Hello from sunny Arizona!
So much for doing good with posting, however we will end the year with our vacation and hope to do better next year!
We began our vacation Saturday, the 17th. We had a slow start out of Fallon...not because we weren't ready, but because we had car trouble and had to borrow Mom's bravada and reload everything! Thanks Mom!!!
We left Fallon around 1:30 PM and headed for Gilbert, Arizona. First stop...Rod and Lynda's. We arrived around 2:30 AM Sunday morning. Thank goodness Rod and Lynda were nice enough to let us sleep in and we got up and went to Sacrament and Sunday School at Crystal's Ward. It was nice having Crystal teach us the Gospel Doctrine lesson and we were able to meet Maelee.
After Church we had a family dinner with Rod, Lynda and Lynne. We had a nice visit and got a little sleep. Monday we left for Deming, New Mexico to visit my parents, aunt, uncle and niece. We arrived at their house around 4:30 PM and had some dinner and visited. It was so good to see my mom and dad up and around after their accident. Thank you Stevie, for taking such good care of them! We appreciate you soooo much!
We were able to spend four and a half wonderful days visiting, playing pool, sleeping in and cooking for our parents. Friday we woke up to.....SNOW! We brought Christmas to New Mexico of all places. Southern New Mexico at that. Uncle Bruce and Stevie had a great time playing pool and Uncle Bruce supplied Stevie with enough snow to build a life size snowman.
Alas, our four and half days came to an end and we headed back to Arizona. We were ready to leave by 8AM in the morning but all the highways were closed and we had a two hour delay. We were lucky enough to get back to Arizona just in time to go to a Christmas Eve Dinner with Rod and Lynda's family. We missed you Jacob, Joni and Xelly!
It was fun taking pictures and watching the excitement of the kids opening their presents. Although we missed our grandkids, it was nice having little ones around and we are grateful to Rod, Lynda and family sharing the fun with us!
This morning we attended a wonderful Sacrament meeting with lots of beautiful music and worshipping. We are now preparing a tri tip for lunch and we will go visit Crystal's family in a little while and end our day at the Temple to see the light display.
It has been a wonderful trip and we appreciate those who hosted us and allowed us to share this wonderful time of the year with them. Merry Christmas to all and have a wonderful 2012!
