Visiting Grandma Flick in AZ: "A long weekend of nothing" October 2013

After all the busy nights and weekends working on the basement Melissa and I decided we needed some time to relax.  I decided we'd spend a few days with Melissa's Grandma Flick at the cabin in Payson, AZ. My plans were to sleep, eat, play bored games, sit on the porch, hike, sleep, eat and sit some more, then repeat X 3 days. The weather ended up a little cold so we went to Grandma's house in Dewey, AZ instead and just took a day trip up to the cabin.

Zoe and I were excited to just wander, no projects or tools, just peace and quiet.
We even ended up sitting in the screened porch looking at the trees while almost falling asleep for an hour or two.

Grandma, Melissa and Zoe as we were getting ready to leave.

Melissa and I
 
Melissa's Uncle Dale and most of his kids live near Grandma so we got together for dinner after church on Sunday.  This was a whole section of Melissa's family I hadn't met before, but they build custom parts for ATV's and love to talk cars... so they are easy to get along with.

Cousin Jared

Melissa, Grandma, Melanie, and Megan (and their girls)

Cousin Jessie

Zoe was a little jealous that some of the kids played with her bed rather than playing with her.  Most of the kids had fun playing ball with her in Grandma's astroturf and gravel backyard. The kids spent almost the whole evening out there unsupervised and without any "she licked me" tears.

Melissa, Uncle Dale, and Grandma

This is a custom designed, street legal, 4 wheeler that Uncle Dale and his sons built in their shop.

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