I would expect any given Saturday in Phoenix during June to be 100+ degrees. Not last Saturday. That’s also when our good friend Liz had her family reunion. Somehow the temperature barely reached 90. They invited us out to take some family photos and enjoy the wonderful food.

My desk has been a mess for quite a while. I’m a piler, I pile all my documents until the stack is almost unmanageable, then I file and clean. I got to that point last night, probably inspired by Arielle who cleaned her desk last week. It started with the desk then moved to the storage on my desk, under my desk, then to the closet. I ended up throwing away a full bag of trash, another full bag of recycling, making 3 trips to move things into storage in the garage and dusted almost everything. We now have double the free space in the office closet and on the shelves between our desks. I still have a few small stacks of papers to file, but it’s clean.

Arielle and I met up with our good friends, Laura and Vinny, in Las Vegas for a weekend getaway. It was a nice vacation after the amazing busy spring we’ve had. It was also the first real vacation we’ve had in over a year. It’s easy to get caught up in daily life and not stop to take a weekend for yourself. It was relaxing to not bring the laptop and unplug for the weekend to have a little fun with friends.

Nick + Amy were married last week at Venue at the Grove. It very nice ceremony with family and a few close friends. I was happy be a part of their special day.