Fiesta Bowl Parade

The Fiesta Bowl is played in Phoenix, and they hold a parade a few days before it. This year we were down here, having just gotten back from Utah, and decided to attend it. It started at eleven and we got there at about noon. We were at the very end of the parade route and enjoyed the warm weather and fun entries. They have a marching band competition, and so marching bands from around the nation were in the parade. It was a lot of fun. Here is Jeff with his favorite cheerleaders. If you look closely you might be able to tell that they were all 80 years old...or older! I know my eyes are closed, but this guys famous. I don't know his name, I could look it up if I really felt like it, but he is the guy from the Disney channel. He's on the show Wizards of Waverly Place.
And here we are together.
And Jeff with THE Ohio Sate University Marching Band.
And with Bevo. You could see him better in person.

Skiing!

We went Skiing on New Year's Eve Day. It was soo much fun. Jeff and I went with my Aunt Alma, Uncle Mike, Donavan, Amanda, Brandon and Caleb. Amanda and Brandon had never been before so it was interesting. Luckily we had a couple of pros, Aunt Alma and Uncle Mike, there to help us. Here we were getting ready to go.

And here we are all ready to head on out. From L to R: Donavan, Amanda, Uncle Mike, Aunt Alma, Chelan, Jeff, Caleb, and Brandon.
It was fun, except for when Brandon hurt his knee and had to be taken down on a stretcher. He was fine, although no more skiing for him. Caleb and I went down a pretty scary slope with Uncle Mike and Aunt Alma. It was icy and windy, and exactly what I don't want to be skiing in. It was funny when I fell though. I got my ski stuck in the snow about a foot deep. It was so deep that I couldn't pull it back out without a little help. Luckily we all survived. And arrived home to a great meal that my mom had ready when we walked in the door.

We followed our day of great skiing up with going to a party at Aaron and Kareth's house. Unfortunately we were there for a couple of hours before I stated feeling sick. So Jeff and I went home. And while everyone celebrated the New Year, I was throwing up with the flu. Not a fun way to end a vacation. I even missed the party that I had planned on New Year's. Jeff never got sick so we were able to make it home on Friday, the second of January, as planned.