Friday, September 30, 2011

Evan, Linn & Dawna Visit!


This past weekend, we were thrilled to have Evan, Linn, and Dawna come down to visit us! Linn bottles fruit, and she is always nice enough to share the wealth with us! What a great excuse to come down and visit us Arizonans! I guess I can call us that by this point... Anyway, they brought down some tasty peaches and pears for us, and we got to hang out with them for the weekend! Unfortunately, Andy had a final on Monday, so he wasn't able to be around very much, but we were excited for any time that we could get! They got here Friday night, and we went and got a quick dinner and headed over to Addi's and Blake's and played with the boys for a bit before they went to bed. On Saturday, Evan was nice enough to help us get a timer set up for our sprinklers! I'll admit--we are not very good at remembering to turn on our sprinklers. We water in the morning, because rumor has it that a) scorpions come out at night, and b) they like standing water, so--if we forget to water in the morning it doesn't happen. We have yet to see a scorpion around our house, and I want to keep it that way (knock on wood). So, the timer on our sprinklers will be a great addition and will make our lawn look infinitely better. It's kind of in sad shape right now. I'll blame it on the ridiculously hot weather, but I know our lack of watering is also a big contributor. So thank you Evan! While the boys were working on that, us girls went shopping at Hobby Lobby and over to a little strip mall that's close and did some perusing. After that, we all went for a swim in the pool and got some takeout, then went back to Addi's and Blake's for a movie.

We had a great dinner on Sunday, and attached our baseboards with Evan's help (thanks again, Evan, for bringing the nail gun down and for your help! So excited to have those baseboards nailed back in place!). They took off on Monday, and we were sorry to see them go! It's always so nice to have people down to visit, and we really appreciate it! Love you guys! Can't wait to see you again!

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Visitors!


We had so much fun this past weekend! Our friends Alan, Whitney, and little Greyson came down to visit! They had a baby blessing in the family, and we stole them for as much time as we could while they were down here! Unfortunately, I had to work all day Friday and Andy had school, so we had to leave them to fend for themselves during the day! Luckily we had the pool to keep them occupied, and it sounds like it did its job!

We had dinner after I got off work at Joe's Farm Grill, and then had a game of Canasta. I'm sorry to say that we did not win. In fact, it wasn't even close. On Saturday, Whit and Greyson hung out with me while Alan went golfing with his brother, and then when he got back we watched the BYU football game and got takeout from Joe's BBQ. We went swimming after the game, and Greyson got pretty good at splashing! It took him a little while to warm up to the idea, but I think he really liked it once he got going!

We watched a movie and played another round of Canasta (lost again...we didn't have good luck this weekend!). We had Monte Cristo's for breakfast on Sunday (tasty!) and then we hung out after the blessing. They had a family gathering in Flagstaff on Sunday, so they took off in the afternoon. It wasn't long enough, but we were so excited for them to come down to visit and hang out with us for a few days! We are so grateful for such amazing family and friends! Come again soon!