Trip to Arizona recap

This weekend we flew to Phoenix for my friend Allison’s wedding. The kids stayed with Mimi & Papa. We had a great time with Allison, Pat & Allison’s family.

Our first stop was In-N-Out Burger. Man, how I miss this place!

The In-N-Out we stopped at wasn’t far from the airport and when exiting, Jeremy realized the street name was the same as his Corporate office. So, I plugged the corporate office address into our GPS and saw that it was 19 miles up the road. He decided being that close to corporate, he couldn’t pass up the chance to see it. Yes, he loves his job! It turned out to be an absolutely wonderful visit. We got a 2 hour tour and Jeremy got face time with some big names within the company. We even got to see the owner’s office. Wow, everything in this building was gorgeous! Jeremy even landed a personal invitation to dinner from the CEO of the company. Unfortunately, we had previous dinner plans that night, so Jeremy declined.  Though I told him later I was sure Allison would have understood when we told her why we had to miss dinner. Man, we kicked ourselves in the rear over that all weekend long!

This warrior (is it a warrior?) was in the lobby. It looked really cool in person. There was a plaque on it that said it was a gift to Discount Tire from Yokohama Tires for 20 years of business. 

Later that night, it was off to dinner at Cibo in Downtown Phoenix. There were 14 of us that rode in an Expedition Limo to the restaurant.

Allison before the ceremony.

These were the favors. Homebrewed beer. I’m thinking a Blue Moon clone, though we haven’t tried it yet. The labels described it as a wheat beer made with Arizona honey, orange peel & coriander.

Pat had promised not to smash cake in Allison’s face. Once she realized he was, she got him back, and she got him back good! He had cake from between his eyes all the way down to his chin. Allison only had icing right below her nose & mouth. Then, of course, they had to kiss and make up.

We had an absolute blast with them this weekend and cannot wait to see them again. Hopefully they can come visit us soon, or we can meet somewhere and vacation together.