Deck the Halls

This month has been so busy but so much fun. We've certainly enjoyed the Christmas season and all the festivities that come along with it. We visited the Mesa Temple christmas lights, attended ward christmas parties, decorated our tree, visited Santa at Bass Pro Shop, played at the riparian preserve with cousin Lucas, enjoyed the relief society progressive dinner, attended an ugly sweater party (which I won the ugliest by the way), had a special stake conference with Elder Cook, laughed through 3 white elephant gift exchanges, bought and wrapped presents for native american children in downtown Phoenix, and of course, we've enjoyed time with family! Oh what fun!

 

 

 And lastly, we improved our curb appeal by painting our door, updating the hardware, painting the doorbell button,sanding and painting the wooden door frame, and adding a stainless steel kickplate. Our entryway was so ugly and i've been wanting to change it since we moved in two years ago.

 It's more of a darker red in real life. This picture makes it look sort of orangy and bright. What do you think?

The Phoenix Zoo

We took advantage of this perfect weather and enjoyed a long morning at the Phoenix Zoo. When we were about to buy our tickets, a lady came running up behind us and said, "Wait, I have 4 zoo passes that expire tomorrow, can you use them?" Woo hoo that worked out so well. We walked, looked at animals, ate our sack lunches, and fed Preston in the zoo's quiet rose garden. It was a lovely day for sure!!