Phoenix - April 6th-9th

My trip to Phoenix was a pretty fun one! It was really good to see my good friend, Cherise, and hang out with her family. I've never gotten to formally meet her daughter, so it was neat to get to know her. Her son, Ethan has gotten so big! Last time I went down he was only a little over a year old and now he's 3! I'm a little mad at myself for not taking more pictures while I was down there, but I just forget. I'll tell you a little bit about the pictures I DID take. Here is their house.

Right now they are living in a neighboorhood full of student housing. All of the houses look the same and they have no carpet inside. That helps out in the blistering heat of summer, I'm sure. Another big reason for me visiting at the time I did was to attend the Mesa Easter Pageant. I was really excited to see another one of these things because the only one I've seen is the Manti Pageant. They perform it on the grounds of the Temple. Here is the stage.

The original plan was that we'd go to the Pageant and also, sometime during the trip, do a session at the Temple. Unfortunately, during the time I was there it was closed for cleaning! :( Of all the rotten luck. This was going to be my first out of state Temple to go to. Oh well. Maybe next time. It's a really pretty Temple and they even have a mini Christus in the visitor's center. I was surprised how small it was though. I guess I just expect them to all be huge.

Here is the one picture I got of Cherise and I! Atleast it's a cute one! This is us sitting on the lawn waiting for the show to start. She was a little worried that the kids would lose interest in the play and run a muck but they were really good during it! We only had to chase them down a couple of times. It was a really fun night and we got PERFECT weather. Wow, as you can see, I've been out of the sun for a while.

After the show they had some of the cast members around that you could meet and talk to. This is the horse they used to bring Jesus up to his court hearing. It was neat to see an animal that they actually used in the play. Here is Cherise's husband, Cory, her daughter Daphne on his shoulders and little Ethan in the front. Cherise took this picture.

I was loving the weather! It was anywhere from 72º to around 80º while I was there. I came home to Salt Lake yuckyness. It's cold and rainy. I can NOT wait for warmer weather. I got a planter box from one of my wedding showers and I think it will be fun to plant some cute flowers in it. Well, that's all!