Phoenix

Our second trip during March was our "traditional" Spring Training trip. We watched the Cubs play the Giants, then watched the Texas Rangers play the Oakland A's. The weather was great, almost too hot, 90 degrees one day.We drove down and spent the first night in Flagstaff, then made our way to Phoenix which is an 11 hour trip total. The second night was spent in Scottsdale which is such an upscale, artsy town where we always have to visit. The next two nights were supposed to be spent at The Legacy Golf Resort where we had to attend a presentation where they try to sell us on a ridiculous vacation club package, however we found out they had overbooked and had no room for us. We felt duped at first, but when we saw the place (The Arizona Grand Resort) where they sent us, it was more than twice as nice as the Legacy, so it worked out great! We also visited Fountain Hills, and had the yummiest white peach gelato in the whole world.
Thanks to the Munns and Jenkins for watching baby Grace.

San Francisco

Garrett and I have enjoyed some time away together this past month. We first went to San Francisco for a conference where Garrett and his "Building Social Equity" website were featured. I just went along for fun and spent A LOT of time alone walking around downtown San Francisco. Some things we/I did include:
-went to Alcatraz and toured the infamous cellhouse and island
-ate seafood at Fisherman's Wharf
-sampled chocolate at Ghiradelli Square
-climbed the steepest street EVER (at least that's how it felt to my shaking/burning calf muscles)
-walked down "the crookedest street in the world" and also very steep
-shopped/browsed/haggled at every store in Chinatown and bought some cute PJ's for Grace
-was part of a minority as like 80% of the people were Asian, not just in Chinatown, but the whole city is full of them
-rode the BART train, trolley cars, but left the cable cars for the other people because they cost $5 each ride and you needed cash a lot, which I didn't have on me

There was so much more to do there that we didn't have time for, so I hope to make it back sometime.

Goodness Gracious!

To our horror, Grace has discovered the joy of pulling herself up to stand on anything that's somewhat vertical, and cruising around the house now. She also loves to shake her booty any time a song comes on. Here she is dancing and showing off her skills.

Our Little Girl is Growing Up

These first 8 months have gone by so fast and have been the best 8 months of our lives. Gracie has brought so much joy and happiness. Watch this video Lindsey put together below and see Gracie growing up: