Thanksgiving in Phoenix

As you can imagine, our trip to Phoenix was a bit chaotic but completely worth all the crazyness. We spent alot of time just imagining what it would be like to spend our first holiday with all of Cody's siblings on his Mom's side of the family. It was wonderful for me to finally meet his sister Ann Marie and her son Matthew, as well as, his family Roxy and Trent. I got a little giggle out of the fact that Cody and Sarah are "Great Uncle" and "Great Aunt". It was a big spread with fourteen people...Taylor and his lady did alot of the cooking, but Mom did the Turkey. Everything was deliscious! Unfortunately, I was so tired from traveling that I never did get a piece of pie.


Little Trent, Ann Marie's grandson
Taylor and Grandma, otherwise known as GG. Sam took a special liking to GG, she had "wheels". Sam was a bit of a mess the entire trip, the time zone thing really messes with him. He really enjoyed just veggin' with Uncle Tay and Shandra with his movie. Grandma and Sam Cody, Taylor, Mom, Ann Marie and Sarah...the first time in recent history that they have all been in the same room. Wow! Definately a moment. Sarah and Bill, her new husband. Sadly, the girls couldn't make it down. It was Chris's year for Thanksgiving. We haven't seen them since last Christmas, we sure miss them. Poking around Grandma's back yard with Auntie. This was Mom's Christmas present from Jerry. A Suguaro is like owning a Bald Eagle or something, you need a liscence to own it and the state pops in from time to time to make sure you are taking care of it. It is really beautiful and about 20 feet tall. An arm takes about a 100 hundred years to grow, they are very rare and pricey. Checking out the Harley's at Jerry's shop, Sam made sure to put his little finger prints all over everything. Sorry Grandpa! Grandma took Sammy for a spin around the block, I think this was the happiest he was the entire trip. Poor Grandma was so tired after about 30 minutes of that.

A short little video of Sammy loving on GG, she was so cute with him and very patient with him too. He kept trying to pull her brake and play with her wheels. He would help himself to her snacks in her room and bring her pill box. He has talked alot about her since we got home.