Break Time

This past week Austin and I were able to enjoy a short break before Austin started his 3rd year rotations. We were a little bummed that we weren't able to drive to Utah as we had originally planned, but we still tried to make the best of it while hanging out around the Phoenix area. 

On Monday we celebrated Austin's 26th birthday!! Since Austin is done living in basketball shorts, it was time to go out and buy him some real doctor clothes. We went all over looking for dress shirts, ties, and pants to make him look more like a doctor :) We found some good stuff, and that night as we were looking at all his new clothes I couldn't help but laugh at the fact that his closet is starting to look more like my dad's closet. We call my dad's dress shirts the "crispies" because of how starched they are, so now Austin has his own set of "crispies". 

For dinner all Austin wanted was a steak, but he didn't want to pay the price for an expensive steakhouse. Austin finally decided on Cheesecake Factory for his birthday dinner. Little did we know, we would end up spending just as much there as we would have at a steakhouse. Still, Austin throughly enjoyed his birthday dinner by demolished his steak and even getting his favorite red velvet cheesecake to top it all off with. 

This was the only picture I could get of the birthday boy!

Austin was a little selfish on his birthday and told me I wasn't allowed to share with him, so I had to get my own cheesecake haha that's ok because key lime was the perfect choice for the summertime :)

Tuesday we drove down to Mesa for a trip to the temple. We figured we better go one last time before this baby comes. As we were doing sealing, it was really special to think that this baby will be sealed to us forever. After the temple, we made a trip to Ikea to get some things to organize little Paxton's room. 

I really wanted to take advantage of Austin's help in getting Paxton's room together before he got busy again. It took us a few days trying to clean out our junk closet, and turn an office/spare bedroom into a baby room. We did get crib all set up, and finally got all his things out of boxes and bags, and into designated spaces. We still have a few project left before I will take pictures of the finished room! 

Wednesday was of course the 4th of July! We got a big surprise here in Arizona with lots of rain! It cooled things down quite nicely so we were actually able to enjoy the 4th. 

The Simpsons were nice enough to invite us to a Diamondbacks game that night. Even though we aren't huge baseball fans, we still love going to the games just to enjoy the atmosphere. Plus Arizona was smart enough to build an indoor baseball field so you can enjoy the game with the comfort of A/C!

I couldn't help but laugh at the fact that they also have a pool suite at their stadium! For a nice $5,500 you and 35 of our closest friends could enjoy the game while swimming in style haha

Unfortunately the D-backs lost, but afterwards they opened up the roof and shot off some fireworks across the street. What is more American than a baseball game and fireworks?!

The rest of the break was spent shopping, hanging out at the pool, going out to eat, and just enjoying the time off together. With only a few weeks left till the baby comes, it was nice to have some Austin & Jackie time :D