Happy Trails to You!

The four of us rented horses from the stable near Colossal Caves and took a guided two hour tour through the desert. Michael Morrell's horse-Mike; Michael Veseth's horse-Ted; Sue's horse-SeeBee; and my horse Comet. A great ride!

Also stopped to pose with the statue at the caves.

New Year's Eve we spent with our cousins, George and Marj Ansell, and our friends, Chuck and Sarah Block. Fortunately or unfortunately we did not take pictures.

More of Monday's Activities

Monday's Activities

Monday's activities included a visit to Unique Designs by Kathy where Kathy raises the sheep, goats, llamas and alpacas for their wool.

She hires a shearer then cleans, combs and spins some very interesting and colorful yarns from the different wools.

Kathy gave us a tour of the animals and we hand fed the llamas at the end of the tour.

Then the best part we went shopping in her shop. Sue very kindly offered to knit another scarf when she had time if I found some yarn I liked - that was not difficult.
It was difficult, however, to narrow it down to one length of yarn.

Then on to Tohona Chul Park where we had lunch sitting outside and discovered a new citrus tree close by - a limequat tree.

The walk around the gardens was spectacular and enjoyed by all.

Sunday's Dinner - A 16 lb. Standing Rib Roast

Friday we shopped at SteinMart where we each found something
on sale, then Sam's Club and Total Wine where Michael found
a Malbec for our Sunday dinner.

Saturday, we all went to Copenhagen Furniture for their sale
which turned out to be disappointing and then on to the Public
Market which was also disappointing as it was very cold and
to close to the holidays so very few vendors and very few
shoppers but I will check out the market again.

On Sunday, the 28th of December, Michael made a standing
rib roast on the bbq.

As you can see by the pictures it was not uneventful but it sure
tasted good when he finished with it. We still have to clean
up the bbq from that adventure but we didn't catch anything
on fire.

More of our Second Day - December 26th

The weather here was unusually cold Christmas Day and a couple of days after.

However, the low clouds on the Catalina Mountains were beautiful.

Michael ran out to take pictures also.

The Second Day of The Veseth's Visit

Beverly and Cliff (sister and brother in law)and my niece, Trena Moddrell drove down from Avondale to deliver our two new recliners and ottomans.

Cliff, as usual, went right to work assembling them and did a wonderful job. Trena and Beverly assisted and we stayed out of the way as they obviously had a system going.

Michael did relax in the first chair when it was assembled though.

It is very exciting to have a bit more furniture!

Michael and Sue would not sit in the new chairs at first - they said we looked sooo comfortable.

Dinner the first night with the Veseths

Michael made his famous Pepper Steak for our guests on their arrival!