Phoenix in Phebruary

This is how we got there:

This is what we saw the next morning:

This is what Alan was looking at:

This is the "holy water feature" (according to Wyatt):

This is who Willa and I had lunch with later that day:

How I love these ladies--the Texas early morning walking women!

Which leaves us without a picture of who we ate dinner with.  The Garns are amazing and haven't changed since we saw them four years ago, except now they have two more kids--just like we do!

This is what we watched the next morning:

Greg is somewhere on that court behind her...

This is what we hiked to see that night:

This was after church the next day--Azya has a couple of new fans:

This was after an amazing day at church, a wonderful nap, a delicious salmon dinner, a beautiful sunset walk, and ALMOST enough hugs:

The lighting does a good job of hiding our wrinkles--and most of our features.  If you click on the picture, it lightens a little.

We also sneaked in a small visit with the Callisters--who haven't changed in the eleven years since we've seen them, except for several more children.  And that is a very good thing.  Our babies made a quick whirlwind of their house and then needed to leave.  Matt and Laura were predictably wonderful and gracious about it.

And this is what we needed on the way home the next day:

Ah!  It feels like a dream already.  Mere words couldn't do it justice.