We have so many things to be Thankful for . . .

We haven't really "caught up" yet but . . . Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving was really fum this year. I haven't been home for Thanksgiving for several years and this year we got to be home. We got up, Gavin played dome football with guys in the ward, and then Gavin and I did the Stake Turkey Trot. Fun. Hard. I did it and Gavin rocked. The point was to guess your time. Whoever got closest won, but you didn't know how long the course was going to be. My dad makes a really good turkey, my sister and I got to make some pies, and cranberry sauce was a new thing at the table for Gavin. We had dinner a bit late - 3:00 which was nice. A bit later we had some thankful thoughts.

I am thankful for family - in NH and AZ, and temples, and Gavin, and a body that is healthy. I am so blessed.

And then we went to the Grand Canyon with my family on friday. I t was fun. Here is Gavin and I:

Happy Thanksgiving!

Playing Ketchup:Goodbye Old Friend

Well, as any guy will tell you, among the minor annoyances that come with being male shaving every day ranks pretty high up there (I realize that it in no way compares to menstrual cycles, pregnancy, menopause etc. but I still find it irritating daily.)Shaving every other day works and with my fair hair I can get away with it. Any longer than that and I only shave once a week.

Well, a couple weeks went by and I hadn't shaved and Kate hadn't said anything about it. It turned into a full-on beard. I thought that there should be some functionality to this otherwise useless growth and I told my brother-in-law, John, that I wouldn't shave until he went on a date....with a girl...who speaks English. This is one of the harder tasks I could have assigned him but on Halloween it happened and it was "Goodbye, Old Friend," just like on Harry and the Hendersons.

Here's the final hurrah pic before it all went away.

Playing Ketchup: Talesin West

Well, we never wanted our poor blog to become so neglected but with sharing a computer, getting time to do it has been difficult. So, we are going to blog in groups to catch up on what's gone on.

As a preface, not sure if we've mentioned this but the Mesa Public Library has passes that can be checked out for admission to lots of great cultural places e.g. museums, zoos, gardens etc. FOR FREE!! We love it so...

Kate and I went to Talesin West. It was the winter camp of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright and is now the winter campus for the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. If you don't know who Frank Lloyd Wright is he is the father of modern architecture and a genius. As a genius, he was sort of full of himself in a way that makes him a bit like Kanye West.

Here are some pics in a Picasa album for all to enjoy.