{four} years

October 11th makes it four years...

Four years of marriage calls for a celebration!  

We decided to head south for an anniversary road trip to Scottsdale, Arizona.

We stayed in a Kimpton resort called Firesky, another perk of Jake's job working for Hotel Monaco.  Here's a few pictures of the grounds and the lobby.  It was a beautiful resort!

We had a few things we wanted to accomplish.  Relax, shop, golf and eat.

We loved the pool.  Not many people around, and the weather was perfect.

There was so many golf courses around, we weren't sure how to choose.  We picked one that was close and had good prices.  It ended up being a really fun course.

The night of our anniversary we went to Mill Ave.  There is a story behind this... When we left for our honeymoon we missed our connecting flight to Mexico and had to stay a night in Phoenix.  We were so bummed, but the hotel they put us up in took us to Mill Ave so that we get some dinner.  We ate at a little place with fantastic pizza and a fun atmosphere.  We had such a fun night that we told each other that we have to come back someday... so four years later, we did!

Mill Ave.

After eating dinner at the same place we walked around some of the same shops that we looked in four years ago on our honeymoon!  It was pretty awesome. 

We went back to the resort to make s'mores...

and Jake surprised me with my gift!

I love it!!

We found a cute ice cream shoppe and had to try it out.

Our last night in Scottsdale we tried a restaurant called Olive & Ivy, it was divine.

We did more than just eat :)  

One morning we hiked Camelback mountain, it was not like mountains in Utah, but it was the first "hike" I have really been on since my knee surgery and it was fun!

This is a love tree that we passed along the way.

We also rented bikes from the resort and rode around the town a little bit.

We actually rode right through the golf course that we played the day before.  They had a bike path that went all around the community, it was great!

On our way home we stopped at the Hoover Dam, quite impressive!

Our last stop was in St George to say hello to all of my aunts and uncles on the Webb side.  My parents were down south with them enjoying the sun.  It was SO good to see them!  They were all surprised about my recent hair coloring...

Overall we had a fabulous anniversary trip.  It was a much needed vacation and the only bad thing was that it ended too quickly!