Some More Pictures From Utah

This was a common sight when we were at my parent's. Skye LOVED having my mom read to her. It was one of her favorite things to do. She also liked getting rides on this which my mom used to help her after her hip surgery.
We got to see my cousin, Kakoli, who is going on a mission to Toronto the end of January. I thought it might be the last time I'd see her for awhile, but now we're hoping she stops by Phoenix for a visit before leaving!

I thought Skye looked so cute in this little outfit I put together for her, but she did not want her picture taken! I had to chase her all over the place as she'd run and hide.

Poor thing...ha ha ha!

I finally got a cute one of her and it had to be blurry! Grrr. Oh well, I am putting it on here anyway!

This one's cute, too, though.

What a classic picture--diaper haning out and underwear hanging out!

Halloween isn't really over, is it?

She's so silly!

As I just said, she's so silly!

Trying to get Uncle Nay-Nay to wear the wig...

She finally got it on him.

Skye had lots of fun playing with Aunt Millie and Uncle Nay-Nay of course! She loves to see them.

Snow Fun

Skye and I made it to Utah a couple of weeks ago. The reason for our visit was to help my parents, both of which had had major surgery recently and were a little disabeled. Luckily, we still found time to have some fun in the snow. It was snowing as we drove home from the airport and Skye was so excited she had to go play in it as soon as we got to Papa and Cookie's house!
She got cold and soaked, but it was so much fun to see her happily playing in it. The last time she saw snow was when she was just a baby so it was pretty exciting to see this stuff that she now only sees on her favorite shows like Caillou and Curious George.

I bought her some snow pants and boots as soon as I could, then joined in the fun.

Of course we made snowmen!

Skye's snowman with a hat that looks a little like a bunny!

Uncle Trav's snowman who also played in the snow with us.

And my snowman! It was fun seeing the snow and feeling the cool weather. The sixties back here in Phoenix have been feeling pretty hot after the cold weather in Utah.

Just Some Pictures

We got a membership to the Desert Botanical Gardens (about twenty minutes from where we live) about a month ago. We have been a few times already and taken some pictures that I thought I'd share. These are from the herb garden. There were these purple peppers that Lance got a good photo of. A cool statue.
I took these next ones.

I love taking pictures of flowers.

And I love taking pictures of Skye and Lance playing!

Our Thanksgiving

I'm finally getting up some pictures of our Thanksgiving holiday fun. Of course I forgot to take the camera to our actual Thanksgiving dinner that was at a coworker's of Lance's. The coolest part was that on the drive to Maricopa (half hour south of where we live), we saw some wild horses on the reservation. Can you believe there are wild horses surviving in this barren desert? Crazy, but awesome! We started off the day at the park, though. Gotta love Skye's funny faces.

I love this picture of her!

I also forgot to take the camera with us on Friday. Lance took the day off so we headed out to the Lost Dutchman State Park and Goldfield again. After we got back that afternoon, we headed to the pool! It did get over eighty that day, afterall! Fun times!

Even Sane People Get Good Deals

I wasn't crazy enough to go shopping on Black Friday. Instead, I went on Saturday and found that they still had all the same deals. So instead of standing in the Black Friday line at Kohl's that went almost around the entire store (I did go in, but upon seeing the line, told Lance I would rather pay the extra money than stand in a line like that), I stood in a very short line the day after that and got a Christmas dress for Skye that was normally $48 for $20, an iPod dock that was normally $60 for $16 (the best deal of all), and Lance got a pair of shoes that was normally $65 for $30. I would say we got the better deal because we still got the same deals as the crazy people who went out on Black Friday, but didn't have to wait in any of the outrageous lines!

Boyce Thompson Arboretum (By Lance)

On Saturday, we tried to go climbing near Superior, AZ. When it didn't work out we decided to visit the Boyce Thompson Arboretum. We expected to see desert beauty like this:

Instead, we saw blooming flowers.

Skye started to do the things she loves best right away.

A bee pollinating a flower in November.

Roses were blooming at this late date.

Even some of the cactus were still in bloom.

We were lured down the Eucalyptus forest trail because there aren't many sights like that around here.

Here is the pride of the arboretum, Mr. Big.

Finally, we made it to the beloved cactus garden.

This arboretum has one advantage over other gardens. The saguaro cactus that grow naturally against the cliffs are enormous. The picture doesn't do them justice.

Skye had fun climbing and running on the rocks at the base of the cliff.

What a cool place. We saw only 20% of it. It has a one mile loop trail that circum navigates cliffs rising out of a river bed that we didn't even set foot on. We definatley want to check it out. Too bad it is so far away.