I know it has been awhile since the last post, but things have been crazy here! We celebrated the holidays with Santi's parents here in Phoenix which seems like only a couple of weeks ago, but somehow we are already into March! Santi's parents spent most of January here. We celebrated Santi's 28th birthday with family from California who came for a visit to see the new house. Santi's parents went back to California with them for a couple of weeks, and then we went out to pick them up so they could catch their return flight back to Indiana. In the midst of all of this traveling and hosting visitors I was sick AGAIN with a second round of bronchitis! Thankfully I finally got over being sick and now I am enjoying a relaxing spring break! I am spending the first half of my spring break taking some much needed time to unwind and relax. Santi's aunt and uncle from Indiana are visiting us this week, but drove up to Vegas for a couple of days. They return to Phoenix tomorrow evening. On Thursday we are taking them up to Sedona, and then on Friday we are going to a spring training baseball game. I am also looking forward to Saturday and Sunday when Santi will be off work and we can spend some alone time together. It seems like that rarely happens lately.
On another note, I am already into my 4th graduate class! It seems like I just enrolled. Hopefully I will be done in about a year or so. Santi is also speeding along with his courses. He and I should be finished with our degrees around the same time, which is really exciting. In addition to school news, we have planned a much anticipated trip to Ecuador for June! Santi finally received his 10 year green card and we are all set to travel! We have been talking about this trip since we were dating, and it has been a long time coming. Santi has not returned to Ecuador since he moved here at age 15, so I am sure it will be an emotional trip for him. We will be staying with several of his family members and touring as much of Ecuador as possible. We will be there for a little over 2 weeks. At first we were so busy trying to get all of the details into place that we really didn't have time to think about the actual trip. Now that the tickets are purchased and plans are made, we are eagerly anticipating our trip! For anyone who really truly knows Santi and I, we are big planners (me probably more so than him) and this is one more thing off our checklist! We are having such a wonderful time enjoying being young and married. I know this time of just the two of us and being able to do all of these things will not last forever (hopefully), so I am enjoying every minute of it!
Well...the next couple of months will be busy I am sure as I prepare for the end of the school year and we get ready for our big trip. If I don't post again before Ecuador, I will definitely post afterwards with lost of pictures!
