Casa Grande Ruins - Labor Day Weekend 9/01/08

Labor Day weekend was a busy one. We cleaned the house, installed a ceiling fan, and wrote and gave our 1st talks in our new ward. Andrew got a new calling, he is in charge of organizing trips for the boy scouts in our ward. We're both excited about it, he will do really well! By the time Monday rolled around, we were ready to get out of the house and do something. We decided to go somewhere close and discovered that there really are unique things to do in Casa Grande.

The Casa Grande Ruins, are actually located in Coolidge, AZ. The Hopi Indians use to occupy the area and build their dwellings out of pine

(which they hauled form several miles away) and other desert plants. They had early irrigation and had survived off of the fruit from the saguaro cactus, wild nuts and berries, fishing and wild game.

Afterwards we met up with his family at a local restaurant and had FHE at his sisters home. This weekend flew by, but we got a lot accomplished and had some fun in the process! We even saw Casablanca and a few other great movies. What a weekend.