so we went hiking and Shane picked the trail. Which would be fine except he's a survival expert and I'm wildly out of shape. The trail he picked was labeled "experienced hikers only." I really wasn't sure I was going to make it. It was fun though and the way down was much more fun. The way up was pretty much rock climbing, and in places there were railings it was so steep. Being my mother's daughter I slid down the railings which was freaking Shane out since they were super steep. So the pictures are #1 taken from about the halfway point. I was trying to show the people, which you can't see since it's so far away. Also my finger a little. #2 you came around the corner and there's a rock face and a railing. It was super steep as you can see. #3 there were all sorts of crevasses where the wind had carved out holes. #4 view from the top. #5 us at the top with the accidental photobomber in the background. #6 just showing part of the rocky hike. #7 looking down on the less steep railing. #8 the steeper railing and Shane walking down since he isn't as crazy as me I guess. I slid which was AWESOME. I wish I could figure out this thing so all my pictures didn't break up the words and make it all crazy. so sorry.

Weekend

So Friday was my first day of work. It was alright. The manager and his wife own the store, so she was working. It was better after she left. I really liked the other girl, although it was only her third day and she was left in charge of training me so clearly it's a difficult job. After work I went over to Shane's mom's (Kris) for her birthday dinner. Some of her friends(Doug and Lisa) from San Diego came in to town with Shane's sister (Rhiannon). Lisa loves to cook and apparently makes these great meals every time she's in town. We had prime rib on Friday and it was awesome. Lisa's daughter Nevaeh is adorable. She colored me a picture and told me she wants me to be her best friend. She's 4 and I told her when she was older that I was going to introduce her to Collin. Then Saturday it was Kris's actual birthday party. It was fun, mostly just a bunch of people hanging out. Everyone really likes me so I don't feel left out or anything. Poor Sami had to stay in the house with Kris's dogs. She has two weiner dogs that would have been too much to deal with with all the people in the house. We just put baby gates up and locked them in the kitchen while Sami still had the run of the house. She was really agitated by it though and I felt really bad. On Friday we were up until like 1230 and Shane had to get up at 430, and Saturday we were up until like 1 and he had to get up early again, so he's probably dragging pretty bad at work today. There's nothing to do today though so we'll just lay around. On Saturday after Shane got off work we went birthday shopping for his mom. We also got this new special that McDonald's has. It's 50 chicken nuggets for $9.99. We ate 45. I wussed out on my last 5. I know that sounds delicious to you mom. It also rained pretty hard for most of the day. I have work again tomorrrow, and the manager told me on Thursday that I'll probably get a key on Monday. I miss my family and friends! Arizona's not so bad though. There are definately good things, like our nearest Walmart is a super Walmart. I don't know why we've been shopping at Basha's. Probably because it's walking distance. But Walmart is right across the street from work, so that's where I'll be going. Plus Shane's in Arizona and he takes such good care of me. I couldn't ask for better.

So yesterday Shane and I almost bought a puppy. She was the most adorable thing. A shiba inu, which I've always wanted cause they look like little foxes. But I didn't have a job so we couldn't buy her. I was job hunting while we were at the mall, and today I got a call for an interview. Except turns out it wasn't really an interview it was a "trial". The manager asked me if I have retail experience and that's pretty much it. It's for a clothing store that's suspiciously like Casual Time at home. Plus he's only going to pay me minimum wage which is totally LAME. But it's more than I'm making now plus I get to wear jeans and converse so that's a bonus. It's not my ideal situation, but they want me to start immediately so it's definately better than nothing. Especially since I can't sit at home anymore. I will go insane. Hopefully something amazing will come along, for me or for Shane.

River day!

We went to the river and hung out today. It was a beautiful day. The water was FREEZING though. It was so much fun just hanging out on the rocks. Shane fished some, but didn't catch anything. We barbequed salmon when we got home though so we just pretended. I love having a man that helps cook and clean up after. Every night that I cook Shane will clean up after dinner, or if he cooks I've been cleaning. It's so nice having someone help with all that. I read that couples who share household chores are happier overall, and I definately believe it.

Arizona

So the trip out was an adventure for sure. We started out with not enough rope so we lost some stuff along the way. We borrowed more rope from Tom so we saved more than we would have otherwise. It was really random stuff too. One stereo speaker, my cheetah blanket, the cat box, etc. We didn't get here until like 7 am on the 11th. Shane had to be at work at 2, so I pretty much just bummed around the house and unpacked some. Friday we went to see a realtor because we are thinking about buying a house. He gave us a list of 185 houses to sort through and we picked our favorite four. There's definately one that stands out. It's 4 bed 3 bath and 2,270 sq ft. It's gorgeous, we've definately got our hopes up. Shane has been working everyday since we got here so I've pretty much just been hanging out and unpacking. I've been cooking and really liking it, no complaints on that so far. I've been sending out my resume to places on craigslist hoping to find a 9-5 job. I've gotten a couple hits on some front desk jobs. I need to start working soon though because I'm going out of my mind from just sitting at home. I'm planning on going to get apps from the places around our apartment. We literally live smack dab in the middle of town which is actually nice from a job hunting standpoint. Also I've never lived so close to town so I like just being able to walk to the store really quick. Valentine's was wonderful. Shane had to work until 2:30, but left early without telling me and went and bought me roses and chocolate and stuff for dinner. He made me lemon chicken pasta and it was DELICIOUS. I've never been cooked for so it was nice to be spoiled a bit. Today I hung out with his little brother Bryan while his mom went shopping. It was interesting for sure. We played video games online and even though he said we were playing together he told me what moves to make the whole time. We went and hung out by the pool for a bit. I owned him at Marco Polo. I warned him that I've had twice his life in experience. Apparently he thinks Shane is the grand master at Marco Polo, and Shane claims it's because hes deaf and can "feel" me in the water. I guess their whole family thinks they're fish. Bryan told me he can breathe underwater for 5 seconds then said that it hurts though cause the water gets in his lungs. Lol I wanted to tell him that it's called drowning. So far I like it out here, but I do miss my family and friends. I love you all!