The Big Trip

Anderson, Madeline, Abigail, Rose Anderson, Madeline, Abigail, Iris, Ken Rose, Wilder Madeline, Anderson, Abigail Rose, Wilder, Iris Thanksgiving feast in Tucson The McLaughlin’s Kaity, Allie, Conner, Joey The cousins Back row: Joey, Weston, William Conner, Allie, Kaity, Willow, Rose, Abigail Dalton, Drew The Youngberg’s  Kaity and Abby Abby and Maddie Ken, Abby, Anderson, Madeline, Sawyer, Wilder Rose, Jenn Sawyer, Maddie and Wilder The Youngberg’s Reminders when leaving campground We are now settled in Phoenix and will be here until the end of the year. We were going to be at the same campground for 6 weeks but are now moving down the street at the end of this month. (They have a pickle ball court and 24/7 laundry in addition to a pool and hot tub - and monthly rates so a win-win!) Abby arrived early in the week and we drove over 2 hours south for a lovely Thanksgiving feast with the Haebig clan. (Aunt Mil is my mom’s sister). It was a lot of fun and there was a lot of great food.  W

Aunt Mil and Jenn (my mom’s sister) Jenn and Nita (my friend Rhonda’s cousin) Jenn and Rose with pickleball paddles  Rose Rose at Tour de Tucson  Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum  Rose the turtle Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Rose taking care of Ken - pushing a wheelchair In the heat and up hills was really tough Rose riding El Tour de Tucson - 32 miles Rose with her medal - a big accomplishment  Jenn and Rose after the 32 mile ride We were soaked!  We had a great stay in Tucson. We were able to visit with Aunt Mil a few times. She had us all over for dinner the night before el Tour de Tucson and we also hung out with Uncle Gary, Lori, Sean, Brian, Allie, Joey and Conner. It was great seeing our Tucson relatives again. We also met up with Nita and her husband Galen. We met Nita in Soldotna so it was good to see her again and meet her husband. Rose did 2 gymnastic private lessons at Old Pueblo Gymnastics Academy and I did one class at Iron Grip CrossFit. Ken got an MRI of his left knee since

Soldotna home- Abby decorated it :) Thirsty squirrel Sweet visit with Jan and Glen We did a mission trip with them to Alaska  Before we moved there Rose spent many hours doing gymnastics at  The new trampoline park, campground jump pad, and  Summit Gymnastics Great visit with former nanny Melissa and her daughter  Charlie Field trip to Bearizona  Spike Great visit with Marsha We worked together at Coconino County around 2006 Cacti - we don’t see these in Alaska We tried recreating this wedding photo From 20 years ago without seeing it Another former nanny visit  Kirsten and her boyfriend Nick She has visited us twice in Alaska and he once. Maybe  They’ll move to Alaska one day. Rose and Nick on Bell Rock - Sedona Rose “the climbing goat” Rose and Kirsten  Remember how Ken said we are following the weather? Well… this week was one of the coolest so far, especially at night, with temps in the 20s and 30s. Thus we (Ken) had to disconnect us from water most nights. Not difficult but a litt

My friend Kate - former cycling buddy in Flagstaff Lovely visit with the Hale family Karra and Liahna visited us in Alaska  Now it’s their turn to visit us again :) No caption needed LOL Flagstaff KOA Rose as Angel - Halloween trunk or treat Drive to Flagstaff More scenery  And more Rose with Minnie and pumpkin waffles Grand Canyon - Shoshone Point Rose at the GC Us at the Grand Canyon  Looks like she’s having fun  We enjoyed the rest of last week at Moab. I did my second on the road CrossFit class and was still sore in Arizona. Going forward I’m going to try to hit one CF class per week. I also did a fair amount of cycling. Yay We took Rose to a very large trunk or treat event less than a mile from our campground on Halloween in Moab. The almost 100 pieces of candy should last awhile.  Rose attended a tumbling class nearby as we are trying to sign her up for classes or private lessons on the road. Side note - her homeschool program in Alaska reimburses us for activities like this whil