Holiday Visit

Posts are scarce because soccer started a month ago... but we had family visitor last week so I wanted to post an update and some pics.

Joy made her first visit out to Phoenix just in time for .... 2 days of rainy weather. It never rains here! She flew in last Tuesday afternoon (the 25th) and made it in time to see my team win the first game of the season! She came to school with me Wednesday for a half day and then we had the afternoon off to go for a run and hit up Pita Jungle for lunch. We ran a 10 mile race on Thanksgiving out in Peoria. The weather was weird for Phoenix, really muggy and humid. Afterwards , Keeper treated us to a delicious wild boar leg for Thanksgiving dinner. It sounds kind of weird but it was DELICIOUS! I made the veggies and mashed potatoes and we opted for wine for dessert instead of pumpkin pie ( I couldn't top my Grandma's if I tried, anyway). Friday morning we all headed out to the Superstition Mountains and did some hiking in Lost Dutchman State Park. The hike wasn't too strenuous but we got some awesome views and Chloe was very well behaved around the other hikers and dogs. In the evening Joy and I went to Barnes and Noble for a few hours because the club I advise at school (NHS) was doing some gift wrapping as a fundraiser so we supervised that for awhile. We had a pretty low key weekend. I was happy to have some company on my runs and we both spent the better part of Sunday (after church) being lazy. Monday was back to school and Joy ran my practice for me. The girls weren't used to a tough practice but they learned a lot and we need more practices like that because are next game is against a really tough team. I am so glad she came out for a week to see us!
In other news, Keeper is in the midst of midterms, I am in the last push before finals, and we are gearing up for a tough soccer game on the 15th. We are also signing a new lease next week for a new apartment. It's a nicer, newer, larger place in a better neighborhood. Let the packing begin!