Arizona trips - part 2 of 2

fountain at Fountain Hills

some more pictures (continued from previous post)

the girls and Amber at the fountain

Amber LOVES to go down the slide at the park

running to the slide

spinning!

Brooke having fun spinning!

Kara loves a playground with a rock climbing wall

guess we'll have to get used to seeing all kinds of cactus around! This purple cactus outside our hotel was pretty! (well, as pretty as a cactus can be!)

the Mesa temple

Mesa temple

pioneer park across from the temple

some of the families who came were Jeff's relatives

Trips to Arizona - part 1 of 2



(Warning... LOTS of pictures!)

This summer has brought the chance to travel quite a bit back and forth between Arizona and Utah looking for jobs and places to live. During these trips, we were able to see a lot of new places and have a lot of fun. Travelling with a dog does not open opportunities to go inside very many places, so we had to be creative and find some recreation outside.

Across from the hotel we stayed in (in Fountain Hills - northeast corner of Scottsdale) was an awesome park with a splash pad and a giant fountain in a lake. That was our favorite hotel to stay in (because it was the nicest and the cheapest), however it was really far from everywhere we were looking to move, so we didn't stay there more than 2 nights.





The next hotel was in Tempe very close to ASU. The hotel was adequate, but we were upstairs and there was no grass for the dog to use for the bathroom.

The last hotel we stayed in while we came to visit before we moved was in Mesa. Unfortunately I booked this hotel before I knew it was in a not very nice area of Mesa (and the pictures on the website were NOT of the actual inside of the rooms). But it had a huge grassy area for the dog to use, and we were able to stay long enough to find a nice house, get approved, and sign the lease! So happy times were had even though it was gross!



splash pad

Brooke playing at the splash pad

the girls having fun and cooling off at the splash pad

At the splash pad

Kara taking Amber to chase the ducks

Brooke chasing the ducks

running to catch them

the kids and the dog scared them pretty well

Brooke was sad she couldn't catch one!





at the splash pad in Fountain Hills

I'm an RN!

I passed my license exam! After a lot of hard work and studying, it all came down to a little more than 100 quesions that honestly had not much to do with nursing. Oh well! At least it's over and I'll never have to take that gruelling thing again!

Now, to find a job....

Ferron Trip

We had the opportunity to visit Ferron one last time before leaving Utah. Jeff's uncle Paul passed away, and we took a day trip up to Emery county, Utah for the funeral. We were able to see many of Jeff's relatives and visit with his parents for a few hours before heading back home. It was nice to see everyone - we hadn't seen most of them since the family reunion that side had when Jeff and I first got married (so it had been almost 13 years).

Below are some pictures I took while we were in Ferron at the cemetery and around town.

Jeff's ancestors

Jeff's ancestor (same as below, but this was the government issued headstone - spelling was wrong)

Jeff's ancestor

Jeff's grandparents

Jeff's ancestor

Jeff's dad, Gerald, with Gerald's nephew, Eugene

church building in Ferron

the house Jeff's dad grew up in

Jeff's grandpa's former barber shop

some of the scenery between Ferron and St George