Wednesday, August 12, 2009

After Many, Many Years

After many years of living in the West, 16 this month actually, my brother Dale and his family came for a visit! They are taking a cross country trip and we were one of their stops. They got here last Thursday morning and stayed the night before heading out to the Grand Canyon and then to Grandma Kelley's house in St. George. The kids were so excited waiting for their cousins to get here that they were about to explode. They thought it was great having their cousins here in Arizona this time. They got a good taste of the desert summer too. I think it got to 113 the day they were here, so after playing in the house for awhile, we went to an afternoon movie. After that, when the sun was a little lower in the sky, we went to our pool for awhile. The rate at which one dries in the desert after getting out of the pool is fairly amazing to people who are used to more humidity. We BBQed back at our house and then, perhaps the biggest highlight for our kids- Greg, David and Melissa slept in their room with them. I didn't think to take pictures until it was almost bedtime, so there aren't many and the quality isn't great. We had a great time and are so glad that they made it out our way!



Maya's feet, David and Greg

Maya in the foreground, Melissa in the background. Shayne was up in the top bunk

3 comments:

Cindy said...

Looks like fun!

Alison said...

Drew read this with me and wishes that we could be there too. Hopefully we can pull off a trip there someday too.

Karen said...

Definitely. That would be great :)