Celeste was asked to give a story of an ancestor during a church activity before we came to AZ. She decided to tell a story about one of her ancestors Frank LeSueur. So when we arrived in AZ, we decided to head out to the place where the story took place, which is where Frank and his friend, Gus Gibbons, were killed by outlaws. Today the piled rocks stand as a monument to them. Once there GrandDan told us the story. Frank and Gus just turned nineteen and were recently deputized to help track down outlaws that were in the area. Frank was waiting for his brother Jim to return from a mission before he would serve one himself. As the posse was out and about the Sherrif headed back with the posse to get fresh horses and told Frank and Gus to keep tracking. As Frank and Gus headed up a finger canyon they were ambushed by the outlaws and shot. Killing them, however, was not enough for the outlaws who proceeded to take Frank's scriptures from his pocket and placed the scriptures on Frank's head and shot through them multiple time while also mutilating Franks body. A really sad death.Later on Frank's brother Jim had arrived home from his mission and was having a hard time with the death of his brother. He was pleading for comfort and understanding from the Lord through prayer. He then had a dream and was taken by an angel to the other side of the veil. There Jim was shown a large building about the size of the old conference center. Inside were hundreds of people being taught by one man. The angel told Jim that these were his ancestors being taught the gospel and being prepared for their work to be completed on earth. When the man that was teaching the group of people turned around, Jim could see that it was his brother Frank. Frank was a righteous man and when killed was called home to serve his mission as a teacher for his ancestors. It is a great story from Celeste's side and a cool experience to go out to their graves and hear the story from GrandDan.
We had quite the ordeal trying to get down to Arizona for Christmas this year. The weather was not cooperating with us very well, however we finally made it down on the 23rd of December. It was great being able to see everyone. All the Hancock siblings were able to make for Christmas this year. As you can see Brindi loved her grandad, playing the piano with Bryant and Brennon, relaxing in Wyatt's swing, and is just an all around cute little girl. Wyatt looked the best with his santa suit on and his mother, Adelle, holding him. There is also a good picture of Amber and Bryant.
Next was the opening of our Christmas pajamas. This is one of my favorite Hancock traditions because the pants are really warm and have pockets. There are some really cute ones of Brindi with her grandad and grammy and a couple of her giving some pretty funny faces. 
Finally Christmas morning had arrived. Brindi had a rough night with too much candy which made her throw up but she was okay once she saw her present. Her biggest present was getting to spend time with the grandparents but she also got a lot of books with stickers and magnets, a new chair, a hula skirt and necklace, and rubber duckies and frogs. She quite enjoyed opening the presents and I think has finally got the hang of it.
We played a lot of "rook" and "dang it to heck" card games a long with our family Christmas games of Christmas Bingo, White Elephant, Garbage wrap (Not sure the real name), and Snow ball toss. The last game Celeste and I went a perfect 10 for 10 as we tossed marshmellows to eachother catching all of them with our mouths as depicted by the picture above.
