Sunday, January 12, 2014

January in Arizona

Thursday afternoon, 9 January, we flew from Provo to Mesa for Trevor and Sara's wedding. We had a day or so to play around before the festivities, so we visited, went to the movies, ate, and shopped a tiny bit. Friday afternoon Kris and I drove to Peoria to eat dinner with the Youngs. Em and Lizzy had arrived in Peoria by the time we returned to M&G's house.

PVU: Provo Airport is close, small, and easy

Supper at Tia Rosa's

Joined by Bonnie, Chip, and Sandy

Salmon tacos

The citrus is at its peak

The winter grass at Verde Groves is up and looking good

VJB, RBB, Grandmother B, and KBT

We saw Philomena; loved it!

Pizza for supper at Grimaldi's

Little man playing with his blob of dough

Harry enjoying a side of mozzarella

The crew, post-pizza

Some folks are OK with shopping if there are benches
in the warm winter sun

A snappy shopping trip to Dana Park before lunch on Saturday

Pete's provided lunch

The Youngs and Ensigns joined us for lunch

These children eat so little, I don't' know how they sustain life

It's unclear whether Rod approves of Emily's picture posture

Saturday, the 11th, is Harry's true birthday and he celebrated
at Grandmother's

The girlies looking at Grandmother's memory books

Later Saturday we traveled way south in Gilbert to the wedding. It's crazy how big "The Valley of the Sun" is.  From where the Youngs live in the north to the southern end of Gilbert is about a two hour drive!

I will include wedding pictures in the next post. That's all for now.

OXO

D.


3 comments:

David and Kris Taylor said...

now that was a bit of fun, wasn't it?

Anna said...

2 hours? That is a trip to Roseville through the mountains. Crazy. And Grandmother's furniture is lovely. And I LOVED the part in Philomena where she tells the plots of the novel. Nearly peed my pants.

Maren said...

Always so fun to have you here!