American thanksgiving

We absolutely stuffed ourselves silly today with good food, and good company. My cousins Jordan and Bessie just moved to Arizona so we had them over for the day. They are so much fun. I love Arizona, it was a perfect day, just like room temperature.

Little Jet was so funny. It just didn't phase him to be somewhere new and strange. He ate a big plate of food then headed straight outdoors for the playset. Down the slide head first and desperately tried to do monkey bars. This kid has no fear!

Jordan is my first cousin, my dad and his dad are brothers. Jordan has always made me laugh, he still makes me laugh. Bessie is simply amazing, she has completed 5 marathons, YES 5!

Its fun to celebrate 2 thanksgivings. Canadian in October, American in November. Although why we stuff ourselves silly is kind of silly. Turkey, cranberry sauce, cheesecake, marshmellow yams, okay I'm not complaining... :)

Thanks for coming all the way out today Jordan and Bessie, too bad we couldn't find a scorpion in our yard for Jordan. He so badly wanted to see one. Actually it isn't too bad, I'm quite happy about that!

Central Arizona College

Well we are starting to brainwash our kids while they are still young- that the CAC is a perfect place for them to attend college when they finish high school. The tuition will be free and it is only a 10 minute drive from our house. Not to mention the fact that it really is a phenomenal college.
We went to the 40th year anniversary celebration today and it was just so enjoyable. There were lots of inflatable obstacle courses, face painting and crafts for the kids. We also sat through art and pottery demonstrations, looked at Jupiter real close in the astronomy center and sat through a jazz band concert. Oh, and~ Dan and I got to enjoy free ten minute back massages.
There was a country music concert right before the fireworks which was kind of awful but I enjoyed watching the kids dance in circles, gigling and having fun. The fireworks were really fantastic, they were set off to the loud speakers playing patriotic songs. There was a wonderful feeling there.

We didn't take a whole lot of pictures today except for face painting. The kids LOVE doing that.

There was free food, free family fun, I was very impressed by the whole ordeal. Maybe, just maybe we can go again in ten years for the 50th anniversary when Elena is attending classes there...... :)