Tuesday we left for Whiteriver, AZ to stay a night and attend my mom's cousin's funeral in Pinetop. We stayed at Honda casino and got to spend time with my cousin, his girlfriend and their kiddos--we had a great time seeing them! They had a puppy and a kitten so they kids loved that and had fun playing with their cousins.
Honda had all of these dead stuffed animals that the kids were amazed by & that I was a tad disgusted by. I mean I can see shooting a bear or a bobcat if it is coming toward you but really could an elk or a deer kill you?? I think not. And don't even get me started on killing quail, rabbits or chipmunks--
grrr! Okay enough on my anti-hunting agenda.
The casino also had
cardboard cutouts of celebrities all over the place so we took pics with them. Oh and did you know you are not suppose to take pics in the casino?? They told me to stop but my motto is to do what you want and
apologize really nicely like you had NO clue :) It works.
Wednesday we woke up and went to
Chadeen's funeral. It was really nice and so sad. She was only 60 years old and she was always so kind, loved to laugh and she was beautiful. She had colon cancer and was not able to beat it. This is why our family will be running in the Colon Cancer Alliance
Undy 5000, it's a 5K that will be downtown on Nov 21st. I have a link on my side bar that can give you more info if you would like to sign up to run with us! It is a great reason to get in shape and raise money for a good cause.
*Oh and I cannot end this post without mentioning my kids accomplishments on this trip:
-Kali jumped on the bed after eating dinner & threw up
-We had a noise complaint at the Casino that we were too loud (the kids we jumping all over the place and being sooo loud)
-Kai took a drink from my large lemonade at Samarai Sams on the way home and spilled the whole thing!
-Kali got car sick and threw up her Samarai Sams all over my dress I wore to the funeral :(
and s'mores (which Mr. Becker calls "schmores")
Kali has marker on her face in this pic because she was smelling my Mr. Sniff markers :) Did you have those when you were young? I did. And, I love them!
we had dinner at our friend's house, this is a bad pic but I am not the best photographer....
and Kali had ballet, which she informed me is boring....probably because the teacher had to tell her to stop talking (she is sooooo my daughter)
but hey at least she looked cute ;)
Honda had all of these dead stuffed animals that the kids were amazed by & that I was a tad disgusted by. I mean I can see shooting a bear or a bobcat if it is coming toward you but really could an elk or a deer kill you?? I think not. And don't even get me started on killing quail, rabbits or chipmunks--grrr! Okay enough on my anti-hunting agenda.
Wednesday we woke up and went to Chadeen's funeral. It was really nice and so sad. She was only 60 years old and she was always so kind, loved to laugh and she was beautiful. She had colon cancer and was not able to beat it. This is why our family will be running in the Colon Cancer Alliance Undy 5000, it's a 5K that will be downtown on Nov 21st. I have a link on my side bar that can give you more info if you would like to sign up to run with us! It is a great reason to get in shape and raise money for a good cause. 