We were lucky enough to have Ryan's parents here for christmas this year. They flew down from Washington to enjoy some sunny weather but unfortanely it rained a lot while they were here. Regardless of the weather we still enjoyed our time together. Here is a recap of our week with the Howards.
As you know, Ryan and I LOVE to walk around the Riparian Institute. So when the weather was nice enough we went and walked around and enjoyed the beautiful desert scenery.
No Arizona Christmas would be complete without going to the Temple to see all the BEAUTIFUL lights. We also enjoyed the free concert while we were there.
We had the pleasure of going to the infamous Turley Christmas breakfast this year. They do it every year and this year they served more than 250 people that morning. A HUGE thank you to the Turleys for all the FABULOUS food.
We spent Christmas eve at my moms house since my brother Josh had to work on Christmas day. We had our famous talent show or lack of talent show followed by lots of entertainment by the grandkids. Ryan, Jack, and I sang Mele Kalikimaka at the talent show. Jack is the best singer in the family. ha ha
We wanted to show Mom and Dad that Arizona really does have water so we drove them up to Canyon Lake. It was cold that day but the scenery was great.
On friday night, both sets of parents and us went to dinner and had LOTS and LOTS of crab legs. I think I gained 2 pounds in that one meal.
More pictures from the riparian on our second trip there.
We also visited the Goldfield Ghost Town. We had lots of fun browsing and then we rode the train around to hear about the history of the town.
Thanks for coming Mom and Dad, we had a wonderful time and hopefully next time you come it will be warmer. P.S. Jack misses you already
6 comments:
Wasn't this weather crazy this holiday!?? It looks like you and Ryan had a wonderful holiday. Your Christmas traditions sound so fun. Happy New Year Howard Fam!
Looks like you guys had a wonderful time with Bob and Audrey visiting! I miss those two! Enjoy a little sun for me when it gets warm.....it is suppose to be -18 today.....yeah not happy about it!:)
loved the honeys in the ghost town -- especially when they put Ryan and Grandpa in jail ;)!! Sounds like the trip was great!!
Yeah, I have been waiting for you to post somethin new. It seems like I haven't seen you in forever. Im glad you had a good christmas. I have never been to Ghost town and I have lived here my whole life, sad.
I love the last picture of the guys behind jail bars!
Yay you are back to blogging again! haha looks like you had fun holidays, its been forever we have to hang out! I am sad I couldnt come over the other night, was the show the best?:) We will have to plan something sometime, and I can get you your pan back on sunday if I remember!:)
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