Where to begin - I guess we could say the official "start" of the holiday was going to see the Capitol Christmas Tree. It comes from Arizona this year. We heard about a party to see the tree and wish it well on its journey across the country. By "see" the tree, they meant see the semi that is carrying the huge tree. There was the option of waiting in a rather long line to peek in a door at the front of the truck and look down the dark interior at the tree laying horizontally. We opted for decorating sugar cookies and signing the plastic signage covering the truck. Curly and Lou and are expecting that their Aunt in Washington DC sees their name on that truck! Gook luck K-Rae!
Lou's cookie art
The famous tree in the truck
Curly signing her name
Definitely more exciting than seeing the Christmas Tree, was the arrival of our cousins later that evening! Fisher's sisters braved the long drive to bring their children and themselves for an extended weekend visit. It was endless fun, noise, playing, eating, and not much sleeping. We all loved having family here.
We visited the Mesa Temple one day and had a picnic. Our 80 degree weather ended with their arrival and we all donned jackets for our outings, except Curly - she put on a spring dress. 
Curly's budding photography skills...
On Saturday we checked out a Hot Air Balloon Festival. This is all the ballooning we saw. The wind prevented any balloon from launching, but it was a beautiful day!
Oh how we love to dress up!
And as all good things must come to an end - the family headed home Monday morning. All the kids were exhausted from endless playing and I heard it was a quiet ride home. We also caught up on some sleep and now we are gearing up for the next party!
3 comments:
Peep has the same style issues. I think she needs to live somewhere warmer. I have finally convinced her to wear pants about 75% of the time now. This is huge. =) I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Curly's hair is getting so long! How fun to have the christmas tree connection. I was looking at family pictures today and I can't believe how time flies. Curly and lou were so much younger in my pictures. I can't wait to see you soon!
So fun to have family come. How did you hear about the hot air balloon race?
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