“What we love determines what we seek. What we seek determines what we think and do. What we think and do determines who we are — and who we will become.” ― Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Monday, February 6, 2012

Roadtrip

Destination: Mesa, Arizona
Reason: Baby blessing (roommate's niece)
Hours in car: 22
Hours in Arizona: 23
Short but sweet. 
Saturday at 7:45am I hit the road with my roommate, Rachel, and her two older brothers for a long car ride to AZ. It was actually quite fun. I slept a lot. I listened to her older brother, Cameron, talk about the structure of a cell and about hormones and about how he is in school to become a doctor. Ok, it sounds boring, but it actually was not. We went straight to her grandparents house in Mesa and immediately had a big family dinner. It was so fun to meet her sisters and grandparents and parents and that sweet little baby. 
We stayed the night at her little sister's apartment. Church didn't start until 1pm on Sunday so we spent the day eating pancakes and reading and coloring Rachel's hair and stopping to take my picture next to a cactus.  
After the baby blessing and sacrament meeting, we went to her older sister's house with all of their extended family. Ate a lot of good food. Listened to her whole family speak Spanish (none are Hispanic, all went on spanish speaking missions). Hung out. Soaked up the beautiful sun. Then drove back home......
We stopped at Hoover Dam around 10 pm. We were told that we couldn't stop and get out to take pictures.  
But we did it anyways. 
oops. 
Oh well, the cops were pretty chill about it. 
Over all. It was a fabulous little trip. Kind of just seems like a dream. 
But a warm and sunny dream that I didn't want to leave.