More AZ visitors

This is rare for us since most or our family lives by each other with the exception of Rustin who probably gets 1 or 2 less visitors than our 3. :)

Ken and Geri came to stay at their condo in North Scottsdale and were kind enough to stop by and see Steven and his family, then drive to the other end of the Phoenix valley to see us. We had a great time and really enjoy having visitors come. Although they did get lost because their GPS took them somewhere else to find our house. I guess we're still too new for GPS to find. :) They are trying to visit all the Temples they can get too - amazing! What great examples they are to all of us. There are now 2 Temples in AZ, one more to be dedicated out farther from Phoenix and hopefully 2 more in the next couple years to be built in the Phoenix valley.

Unfortunately, they came to enjoy the beautiful weather and we had the worst wind/rain storm in about 20 years! The Salt River (which is completely dry and we drive through to get out of our area of town), was flooded - there is only one bridge out of Laveen and that's how we all get out to get to shopping, dining and church. They did get several days of perfect weather - totally worth it then! :)

1.15.10
Ken and Geri drove out to our house today. They spent a couple hours with us and Lucas chatted "Grandpa's" ear off - he was busy the whole time. He had Ken go outside to pitch so Lucas could play baseball. :) Jeff had the day off because he had worked so many hours these last couple weeks and even worked last Saturday. So they were nice enough to give him a day off and he was able to spend time at home with us and Ken and Geri.

Their time-share is about 4 miles from Kristin's old house, so it was a long drive to get to our place, but they were nice enough to come and we enjoyed it. They're staying for another week, but are going to visit all the temples in the area: Mesa, Snowflake and even drive over to Vegas for a day or two.

Lucas was thoroughly confused to see Ken walk through the door. I could see the wheels turning and making a funny face trying to figure out why Grandpa Sorensen was standing at the door. For sure, he tells everyone that grandpa is in Norway...... :) Steven's kids had the same reaction.

Hope you enjoyed your trip to Oslo.

Love, Alison


Glad to hear that Ken and Geri were able to not only visit, but find all of you home.  Tell Lucas we are still in Norway and it is still cold.  I think Nadia is coming back to AZ this week, so hopefully you will have contact with her soon. We had a good trip to Oslo and the conference was very uplifting. It is always good to see the other missionaries in the zone and there is now even another couple in our zone. They are in Tromso, which is quite a ways north of us. They say that they are scheduled to see the sun for the first time this year on the 21st, so everyone is looking forward to next week.

Hope you are all feeling well. 

Love, 

dad and mom

1.22.10
Glad to hear that your house, yard, trees, toys all stayed where they belong.  We are also glad to hear that Nadia called, I was going to tell her that if she did not call, she was going to have to carry her suitcases home from the train station because I would not be there to meet her.  But I didn't have to threaten her.  You will enjoy meeting her. She was a missionary on Temple Square and she is studying English in school, so she does speak very well.  Tell Lea to score a goal for grandpa today and one for grandma also.

Give Nadia a hug for us. Also give your kids a hug from us.

love

Dad and mom

On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Alison Risenmay <sorenmay@yahoo.com> wrote:
Nadia called me today. I wasn't expecting her English to be so clear. I was expecting a heavier Norwegian accent and there was hardly any at all. We'll be meeting up tomorrow afternoon. I am taking Rozann to the airport - Grandpa Woodward passed away this week and she's going to the funeral in Idaho, aftewards we're going to meet up with Nadia.

Looking forward to meeting with her. We survived a massive rain, wind storm and are happy all of our trees and toys are still in our yard and standing in the same place. Others were not so lucky and have lost trees, trampolines and play structures. Ken and Geri left today and called to see how we survived - I think we took the brunt for the entire Phoenix area. We lost power several times and was happy the longest was an hour and once more while everyone was sleeping. That one reset all clocks and alarms - luckily we made it on time to school, but there were more people there at 8:55 than usual - looks like more clocks were reset than just ours. :)

Lea is playing soccer tomorrow in probably the only field in the area that isn't flooded. It'll be chilly, but we're looking forward to a fun day in the wet and muck. :) have a great day and stay warm!

Love, alison and fam