and hopefully sister - HINT HINT KASS) are coming for a visit this weekend. We don't have anything too exciting planned, but it will be good to see them :D Alrighty, I think that's all for now... Oh, to any of our Hodia family that is reading this entry, have fun at Ski Camp this weekend!!!