Our Trip to Arizona

We just spent the last ten days down in AZ. We were able to spend thanksgiving down there with family on both Chad and my side. We had a great time. Very busy, but great!!! We hardly get to see my two oldest girls Raegan and Kalli when we are there because they are so busy trying to make up for lost time with cousins, lots of sleepovers and lots of fun! We stayed the week at Staci and Brad's home and it was wonderful. We are not a small bunch to house so they were extremely kind to let us crash their place. We got to go to the train park in Scottsdale, go bowling, swim in Lance and Alma's pool (they kindly heated it for us), be at the setting apart of my brother-in-law into the Stake Presidency and be released as Bishop, went to the movies, I got to go shopping with Andrea (that was my favorite part), have dinner with Leslie and Jason and their family that we haven't seen in almost two years, (Jake got his mission call while we were there and found out he is going to Trinidad and Tabago french speaking. It is in the carribean) watch BYU beat Utah (though I thought Chad was going to have a heart attack in the process) and ate, and ate, and ate!!!! Food seemed to always be involved. We did get our fill of yummy mexican food and of course Crazy Sub. It is good to be home and start thinking about the Christmas holidays. I do love having five full weeks until Christmas. I do not feel so rushed. I love visiting family and spending time together. I wish it could happen more often but I am grateful for when it does happen.