From Snow to Sun

I have two good reasons for not posting last week. First, that was a week of late nights at work (including an 11:30PM conference call!). Second, last weekend we traveled to Phoenix for my company's annual holiday trip.

A few weeks ago, we got about an inch and a half of snowfall. Enough for Orion to enjoy running around the dog park while simultaneously scarfing down as much snow as possible. She seems to think she's not supposed to eat the snow, so when we walk towards her, she runs away. It's pretty funny. Even though she's technically a "senior" and somewhere around nine years old, she still outruns every dog at the park.

Yummy...

Phoenix was a welcome break from Chicago winter. It got up to almost 80° both Saturday and Sunday! A had to work that day, so we didn't arrive until later on Friday (many people get in earlier). However, apparently the Gulfstream was "quiet" that day (according to our pilot), and we arrived a full 50 minutes early! Friday night was a cocktail hour, and Saturday evening we all piled onto buses for a ride out to the Yavapai Nation reservation where there is an event space. It was a really fun night, with staff on-hand to show you how to shoot a bow and arrow, help you duel with a partner with a real gun (loaded with blanks), and firepits for s'mores (and huddling when the temperature dropped - it's still the desert!).

Disappointingly, this was the oldest part of "Old Town" Scottsdale. Most of it is newer shopping areas and restaurants. Fun, but not "old."

A found something we had to capture for his fellow Urology residents.

I can pretty much guarantee more pictures of snow this week... we're about 6 inches into what they say could be 12-18" by the time this blizzard is over!