My poor blog is so neglected...I just can't seem to stay on top of it. Here's a little recap of our Arizona vacation. We left Ohio in the freezing rain (literally) on the 16th of December. We braved the conditions and traveled to Columbus where our friends the Callahan's graciously let us stay the night at their casa so that we could catch our early morning flight. It was the scariest 80 mile drive I've ever taken, the roads were so icy and their were many an unlucky motorist whose cars were either in the ditch, or worse. I couldn't WAIT to get to sunny Arizona. Traveling on the plane was a new experience with Beckett. He had been on many flights before this one but with him just recently turning 2 he was no longer a lap baby and we had to buy him a ticket. We put his car seat by the window and strapped him in. He didn't know quite what to think as we were taking off. He would get scared, hold on to his car seat for dear-life and scream for one of us to shut the window blind. On the way home as soon as we put him in his seat he covered his head with his blanket--he knew what was coming and wanted no part of it(of course, I have no pictures). Once we landed in Phoenix and were picked up by Papa Larry and his lovely new bride MaryLouise. We were off and running--alot of people to see in a short time. We spent time with our families in Mesa, Camp Verde, and Duncan. It was a great trip. It was so nice catching up with everyone. My only regret is that it was way to busy, I felt like we were rushing every where we went trying to fit it all in. I guess that's to be expected at this time of year.
Christmas Lights in Sedona: Every year one of the local resorts in Sedona hosts this festival of lights where people from all over the state create these displays that bring cartoon characters to life. I am not sure how long this tradition has been on-going, but I can remember going with my family as a teenager. Our girls love going and it has become our tradition to go anytime we are in Arizona for Christmas. This year we went with our dear friends, The Bullard family, and Shelby--our niece--who didn't want any pictures taken of her.
Papa Larry and MaryLouse Christmas Eve:
It's our family tradition that the kids get to open one present from us on Christmas eve and it's always new Pajama's to wear to bed that night. Here's Shelby (niece) Mariah, Alden, and Beckett ready for bed in hopes that St. Nick would soon be there.
The stockings all hung by the chiminy with care...
The Santa Booty...
2 comments:
Great pics, I love Trace sporting his NAU sweatshirt!! Larry is so cute - tell him we said hi.
Hiya Dani! I can't believe how big the kids are!
I also can't believe we haven't passed in blogworld before. I see from your sidebar a couple of blogs we both read. It's been nice to catch up with you all through here.
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