Visiting Grandma in Arizona in January was absolutely wonderful! We loved the warm weather and sunshine! Anna LOVED being able to swim almost everyday in Grandma's heated pool. She's a little fish in the water.
Another thing we loved was all the fresh fruit growing in Grandma's back yard! One day we picked two grapefruit (the huge one from the neighbor's tree), oranges (from a different neighbor) and lemons! We ate oranges and/or grapefruit everyday!
Anna loved spending time, playing games, and playing with playdoh with her Arizona cousins.
We went back to the Phoenix Zoo during the day with Grandma, Aunt Karen and Jake. We didn't have much time there, but were thrilled to see real live elephants! It was very cool!
Uncle Dan gave Anna a good view of airplanes at the Phoenix Airport. We were headed to Nebraska with Grandma. My brother David got married and we went for the wedding.
We were able to spend some time with my niece, Shannon, and her family. It was fun for Anna to play with Julia and baby Elijah. (Anna will insist that Julia is her cousin and not Shannon. Shannon can't be her cousin because she's a mom!)
My brother David and new sister-in-law Anne got married on January 16. We had a nice time getting to know Anne and some of her family.
Anna got to be a flower girl at the wedding (as did all the young girls who attended). She was so excited and had so much fun with her new friends!
Anna got to sit up front with her fellow flower girls during the ceremony. That part she didn't find so exciting!
Chilling with Uncle Dan at Uncle David's house before we left. She doesn't look too happy does she? I think maybe she just didn't want her picture taken.
Back in Arizona after the weekend, we got to spend more time with Uncle Dan, Aunt Karen, Erik, and Jake. They thought it would be great to meet Grandma, Anna, and me at the Rainforest Cafe for lunch. They even got a table near these cool elephants. Unfortunately, Anna was petrified even before we entered the restaurant! She clung to me pretty much the whole time we were there and only opened her eyes briefly no more than 3 times.
I had warned Anna to be sure to stay well away from the cactus near Grandma's driveway. She took those warnings very seriously, so we didn't have any problems. We were quite amused, then, to see that the birds really don't have a problem with the cacti!
We picked a few lemons and grapefruit to take with us before we headed home. We were going to miss all that fruit!
We were going to miss Grandma and the warm & sunshine in Arizona, but we were excited to get home and be able to see Matt again. (He's got a few pictures from his trip to Turkey and Greece up on Facebook if you're interested in see them.)
Another thing we loved was all the fresh fruit growing in Grandma's back yard! One day we picked two grapefruit (the huge one from the neighbor's tree), oranges (from a different neighbor) and lemons! We ate oranges and/or grapefruit everyday!
Anna loved spending time, playing games, and playing with playdoh with her Arizona cousins.
We went back to the Phoenix Zoo during the day with Grandma, Aunt Karen and Jake. We didn't have much time there, but were thrilled to see real live elephants! It was very cool!
Uncle Dan gave Anna a good view of airplanes at the Phoenix Airport. We were headed to Nebraska with Grandma. My brother David got married and we went for the wedding.
We were able to spend some time with my niece, Shannon, and her family. It was fun for Anna to play with Julia and baby Elijah. (Anna will insist that Julia is her cousin and not Shannon. Shannon can't be her cousin because she's a mom!)
My brother David and new sister-in-law Anne got married on January 16. We had a nice time getting to know Anne and some of her family.
Anna got to be a flower girl at the wedding (as did all the young girls who attended). She was so excited and had so much fun with her new friends!
Anna got to sit up front with her fellow flower girls during the ceremony. That part she didn't find so exciting!
Chilling with Uncle Dan at Uncle David's house before we left. She doesn't look too happy does she? I think maybe she just didn't want her picture taken.
Back in Arizona after the weekend, we got to spend more time with Uncle Dan, Aunt Karen, Erik, and Jake. They thought it would be great to meet Grandma, Anna, and me at the Rainforest Cafe for lunch. They even got a table near these cool elephants. Unfortunately, Anna was petrified even before we entered the restaurant! She clung to me pretty much the whole time we were there and only opened her eyes briefly no more than 3 times.
I had warned Anna to be sure to stay well away from the cactus near Grandma's driveway. She took those warnings very seriously, so we didn't have any problems. We were quite amused, then, to see that the birds really don't have a problem with the cacti!
We picked a few lemons and grapefruit to take with us before we headed home. We were going to miss all that fruit!
We were going to miss Grandma and the warm & sunshine in Arizona, but we were excited to get home and be able to see Matt again. (He's got a few pictures from his trip to Turkey and Greece up on Facebook if you're interested in see them.)
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