Birthday time!

I can't believe it's already April. The years go by faster and faster as I get older. I first started noticing the years going by quickly after my freshman year of college. Up until then, in middle school and high school, they seemed to go by slowly. I had my whole life in front of me! Now being almost 2 years out from graduating college, the years are rolling by like waves. Chase and I will celebrate our one year marriage anniversary in a few months!

But before our marriage anniversary, we are celebrating Chase's 24th birthday with a lovely trip. We are taking 4 days and going to Sedona and the Grand Canyon. In Sedona, we will do some hiking and rent an ATV to ride around the red rock. We are staying in a hotel that offered a wine tasting (courtesy of a Groupon). The next day we plan to drive up to the Grand Canyon and hike a little down in there. We are staying in Flagstaff that night.

We are excited to have these experiences together. We've already done a day trip to Sedona where we hiked, but we are excited to stay the night and really see the town. I have been to Sedona twice before. Once with my club soccer team in high school for a huge tournament (complete with college recruiters...yikes!), and then again with my collegiate team when we came out to play a few AZ teams. With my Ball State team we visited the Grand Canyon. Chase has also seen it before with his family. But we are excited to make memories together!

What Chase is EQUALLY excited about is his birthday ice cream cake that I will be making from scratch. It was a good excuse to finally buy some 9 inch round cake pans. I will be making this tomorrow so Chase can eat it all day long on Friday and Saturday while I am at work. Lol - he requested this. Let's hope my first attempt at this is a major success...for Chase's sake.