We started this weekend off with some grocery shopping & errands on Friday night. It was great getting the errands out of the way so we could relax the rest of the weekend! One of the stops we made was to the library & Jay picked out this book. We got home & he made himself comfortable on the couch for most of the night reading about everything from building a 1-acre farm to canning to composting to raising pigs.
I got The Help and am really enjoying it! Today I looked forward to going to the park to read a few chapters!
Saturday we had a pretty lazy morning before deciding to go for an afternoon drive. When heading out to the car, I noticed that birds had built a nest up under our roof. You can barely see it here (of course the birds put their heads down as I was taking the picture!), but it's right under that top branch of the bougainvillea up in that corner. I'll have to check back some other time to see if I can get a better picture.
So, we decided to head south and check out Casa Grande first. There really isn't much there except for some outlet stores that we stopped in. We picked up something perfect for a future "From our Kitchen" post. Anyone have any guesses?
Next we headed to Eloy to relax a bit at the airport. Can you believe from this sign that it's one of the busiest in the world?
Well, for this it is:
Can you see 'em now?
Just as we arrived, 20-30 skydivers jumped out of a plane above us.
They look really slow until they speed past you in the landing area.
According to Jay (as you know he's usually right w/these things), Eloy is one of the (if not THE) busiest skydiving airports in the world. Both of us used to fly down to Eloy during flight school for various training flights (hi Ryan!).
We had a beer and appetizer at The Bent Prop Saloon and then sat out on the lawn for a while just watching all of the activity while another round of divers made their way down. It's definitely a hang out spot for people other than skydivers - it's most likely the only place where anything is going on in this very small town!
Next we headed to Coolidge - another town we've both flown into. Let's just say there wasn't much going on in downtown Coolidge on this Saturday afternoon. I wonder if everyone goes up to "The Big City" on the weekends? It was like a ghost town.
We also went to Florence which might as well be the same picture as above. Florence had a bit more character though as (I think) it's a bit closer to Phoenix.
Sunday morning, Jay slept in (till 9!!) while I got up at 7. Talk about role reversal! Due to that, we went to the 10:30 mass. Well let's just say that next Easter, we're going to the 7:00 or 8:30 options! It was crazy packed & we had to stand the whole time. It was a beautiful service & we both really enjoyed the homily.
We saw Erika & Raelyn along with the Coy family in the courtyard afterwards. Erika was gracious enough to invite us over for a bit and it was so nice catching up! I wish I got a picture of Erika & Raelyn but did snap this great picture of Kelly, Chris, Lyla and Jacob.
As soon as we got home, I got to cooking. We made ham, corn, these homemade rolls, potatoes, and for dessert, Pioneer Woman's pineapple upside down cake!
Lets just say the cake didn't TURN OUT quite as we planned. Get it? TURN OUT. (I know, I'm hilarious).
It tasted real good but what a sticky mess to clean up! That cast iron pan is just so heavy & next time, instead of trying to help Jay do the flip, I think I'll just let him do it all himself :)
We hope you and your families had a wonderful Easter weekend and took some time to remember the reason we celebrate it every spring!
xoxo
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2 comments:
Funny about the book Jay is reading. Hope you like Help as much a I did. A very different type of story for sure. Your pineapple upside down cake looks pretty yummy. Glad to see you got out a bit and had a very nice Easter.
did you end up eating goat meat?
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