This year for one of their Christmas presents, we gave the kids a trip with their parents and a sibling. Vitaly and Scott got a trip to Phoenix, Alisa and Spencer get to go to Los Angeles, Devin is going to Italy (Senior trips are bigger and better,) and Tyler and Daniel get to go to NYC. Heather, Joe, James and Alicen will also go to Italy with us. The 2nd week of the trip we will tour the Czech Republic where Joe served his mission.
We took off for Phoenix on Saturday Morning and flew the short, only about an hour, flight and went from freezing cold to a lot warmer weather. We spent Saturday shopping, swimming (yes, the boys had fun in the outside pool and hot tub)and eating out.
Sunday we spent visiting our friends (the Holyoaks)and attending their ward. A note about the Holyoaks: They are AMAZING people. They have been to Ukraine several times to do service for orphanages and even taught a family that was later baptized. Kathy writes beautiful music and composed the hymn arrangements for the orchestra for the Kiev Temple Cultural Celebration. Garth is a dentist and they are some of the kindest,goodly people I have ever met. Everytime I go to Kathy's house I learn some helpful cooking tip and feel very grateful for their friendship and the opportunity to associate with them.
Monday we did some house hunting and found some great deals in the phoenix area. We are buying houses that we rent out to others. So far it has been a good investment. The boys came home tired and a little more bonded. I will post pictures from Trip #1.
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Glad your home and safe! Hope it was warm and lovely and that the boys bonded....
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