Mesa Favorites

Its been 5 years since I've been to Mesa - the town I grew up in and called home for 20 years.

There were several things on my list of must-dos while we were visiting.

Mesa, AZ temple visitor's center

City Cemetery to visit my Mom's grave site

 Bahama Buck's - seriously just as good as I remember!

Swim time at a city pool to cool off

Visiting the ol' homestead on Lyn Rae Square

We were lucky that our childhood home is for sale right now and the realtor lives across the street. So we arranged for a walk through. Four of us kids took advantage of the opportunity. We hadn't been home for 7 or 8 years since Mom and Dad sold it.   

All the cousins certainly made themselves at home in the backyard. 

It was a very strange experience to be back home and know it isn't our home. I found my name I engraved into the metal door knob when I was 5, we cried and reminisced about our favorite parts of the house, and we took our first-day-of-school picture by the front doors. 

Dunkin' Donuts 

Krispy Kreme just doesn't compare. 

And our favorite restaurant Gecko Grill

I've been dreaming about their Southwestern Shrimp Burrito for over 5 years. Dream come true!

We had a great time staying at Tasha's new, lovely home in Mesa and visiting with them. We also got to finish the trip with a family BBQ and swimming at my sister, Gayla's house. It was a great trip, and was even worth the sweat from the heat. ;)