Fall Break

We were lucky enough to get a little break from school this weekend...our fall break was Saturday through Tuesday - ASU was so kind to go ahead and still give us the weekend off! But either way it worked out that we actually got to go camping for a night! But before I go on about that, we also went to the Komen Race for the Cure on Sunday with my family! We did a three mile walk in the morning to support breast cancer. It was fun to walk and spend time with my family, and the bag full of free granola bars didn't hurt!

All of us at before the three miles! There was a TON of people there! 

At the finish line! It had definitely gotten hot by then - it's October but still about 75 in 

Arizona and that was still in the morning!

We walked in celebration of my Aunt Elaine who is currently fighting breast cancer and almost done with her surgeries and everything after finishing chemo, she is so strong and we pray for her fast recovery! And in memory of my Grandma who we love and miss so much.

After the race we were able to spend the rest of the day with the whole Hunter clan and made amazing caramel apples! It was a busy and fun day for us all!

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Then Monday was camping! JP had been wanting to go camping since who knows when so we finally went when we had a break! We went up Monday afternoon and camped for the night. It was fun and relaxing to just get away and be together. And we made really good tin foil dinners that we cooked over the open fire - we were pretty proud of ourselves!

Of course JP loved being in the forest and building us a fire!

After dinner it got pretty cold and dark so we just decided to go into our new tent and watch the stars. It wasn't the most comfortable night's sleep but we made it through! Next time we are definitely getting a sleeping pad because 5 blankets still don't smooth out all the rocks!After breakfast we decided to pack up a little earlier than planned so we could still have some time to see a movie before doing some last minute homework! It was a short trip but just enough to get away and enjoy nature. But now it's back to school for JP and a girls trip for me on Thursday!

October Update

So since it's been a while I though I'd give a little update on the past month or so of our wonderful marriage life! First we started rock climbing!! JP wanted to start climbing this summer, but I finally agreed to start about a month ago because we had a Groupon and we've definitely fallen in love with it! I was a little scared at first about the whole height thing, but it wasn't too bad. We now go about 2-3 times a week and have a blast. It's our little workout and we've met a ton of cool people there - everyone is so friendly and helpful. The only downside is that we think JP just pulled a muscle or something in his shoulder so we have to take a short break - hopefully only a couple days! We went yesterday and it was really hurting him, but before that he finally got the V0- path that he had been working on for a couple days so we were excited about that!

Onto the next set of business...my birthday! It first started on Sunday when we went to my parents house for an amazing dinner of Rollie Pollies and a pudding layer cake! It was fun to get together with my family since we don't do that as often now that we're all married off. Then...Tuesday I officially turned 20 and JP definitely made it an awesome birthday! First he made me french toast and fruit for breakfast before school, then in between classes we went to Sacks and got a free sandwich and JP actually ditched his only class to take me shopping in Scottsdale and made himself my personal shopper. There are definitely perks to having a fashion conscious husband! Then after shopping we went out to dinner and dessert at Subzero (for free of course)! It was a great day full of free food and I finally got myself a really cute maxi skirt!

Oh we also finished decorating most of our house! There are still a couple unfinished projects, but it doesn't look too bad. We spent a good amount of summer trying to make our house look more homey and add all those little touches. We painted, JP built a couple shelves and we hung a lot of pictures - and it's finally looking good. Pictures will hopefully come soon so don't forget to check them out. Well I think that's about all for our update! Next time there might be mention of a trip to Oregon or if it's a really long time our Thanksgiving in Chicago!