Phoenix - Peoria, to Be Exact

Wednesday 30 April, we flew from Houston to Phoenix. We had a slight delay in Houston with a "broken" aircraft, but arrived only about a half an hour late. Bonnie and Grandmother met us at Sky Harbor and we picked up Winnie and the car in Mesa. We headed up to Peoria in the north-west corner of greater Phoenix to spend a couple of days with Maren, Gavin, Finn, and Harry.

Thursday May 1, we drove back into Phoenix to the Museum of Art and spent a few pleasant hours there. They have a nice collection, and the building has become quite wonderful. While in Phoenix we drove around the downtown area, including the capitol. We returned to Peoria and had lunch at the In-N-Out Burger -- always a treat for us deprived Utahns. That evening Gavin feted us with dinner at Pei Wei and we reciprocated with ice cream at Cold Stone.

Friday May 2, The girls went out gathering and I played Wii with Finn at home. He killed me at golf and tennis, but I beat him at bowling -- wahoo! Gavin got away from work a little early and we drove way the heck out west of Glendale to a Brazilian restaurant. Katy had a nice missionary moment with the woman who runs the place. She is currently studying with the missionaries and even had her Portuguese BofM with her at work. We headed back up the 101 to the HUGE Cardinals' stadium (where the Super Bowl was played). There is a lively new development in that area called the Westgate, with shops and restaurants. There we ejoyed the rest of the beautiful Arizona-spring evening.

Kris, Katy, Maren, Finn, and Harry at the Phoenix Museum of Art

Finn relishing being able to touch the art in the kids area

Katy and Harry taking note of the view from an unusually placed window

Lunch at In-N-Out

The gang at the Brazilian restaurant

Finn chose not to be photographed

Enjoying the fountains at the Westgate

They crank up the tunes and turn up the water pressure
for a Bellagio-like experience - very fun

Pop Pop and Grammy watching Finn and Harry
flirting with the geysers in the splash plaza

The weather was beautiful and the evening was so pleasant that it was hard to believe the temperature will soon be in the triple digits.

OXO

D.