We left Sarah's home and headed to stay one night at St. George RV Park in Hurricane, UT, and hopefully, some warmer weather. Then we went on to a week at Preferred Park in Pahrump, NV. It is a nice park and a good place to get good prices on buffets at the local casinos! When we left Preferred, we went to Ridgeview RV Park in Bullhead City, AZ, for three nights.
We got a really nice spot right on the bluff at Ridgeview.
Out our big back window we could see the Colorado River and the bright lights of Laughlin, NV. We could even leave our shades up all the time because there was no one between us and the view!
Our only tom peeper was a little roadrunner. I think he could see himself in the shade of the window as he perched on our bikes, and he had a nice "visit" with himself. We enjoyed ourselves there and sold some Scentsy at an open house in the clubhouse while line dancing and a potluck dinner was going on. Terry helped with the Scentsy and enjoyed the meal, but he didn't join in any of the line dancing. I was able to do a couple of dances until my leg (still healing from the break five months earlier) said it was enough. The next day we were on our way to Golden Sun in Apache Junction, AZ.
We took the picture for our Christmas cards so we could get them sent out.
We got to spend some time with Travis' family, going to a couple of Christmas concerts with Spencer and Nate performing. One Monday night Spencer entertained us with some guitar playing. He does a really good job.
Josh got all comfy under the pillows in a big chair. He is just growing up too fast!
After spending a couple of weeks at Golden Sun, we parked our truck and the Condo at the home of one of Travis' friends and flew to Jill's home in Burns, WY, for Christmas and to stay for Kamber's baptism in January. I know that some who know Terry are shocked at this because Terry does not fly! But, with a little help from a prescription from Dr. Howard, he made it just fine!
We had a fun time enjoying some of Jill and Dan's Christmas family traditions. One is to have a candlelight dinner on Christmas Eve.
Another tradition they started just this year is to read the Christmas Story around the campfire (since they had just gotten a new little campfire pit) on Christmas Eve. It was kind of cold, but we actually got through the Christmas Story and roasted a few marshmallows before we gave in and went inside.
Kamber left a note for Santa. She wanted to get a head start on next year!
Santa did find the Clayson house for the first time in Wyoming! He even left stockings full of goodies for Terry and me.
Boe and Kamber check out their stockings.
Santa had left gerbils for the kids, but they didn't even notice them until they had gone through their stockings. When they saw them, they were so excited! They had asked Santa for them, but Jill kept saying they couldn't have them. Santa won! Jill told them that if they get out of their cages, the mouse traps would come out and that would be the end of the gerbils. But, after a few days, I think even Jill thought they were pretty cute!
We spent the next week trying to keep up with Jill's family and all of their sports events, Church activities, and all those things that keep young families busy. We went bowling on New Year's Eve and even made it through until the new year (except Jill fell asleep for a while on the couch) and saw the "ball" drop. We have had a really good year and we are looking forward to a great new year in 2012!
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