Arizona.

Guess what?? I'm in Arizona! Well, go figure. The title kind of already gave it away. Anyway. I'm in Arizona because of my cousin. She got married a while back and is having her second reception here. There are actually a few more reasons, but I'll just stick with that one for now. I'm too tired to write anything more. We'll be down here in AZ for four days. We leave on Monday.

I had work on...let's see, what day was that? I don't even know what day today is. I got all mixed up with the time and everything. ...Oh! Today is Thursday. So, Tuesday, I guess it was. I had work late that night. I was scheduled until eleven that evening and then I would have to drive the two hours to get to my aunt's house (we were leaving from there in her suburban; we as in her, my dad, my grandma, my other aunt, my cousin, and my cousin's two kids. Well, as I think you can imagine, I was not looking forward to the long tiring drive ahead of me. But after explaining my situation to one of my coworkers -not looking for any solution, I was only just complaining -she mentioned that I should just ask to get off early. We had more than enough people working that night -way more than we usually have -and she said it shouldn't be a problem. So, I asked. And I got off early. Just after nine. I was thrilled!

I arrived at my aunt's house just after eleven. We left for Arizona at four A.M. the following morning. I had planned on sleeping, but with the car being as crowded as it was and the seat that I was in, sleep didn't come easy. I think I slept about thirty minutes combined out of the twenty hour drive. I was grouchy by the time we arrived and the only thing I wanted to do was flop down in bed. We arrived at my cousin's house just after one in Arizona time, but just after three in Missouri's. And with the sun rising much earlier than I'm use too, I got up way earlier than I wanted.

Anyway. Seeing the mountains was fun. It's been eight years since I've seen mountains. I took a lot of pictures of those. Hmm. What all did we do today? I sort of have both days mixed up. But I guess they aren't hard to decipher from, seeing as we drove all day Wednesday and didn't on Thursday. The first thing we did was drive around town and saw the "sights". My dad spent a good portion of his childhood here and he and my grandma were anxious to see what was left of their past. After that we were in and out a lot. We just got back from walking the temple grounds. The Mesa Temple sure is pretty. After that we went and had ice cream at a Dairy Queen that was around when my dad was just a kid. That was fun.

Oh that reminds me! Since we would be down in Arizona, my family figured it would be a fun thing to pack my brother Jacob a care-package. Anyway, we drove down to his house -it's really only like fifteen or so minutes from where my cousins live -and we dropped it off. I was glad he wasn't there. I don't know what I would have done. He's living in the outskirts of the town. It looks nothing like the rest of the town. His yard is pretty much pure cactus' and you can't take a step without having dust fly up everywhere. (It was a hundred degrees today!) Well, we took a few pictures of the house and of me and my dad standing in front of the door. My dad thought it would be funny to send it to him. I think it's a bit cruel. Poor Jacob.

Well, I guess that's about it for now. Sorry things are all jumbled up and totally not in order. I'm still very tired. But I'll be sure and do something more exciting tomorrow. Actually I think we're going to the temple to do some baptisms and such. That'll be fun. Anyway, I guess that's all. These are all pictures from my cousin Vance's back yard. I'll post some of the mountains later. We're going to one tomorrow and I'm sure it'll turn out better that the roadside ones I got yesterday. Cheerio!