Snow in Casa Grande

For the past 2 days it has been so cold. It even snowed! (okay, it was brought in on a truck). We went to the winter wonderland christmas party downtown and the kids got to play in the snow! They had to wait in line for their turn. It was quite a chilly day, perfect to bring in the snow.

Then we stood in line for at least 45 minutes to sit on Santas lap. They jumped on, snapped the picture and immedietly were told to hop off, grab a goodie bag and move on. Maysa didn't cry this time but she was not happy about sitting on Santa's lap as you can tell. Remind me not to stand in a long line up to see Santa again.

Family and fun

My sister and her family came to visit us for a week from B.C. We had so much fun. Hiking, zoo, collosal cave, bike riding, sun tanning- or trying.

Poor Cheyenne, she really didn't like Maysa too much. Maysa only pushed her down mmm, 5 or 6 times. thats all

We love taking people to see the ruins, its such a cool place. Merriellen and Rob loved being here. They even wanted to watch the video and everything.

We have two shamans in the family, who'd have known?!~

These two had a fun but rough week, little Cheyenne only wanted whatever Maysa was holding, looking at, seeing or eating. Oh well, when Maysa got tired of it, she just gave Cheyenne a big push. Rob called it, "battle of the muffins". Maysa is a little scrapper, what shall I do about that?

Sorry for the florescence, if you're eyes are hurting just scroll down really quickly.

Sierra is really good with little kids, they all love her. SHe knows how to play with them just right. It was nice when Sierra finally came home from school to entertain little Cheyenne.

The last day we went to the zoo. There is supposed to be a big giraffe in the background of this picture, but it somehow disappeared..... ROb



When we went hiking at Saguaro National Park we saw this crazy cactus. Its got to be hundreds of years old.

I was sad after Merriellen and Rob left. We had a really great time with them. Especially when Cheyenne turned psychotic during the airplane landing, Rob almost got us kicked out of the church for the SUnday night musical fireside ( I was just happy he didn't wear his brokeback mountain t-shirt with Dan and Al's faces photoshopped in) and when Merg and I went to see New Moon, on our way home we see Rob and Cheyenne out for a midnight stroll on the bike trailer. SHe was screaming her poor little head off. I laughed , Merg cried. Or when Rob and I pigged out on cheesecake factory while Merriellen drank her mushroom juice. Oh we had lots of fun. I purposely cancelled my primary presidency meeting because I was certain Rob would come down in his boxers and plant a smacker on my cheek, yes he WOULD do something like that.
I hope they come back next year, I was so sad when I dropped them off, I wished they could have stayed 2 more weeks, or even longer.

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...... :)