This was a large part of why we went out to Arizona- I've never met my husband's grandma. Her health is such that she can't travel. We were to go out there June of '08, but that's when the floods hit our area. The night before we were to leave we had 18" of sewage water in the basement. Yeah. Ick.
Anyways, so the first half of the trip we spent with his Grandma H. She is such a neat lady. I was surprised how much she reminded me in ways of my own grandmas. In stature she is similar to my dad's mom(tall, thin). Then for one meal we were preparing she was excited to mix a couple frozen juices for the beverage. That was so my mom's mom!
We just had a nice time getting to know each other, telling stories and laughing. All of us also helped in the yard with pruning and the citrus trees. Oh yes, she has a lemon, grapefruit and 2 orange trees! At one point she had a lime tree but it sadly died. Here are some pictures of our time there:
I wish you could smell these through the screen! Grandpa H loved roses and planted these. Wish I could have met him, too.
Grapefruit time!
1, 2, 3... that's a lot of grapefruit, mom!
A little silliness makes the job go faster?
Trying so hard to get one off the tree!
It was just too tough!(For me, too! And they have spike-like things, ouch!)
This was just getting started. Maybe a quarter of what we pulled.
I thought it was pretty cool to harvest citrus! Wish we could grow some back home! There was so much on the tree we ended up juicing most of it and freezing it to take home. After looking at these pictures, think I'll go make myself a glass or two.
Still to come, Squaw Peak and the South Rim of the Grand Canyon!
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i can't believe how big the kids are getting! i also can't believe you're so close to me, yet so far away still, when you're in AZ ;)
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