Holiday Hooligans

Yes, I like alliteration. That's the best I could do..... If you have something better, you're the winner! :) It was a fun holiday down in AZ. Surprisingly it was a white Christmas. Yes, you heard me right..... A white Christmas in Arizona?! What the...? This picture tells the story. There were nothing but clouds the whole time except for a few days (like 2. argh) blissfully sunny days. I'll take what I can I guess.

The holiday hooligans consist of: myself (of course!), Elise & Erik, Sonya & Tyler, Mom & Dad. Ryan & Maranda spent it with her family this year. Side note: they prefer not to be called by their nicknames anymore :( But that's less confusing for you!

It was a week of bike riding, mesa hiking, basketball playing,

guitar learning, gun shooting,

goodie eating,

game playing,

mexican eating,

tumbleweed carrying (see story below),

present opening,

walk taking,

pin bowling,

friend seeing FUN!

Sorry some of those didn't make too much sense...haha!

Fortunately I got to strap my bike to the top of Erik's car and enjoy the white weather :) I also attempted to learn to play the guitar. I learned all the chords for Wild World by Cat Stevens but struggled putting them all together smoothly. If anyone knows this chord, you get a prize (I'll dedicate a whole blog post to you. haha)!! I forgot what it is......

I also went to a few Thatcher High games at the EAC Holiday Tournament and even got be an "assistant coach" by association for one of the games. Wanted to learn from the best - Coach Henson! Now I know how to better equip my own team for the winning! Season games start next week. Yikes.....Bring it on!

Tumbleweed Story - not a must read, but very enjoyable none the less :)
So one day I was down at my Dad's office at the college working on semester grades when all of a sudden there's a knock at the door. What the heck? Who in the world is that?! I open the door and I can't even see out cause there's this GIANT tumbleweed blocking the whole door frame. So I just closed it and went back to work. A few minutes later, there's another knock. Well I just ignore it. By this point though, I'm afraid to admit, I was actually starting to get scared, like for real. Haha! So I called my dad just to tell him what was going on and then there's another few knocks with door knob jiggling. Aaaaaaah! I finally opened it getting ready to yell at whoever it was. I open it and there is Elise & Erik laughing heartily.....of course. Oh man, they had me good. I know they are dying laughing reading this right now, as they should be. Good one guys! You're too funny!