Dads in Phoenix! (or was)

Hey everybody!
Well, as you can tell by the title, dad has been in town the past week! He arrived on Sunday night, or rather very early on Monday morning. His flight was supposed to get in at 10pm, but actually arrived around 1am.
Anyway, he came out to get out of the cold at home and help Uncle David and Aunt Sandy get some things done around the house. So instead of being at Gram's, I've been staying at Uncle David and Aunt Sandy's for the past week (Lia is kind enough to share her room with me).

I'll just go over the highlights of the week:
Sunday afternoon I came over to Uncle David and Aunt Sandy's, and immediately got whisked away by Lia to go hang out with her friends from work. We played Mexican Train Dominos and ate pizza and had a fun time, and after coming back Uncle David and I picked up dad.
While dad was here we went out to a lot of meals, worked on organizing Uncle David and Aunt Sandy's garage, and just enjoyed the nice weather. We also looked at a lot of granite warehouses, as they want to re-do their kitchen countertops.

Slabs of Granite

Our one 'must do' while dad was here was to visit Joe's Barbecue. Dad's absolute favorite restaurant. 

At Joe's Barbecue

So dad was here from Sunday night until Thursday afternoon, and then he hopped on a plane back to the frozen tundra of Illinois. Or at least its frozen tundra compared to the nice 70-80 degrees that Arizona is currently.

It was nice having dad here with me for a while, even if we didn't go exploring or do anything very interesting or touristy. 

So after dad left on Thursday, Aunt Sandy and I drove Uncle David to the airport on Friday headed to Ohio for business. So now its just us girls in Arizona!

On the way back from the airport we stopped by the Heard Museum.

The Heard is a museum of American Indian art and history. Its really fascinating, and focuses on the American Indians native in the area and their history. You get to learn and look at the heritage and culture of the native people.

Courtyard at the Heard where we had lunch

Inside the Heard

On a side note, most every morning Lia, Aunt Sandy, and I go on a walk before Lia goes off to work, and this is a picture of one of our morning walks: