An Arizona Christmas

We got to AZ really early on Christmas Eve morning.
That afternoon I went to lunch with my girlfriends, and then we prepared for Christmas! We went to my sisters house for milk and cookies for Santa, and then we were elves that night and took presents to some LDS missionaries in our area that needed some help. It was fun being sneaky elves together-i love that tradition.

Christmas morning we went back to my sisters for a delicious breakfast, and to look at all of their new gadgets. Later that afternoon my other sister got into town, and we opened up presents!

We enjoyed beautiful sunsets, playing at TopGolf, going to the driving range at the club, seeing movies, having lots of Dirty Dr. Peppers, Last Chance, lots of food and treats, hair braiding, and spending time together! Surprisingly AZ was actually pretty cold-it even snowed on New Years Eve! We dreaded coming back to the even colder weather and back to reality of school and work. It was so fun being able to be with family!

New Years Eve was at 10pm for us, and for that, I am thankful. We are such losers now and can barely keep our eyes open when midnight hits. Unless that is...if we are doing something super productive, like watching one of our shows. ;)

double fisting it!

When we got back, our friends that are in Florida for med school came to UT for break, and had a slumber party with us-it was just what we needed. I sure miss going to yoga and Swig with my Mads-she is a friend I know I will have forever! It was so fun going to dinner and staying up late talking!

Our Weekend in Mesa

First off, shout out to my Brim babe who's birthday was on the 28th along with my mothers..it makes it realllll easy to have those two dates align! :) Sad we couldn't celebrate with you!

This last weekend we headed to Mesatown so Tanner could have an interview at the A.T. Still dental school! It happened to fall on the weekend of my mothers birthday, and my other sister happened to be going into town as well, so we knew I needed to surprise her. 

She thought Tanner was coming on Sunday evening, but we surprised her Friday evening... in the pantry. You can see that hilarious video here. It was so fun to all be together for Sunday dinner, and throughout the weekend! My mom loved it, and we love her. 

It wouldn't be a true trip to Mesa without stopping at Last Chance for some shopping with your girls, and then some In N Out later. It was super stormy and rainy, and the lights kept flickering and the power kept going in and out. We reallllly didn't want to be stuck in that place during a power outage, so luckily we made it out in time! And, sadly for them, we saw cars with trees on top of them!

SO happy I finally got to see my Riss. She got home from serving the Lord in Texas, and I'm so happy I got to spend the weekend with her pretty face! I'm so happy we got to all spend time together, because I miss my AZ chicks!

I love these cute nieces and nephews of mine! They're so fun, and make me never want to leave!

We stayed at my sisters house one night, and the kids loved it, and of course we did too! It was also fun to work on some letters and shapes with those cute boys!

I was so happy to make a quick trip home, because we won't be back there (or see that sis and her family) until Christmas! Those kids make you feel so loved, and it's the best feeling in the world!