Remembering my 1st Phoenix Trip - February 2008

When Matt and Michelle were considering a move from Salt Lake to Phoenix, they went down there on a couple of trips to check out the place. On one of those trips I flew down to meet them, and Melissa and Sean flew in from Las Vegas. Tiffany was already living there, going to school at USU, and then Joni and Zach came from San Diego to visit too! So we got to have a bit of a family reunion that week-end.
It was so nice to be there in February - everything was absolutely beautiful.....palm trees, colorful flowers, green grass!!
We all got together one night for a Mexican dinner at the Tortilla Factory in Scottsdale *yum* and another night we all met up with Joni's brother and sister-in-law, John and Susan, for another fantastic dinner at Charleston's in Chandler.
We also did some house hunting, shopping at the Chandler mall, swimming in the hotel pool and late-night hot tubbing. Lots of fun.
Little did we know at the time, Matt and Michelle would ultimately end up buying a house just a few miles away from the hotel where we stayed!
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Notre Dame Game Party

Last Saturday, Matt & Michelle had a Notre Dame party to watch the opening game of football season. Melissa, Jim and Sean were in town from Las Vegas, and Eric and I were also there on vacation. Michelle's friends Stephanie and Mike and their kids, Madison and Gunner came over for the party too.
The party turned out great!! Everybody had a really fun day and the Irish won the game: 35-0. It was a total wipeout! So the good news is that they won; the bad news is that it made for a very boring game.
By the end of the second quarter, we had all jumped in the pool - including Gunner, who is only 5 month old!
And including both dogs, Kaya and Lilah!!!

Around the house at Christmas

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Thanksgiving 2010

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There's a Kitty in our Nativity!

We have an additional (much larger) member of our Nativity set under the tree. Bella loves to lay there! We don't know if she goes there because it's warm, or if she likes the lights, or maybe she just wants to bond with other animal friends...
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