When I first moved to Ketchikan John and others told me that it didn't snow much here and when it did the snow didn't stay on the ground for very long. I am not a believer. We had lot of snow and it seems like it stayed on the ground for quite awhile.
In January we had the opportunity to get out of the snowy weather and go to the heat in Phoenix. It was the first time I had truly been warm in months. While there we were so excited to attend Cassie and Russell's Temple Wedding. I went down there a few days early to help finalize all the plans and to visit with Cassie, Russell, Alexa, Cody, Cynthia, my sister Jeanine and her family. I didn't have enough time to visit with all I wanted to. I said the next trip I took to Phoenix, I wanted to leisurely visit and have no time restrictions. John, Collin and Connor arrived in Phoenix two days before the wedding. It was a really nice ceremony. I got to do the mother thing with her daughter bride. Cassie looked really beautiful and I couldn't stop smiling. One of the highlights was that Alexa was sealed to Russell and Cassie right after their own sealing as husband and wife. We were so thankful for this to happen. Well, on Monday morning following the wedding Connor, Collin and I got up early to fly back to Alaska. John stayed to drive back his truck to Alaska. We had left it in AZ for Cody to use.
Alexa, Connor and Aracely (Maid of honor's daughter)
Alexa with Grandma and Grandpa
The happy Couple
We were hoping Cody would have his mission call by the time we went to Phoenix so that we could all attend the Temple together but it didn't happen. So when he did actually get his call which was on March 20, 2008 to Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mission we started planning another trip to Phoenix and that wasn't the leisure trip I had been looking forward to either.
That is another whole story in itself. If you go to Cody's mission blog it will explain what we did and the adventures we took. http://codysmission.blogspot.com/
Well, I will be planning another trip to Phoenix sometime in February. Cassie and Russell are expecting a baby then. They are so excited and so are we. Soon John and I will be grandparents twice. Cool, huh?
