yesterday...

yesterday was just a great day. just great! kelsey, nicole & i went to get our hair cut together in the morning... [which by the way, looks fantastic! kelsey went short and it is so stinking cute!! hopefully she'll post about it soon!] then right after that we left to go meet up with our ward to go the the gila valley temple open house [again... but its okay. i sure loved it just as much this time as i did the first time.] while we were there, nicole & i ran into a few people we knew while we lived there. it sure was fun! and our tour guides were one of our old bishops and his wife. i sure love that bishop. and! we even saw grandma & grandpa farr with our cousin, ryan. it totally wasn't planned at all... just a happy little coincidence! we had sandwiches at thatcher park then drove home.

 [picture courtesy of zac baker photography, inc]

all the while that was going on... the pool dudes were out our house putting in the tile. and it turned out fabulous! since that's done now... monday is a cleanup day [they need to drain a bit at the bottom of the pool again and stuff] and i think they will be fixing the rust spots that day too. i cant recall for certain. and then tuesday must be the pebbletec-ing and then wednesday is the acid wash and sanding. then it will have to sit for a few days then we can add water and have a our pool back... which i really am just about ready for, its getting mighty toasty!

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also. i was out watering my plants this morning... and i just couldn't help but be amazed at how much it has grown... my beans and cucumbers are still having a hard time, but everything else is just exploding! i really do love everything about it...

...the first day it was planted...

...today...

{time sure does fly}

alrighty... so on the 21st my ward had a temple trip. we drove up to mesa in 2, 15 passenger vans and it was oodles of fun. nicole, kelsey and i sat in the very last row of one of them. we laughed, we [as in nicole] mighta freaked out about the scary weather a bit], we played war, we tried to farkel with 5 dice [which, by the way, doesnt work as well as you might think], we branded ourselves with our flower rings, we sang [and then bishop collett would promplty turn the station to something else], we ate at this yummy pizza place, we walked around in the cold [yes "cold" ... you could, in fact, see your breath], we made new friends, we took pictures with giant camels, we changed out of our dresses in said vans [well... i didnt cause i forgot my pants], we stopped too many times on the way home [some poor kid was pooping his life out], and overall had a lovely trip! :)

photo curstesy of nicole kaiser, inc.

our new friends! [me, nicole, kelsey, amber, roberta & brette]