Leaving Our Beloved Tucson
Jeff and I have been talking about having a wine and cheese party for a while. The plan was to buy one expensive bottle of wine and have everyone bring an under $20 bottle. We hoped to see if anyone could pick out the expensive wine. We decided that Jeff’s graduation and our farewell to Tucson was a perfect time to have our party. So, we finally made it happen in November just a few weeks before we left for Mississippi. I have to say, we have some wonderful friends!
Jeff covered the 8 bottles we used for the tasting with aluminum foil and then I numbered them so no one had any knowledge of which one was the expensive bottle. We also enjoyed our favorite, El Guero Canelo, for dinner. We started this tradition of catering Guero for Jeff’s 25th birthday party, and you can now find Guero at many Rincon Mountain functions. So good!
Thank you to Matt and Dana for helping us pull off the party! Dana is incredibly knowledgeable when it comes to wine and even picked out the expensive wine for us. Love you guys!
We were so glad to have Ryan and Yunuen at the party! These guys have been busy with new ventures in Mexico so it was a real treat to see them.
And the results– we failed miserably! The majority of the group chose the cheapest wine (under $5) as their favorite. Only 4 of 19 correctly picked out the expensive wine. This only furthers my thoughts that wine from Trader Joe’s for under $15 is the way to go. Neither Jeff nor I can tell the difference!
Before leaving town, the Holleys graciously invited us to be a part of their family’s Thanksgiving. Clara was even able to wear her amazing outfit that Karissa made for her. It has not been easy to be so far away from family these last several years, particularly on holidays, but we truly have found family in Tucson! Thank you Holleys!
Here are a few pictures from our last few days in Tucson. Thank you to our friends for your help packing. It was definitely a crazy exit! We packed things in long term storage in the POD, things for short term storage that we might need once we arrived in Phoenix, and things that we could fit into our car for the month we spent in Mississippi. I am not sure we factored in how much extra time these things take when you have an almost 4 month old. Although exhausting, we finally made it out of town and arrived in Mississippi a few days later.
We have such mixed emotions leaving Tucson. Although starting a new job and moving to a new place is exciting, Tucson definitely feels like home to us. We have grown so much during our time in Tucson after arriving only a few weeks after we were married. I start to tear up just thinking about all of the wonderful memories we have made during the last 5 years. Tucson was not a place we had always envisioned we would live but God blessed us richly with our church family at Rincon. Love you guys!!
