Welcome to TUCSON

Moving can be a little rough. Everything is New you don't even know where to start when it comes to getting accustomed to the surroundings. Our first week here has been pretty great. Hot, but great. We started out with 109-113 degrees and sunshine, but as the 4th of July weekend came around that changed to rain and some killer thunderstorms. 

We love our place, and could not be happier with how everything turned out. We found our rental on VRBO.com! We are not on a contract, but plan on staying here until the end of October while we search for something more permanent!  It is fully furnished and utilities, wifi, and cable are COVERED!  Here are a few picture of our place. 

THE DMV: who doesn't love the DMV? 2 hours in line waiting for someone to call our number was a pain but 2.5 hours later we are officially Arizona people. 

There is a walking trail right behind our house, and we have definitely taken advantage of it. It's more of a walking/biking/running/horse riding trail. Its amazing, paved and goes for miles. In addition our landlord has provided bikes for us, so whats better than a free bike ride? Nothing, except the little wild bunnies that hop around. 

We did try to cash in our FREE one year black planet fitness membership in that we got from The LIVE with Kelly & Michael Show. However, they have never seen a voucher like that before... 

Our 4th of July consisted of  a little bit of shopping, driving around to get a feel for the area and having a BBQ inside. It rained, it poured like I've never seen before. As soon as the rain hit we went home! Apparently it is monsoon season. Apparently people think their cars are boats and try to drive through flooded streets.  If you get stuck you get fined big time! 

Burgers and Fresh Fruit! We watched a few fireworks from our balcony. 

Saturday we headed to the east part of Tucson. We visited Tanque Verde Ranch! It was beautiful! In the mountains tucked away is a little "dude ranch" where people go to get away and enjoy Tucson's nature. They had a million horses there and trails galore!. 

Across the way was the East Entrance to the Saguaro National Park! Unfortunately I wore heals so we saved that for another day to explore. 

We headed to the theater near our house and hit up HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2!!! If you haven't seen it GO! GO NOW! If you haven't seen the first one, GO NOW! 

We loved it so much! It was absolutely phenomenal. 

After we went to Culver's for Ice Cream! I got a Root Beer Float, and it was probably the best root beer float I've ever had! 

It was a good week, with lots of exploring! The ward we went to on Sunday was great! Everyone was very friendly- hopefully we make some friends in the Ward. 

Today was Evan's first official day. His residency is in Family Practice, so he will spend a large amount of his time in community clinics. He has been brushing up on his Es Spanish.  

The weeks to come I'm sure will be eventful. 

We'll keep you posted! Thanks for reading