Merry (Armenian) Christmas!

Today we attended our first service together at St. Apkar's Armenian Church in Scottsdale.  When we met with the priest on Friday, he had mentioned that people usually come to the 10am service on "Armenian time" - - a nice way of saying fashionably late.  I thought we met that description when we arrived at 10:15am, but I was way off the mark, as the church continued to fill up all the way until noon.  The service lasted two and a half hours (and I used to think Catholic Midnight Mass was long), but I think Damon and I left the church with a new appreciation (and definition) for Armenian time.

Alexa was very eager to go to church to "celebrate" Granty - she had even told Ms. Jenny about it on our drive home from the skating rink last night.  As we were walking through the parking lot towards the church, Alexa asked if there would be giraffes inside since we were there to celebrate Granty.  Aww....that made my day.  She was a tad disappointed that no giraffes would be in the church, but the disappointment waned quickly, as she was very excited to light a candle in remembrance of Granty.  Although, in the theme of seeing giraffes everywhere these days, I did spot a woman carrying a Kate Spade giraffe-printed handbag.  Grant is quite omnipresent!

Grant also celebrated Armenian Christmas today thanks to my sister-in-law Gia and her son (& Grant's cousin Luke).  When Gia had asked Luke what he wanted to bring for Granty, he had initially responded, "Eggs."  Interesting choice :)  It looks like Auntie Gia must have convinced him otherwise, as Luke brought some adorable 'I Love You' balloons to his cousin today.  It's so nice to know that Granty's in good hands and getting lots of visitors....

Cousin Luke visiting Granty today.

Merry Armenian Christmas, Granty!  We love you!!!