Catalina Sunset

It was another great sunset over the Catalina Mountains (my backyard!!!) so we decided to take a few pictures.


















But then we noticed a few stormy clouds coming our way and some thunder rumbling in the distance...








Naturally I went to my balcony to watch it.




















It still made an incredible sunset. But to be completely honest, every sunset here is an incredible one.

Steve the Pilot

Steve kept himself busy while I was at work all week. He visited the Pima Air and Space Museum, and one day he got to fly a helicopter! I'm very proud of my flying man!

Mount Lemmon, Part 1

The next day, Steve and I made a trip to Mount Lemmon. We were hoping to take a ride on the chair lift at the top, but we got there too late. We decided we'd have to go back later. We got great pictures on the way up though.

Steve couldn't believe the view of these mountains, and that we were driving towards them.

Getting closer...

The majority of the pictures were potato-head ones like this, so I thought I'd put in one. Precious.

Mountain climbing

One of the many vistas we stopped at.

My First Visitor!

During the first weekend, Steve and I decided to check out the Sonoran Desert Museum. It was off-season, so the tickets were cheap, but it was really hot, even at 8 in the morning! Coffee was a must. Unfortunately, a lot of the animals were hiding from the hot desert sun, but Steve and I still had a blast.

Seeing all of the animals was cool, but Steve and I really liked playing around in the caves. Eventually we figured out it was probably made for kids.

You can't really see it, but I swear that I am standing next to running water. I don't see much of that around here, so I wanted a picture with it.

New Addition to the Apartment

I am officially an Arizona resident! I thought it necessary to own a cactus or two. Thanks for the great house-warming present, Mom! My favorite succulent is on the front left--because they are called Baby Toes!

Settling in my New Home

Due to popular demand, I decided to make a blog to keep everyone updated with the move to Tucson. Mom, Dad and Stephen traveled with me to Arizona last week to help me find a car, an apartment, and furniture. Luckily we found everything fairly quickly.

Here I am sitting pretty in my new chair, exhuasted after a week of hard work.

Here begins the tour of the new apartment.

Where I can sit in the morning and drink my coffee and look at the mountains.

This is a dream come true for me...I've always wanted a walk-in closet!

My new queen sized bed, most things are from Ikea or Target.

Bec, you and Nick bought me that red lamp. Thanks!!


The new desk area

A huge kitchen!

The living room. Mom was thrilled with the color scheme.

The new ride! A 2005 Toyota Corolla

The view from my balcony

Not bad, huh? My first day of work begins Monday, the 17th, so Mom and I have the weekend to finish up decorating, making sure I have everything in order, and more importantly, time to relax.

You can see how spacious my one bedroom apartment is and I don't plan on coming home until Christmas time so I will be taking reservations for visitors! Big hugs to everyone. :)