Martinez Family: February 2013

I love living in Arizona. I don't know what it is...I think maybe because we haven't had our own place in almost a year, or maybe its the fact that its always sunny, or it could be our awesome ward at church. I don't know for sure, but I know that I LOVE it here. Our apartment is much bigger than our last place. We have lots of storage and bathroom space. We have the best managers who are always so nice. We have a huge pool we can use anytime. There is a workout room and computer room. I love it here. Also I can walk to target, church, and Winco. I love all the shopping and restaurants here, even though I can't afford either. You seriously have everything you need. Also the parks here are amazing. We have a park close by that has a choo choo train and a pond with ducks and three play places. I love the bike paths around here that follow all the beautiful rivers. I love that my favorite college roommate lives super close and will hang out with me all day. We hang out with our kids and go shopping at ikea and work on projects. Most of all I love sharing this new place with Trevor and Kirra and working towards our goals together. We love exploring our new home and are excited for what the future holds here.

A fun park in Phoenix

Kirra loved the ducks and birds

And she loves long bike rides

helping me do dishes

taylor swift

My roommates little girl sky

And her little boy tate...these guys are so much fun together

Hiking in the desert

Snuggled in mommy's bed

biking in the desert

I totally went over that jump...on foot..not on bike

In love with ice cream

Fun playgrounds

A fun park in Phoenix

So I need to go back in time a little. My card reader for my camera broke and I didn't want to write any more blog posts without my pictures. So back in December, Trevor's parents offered to keep Kirra so we could have a night away alone. We found a great deal at a hotel in Santa Cruz, so a couple weeks before Christmas we headed down to the coast. We had not been on a trip like that since our honey moon so we were pretty excited. We drove down and checked into our Hotel. It was awesome. Everything was decorated to look like the Santa Cruz mountains. The front desk was even a giant log. It was very different then other hotels I have been to. After we dropped off our stuff we decided to take a nice long run along the coast. It was beautiful and definitely one of the more interesting places I have run. It was fun to see all the people and the surfers out in the ocean. It was nice to just be alone with Trevor and talk and look out at the ocean and of course get some exercise. After our run we headed to my favorite pizza spot in Santa Cruz, Pizza my heart. We each got a piece of pizza as our appetizer. What would a Romantic getaway be without lots of good food. On our honeymoon we got up really early to watch the sun rise in the east so on this trip we wanted to see the sun set on the west coast. We found a nice spot on the beach and snuggled up to watch the sun set. It was of course beautiful. Then we headed back to the hotel to change and we met up with Trevor's brother Jeff, who lives in Santa Cruz for dinner. We went to this fun little hawaiian place and got poke. It's basically a sushi salad. We hung out for a while and played giant jenga and listened to the live music. Then we all went back to our hotel to hang out in the giant hot tub. We were hanging out just talking and a group of really loud girls came out. They were kind of crazy and I think a little tipsy. They were there to film an exercise video and at first we didn't really talk to them until they brought up the subject of kids. I think it is so cool how being a mom connects you with women everywhere. After a nice chat with them we said goodbye to Jeff and before we went to bed we went out to Pizza my heart one more time for a refreshing drink and just to hang out and talk. In the morning we woke up early and went to the hotel restaurant for our free breakfast. We had looked up the menu online and already knew we wanted the crab cake beni. Unfortunately they were not serving it because it was a weekday. We begged our waitress and told her we had our hearts set on it, then she begged the chef and eventually he caved. It was the MOST delicious breakfast I have ever eaten. Anyways for the rest of the day we just took our time at everything. We did a little shopping in the morning. Then we started our drive along the coast headed up to San Francisco. It is one of my most favorite drives in the United States. It was so beautiful and the day was perfect. We stopped a few times and got out and explored. We walked down the the coast and Trevor carried me out to some rocks in the ocean. We felt young and free again and it reminded me of when we were dating. I used to come out to California and Trevor would take me to all his favorite spots and we would play and explore. Those were some of my favorite memories and I am glad I got to add this one to my list of unforgettable moments. After a few hours we made it to San Fran and again we had so much fun. We just walked around and did some shopping and then we went to get some cheese cake and eat it in Union Square by the giant Christmas tree. I think my favorite part was just being with my boy and being free to do whatever we wanted. My other favorite part was that we practically raced home so we could get back to our baby girl. We both missed her so much. I feel extremely blessed to have those two in my life.