Wednesday, December 17, 2008

December Update

We wanted to show you what we've been up to so far in December.
Ryan's mom came down for a quick one-day visit. It was so fun to spend time with her and Doug.
We spent most of the day at the Desert Museum. It's like a zoo, but it has the animals in their natural habitat. So you're pretty much just walking through the desert.
We watched a free-fly bird show- meaning there were wild hawks flying above us and swooping at us. If you look closely at this picture of Ryan, you can see the bird in the background. This was not my favorite part of the day. As you can see, Ryan was ecstatic. He loves the zoo.

Behind us is the cutest fox in the world. I fell in love with him. He was just so cute.

We've also been enjoying the Christmas season. We went to my work Christmas party on the 11th. It turned out well, even though it took place in our backroom. I got spoiled by the associates with gift cards and a winning lottery ticket ($5)!

Ryan also braved the drug wars going on in Nogales, Mexico to provide audiological services. Basically he volunteered to help get hearing aids to needy Mexicans.



This is the group Ryan went down with. Thankfully, none of them got shot. (There have been over 100 murders in Nogales this year and multiple shoot-outs in the streets.)


We're excited for the second half of the month and hope everyone is enjoying their holiday season as much as we are!

3 comments:

Rachel said...

Wow, a new post! Glad to see that things are going well for ya. I didn't know Ryan went into Mexico, good for him (and even better that he came back alive!) We'll miss you this Christmas. We wish you could be here!

Mommas said...

I loved hearing (and seeing - great pictures!) about your December. It was so very fun to see you this month. I wish we could be together for Christmas too. I really like the winter background on your blog too. Love and miss you!

Diane said...

Too fun! When we come down this spring we'll have to take you to the BUG ZOO!! You can hold 9in long centipedes, hissing cockroaches, taranutlas, scorpians, adn all kinds of creepy crawlys! My kids have been begging me to take them back for YEARS! They have a fun blue tonged lizard too!
:)
P.S. you may never speak to me again, but what a memory! ;)