For Thanksgiving this year, we decided to go to Arizona to spend some time with Jared. Cheryl and Parker decided to join us, which was a lot of fun. We were a day ahead of C & P so on Tuesday, Alan and I were able to go to the Gilbert Temple. It is such a beautiful temple! My brother-in-law, Scott Bleak, was the main architect who designed it. It is almost identical to the Payson Temple. Both are simply stunning in their beauty, both inside and out.
(We need to practice taking selfies!)
After the temple, we went to visit some friends, the Thorsen's, who moved from California to AZ about a year and a half ago. She fed us lunch. She, also, gifted me with more Lladro that she didn't want - including a nativity!!! It is beautiful and I love it!
The next day, the five of us piled into our van and headed to northern AZ to see some sights for a few days. Some places we saw were Sedona:
Red Rock State Park:
Antelope Canyon (a favorite spot of mine):
Grand Canyon:
Petrified Forest/Painted Desert:
The family who clicks together sticks together!
On Thanksgiving day, we went to Bearizona. This is a wildlife park with many different animals (wolves, bison, elk, deer, rams, goats, beaver, otters, etc.) and of course bear.
Since we were here on Thanksgiving day, I had to take a photo of this fortunate turkey who somehow avoided being on anyone's holiday table that day
Rare white buffalo
This bear was taking a bath in the tub then...
...he did a back rub against a tree for the cameras!
We had a great trip to Arizona. The Gilbert Temple and Sedona had both been on my bucket list for a while, so it was nice to be able to check both of those items off.
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