Monday, January 24, 2011

Trip to Arizona and Texas – January 2011

Went to Maricopa, Arizona to visit Joyce and Michael. They have a beautiful home there, we had a wonderful time with them. It was in the 30’s. (the cold seem to follow us) 
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They took us to Sprinkles of Beverly Hills for delicious cupcakes. 
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So many delicious looking cupcakes, we chose lemon and red velvet. 
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We had to go shopping! 
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We went to Casa Grande National Monument to see dwelling that were built many years ago. 
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This is one of the dwellings, it was interesting to hear how it was built. 
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The cactus were beautiful 
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and very large. 
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Glenn played a round of golf at The Duke 
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The Mesa temple 
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There were beautiful orange and grapefruit trees growing on the temple grounds. 
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We went to the mall in Chandler, Az but everyone was outside, the mall had closed because of a shooting in the parking lot. They did catch the person but the mall was close all day. (no one was injured) 
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Played a couple games of scrabble. 
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Joyce won the first game and Michael won the second. 
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Hadn’t played scrabble in years, it was lots of fun. 
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On our way to Odessa, Texas we kept seeing signs for THE THING, so of course we had to stop and see what it was! 
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THE THING 
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We stopped in Odessa, Texas to visit my niece and her family. Yolanda, Dan, Drew and Zach Rankin 
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We went to English, Texas to visit Cecil and Keaton while Kristi and Heidi both had to go out of town and yes that is snow in Texas! 
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Keaton loved it! 
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Keaton and Grandpa built a snow deer. 
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The snow would not hold together enough to build a snowman, they creatively decide to make it a snow deer. 
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Keaton loved making snow angels. 
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They even had a game of soccer in the snow. 
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Went to Keaton’s preschool class 
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Keaton with her classmates 
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A trip to the mall in Texarkana 
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Got a new puppy 
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Played with Keaton and her toys 
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Penny kept standing up to the table and looking, we couldn’t figure out what she was doing 
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Until she jumped on the table and grabbed her snowman toy that Keaton had been playing with.  And off she ran with the toy. 
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Misty, Larry, Travis, Tanner and Bayleigh came by, we went to dinner at a delicious Mexican restaurant and played Wii bowling, which Misty won. 
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Bayleigh and Keaton had fun playing together 
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Heidi came home from her training 
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Kristi came home from her business trip 
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They have 3 dogs and they all love Cecil 
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We even saw the butt tree 
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We had a wonderful time, thanks everyone!

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