Every year my parents and my sister Tosha's family come to visit over spring break. My dad was in a play this spring, so he didn't make it, but we still had a great time! My brother Larry and his family were able to come down too. They stayed with some friends in Mesa, but we still got to see them a few times. Thanks everyone for coming to visit! You're all welcome to come back!
There was a little bit of excitement on the way here. My sister had their van fully loaded and they were ready to leave IF Wednesday afternoon. They didn't leave until almost 7pm, and didn't even come all together!
THE SOLUTION: My mom, sister, and 3 older kids drove down late that night in my mom's car. Shawn (brother-in-law) and the baby flew out the next day. Much more complicated, but so glad they still came!
Highlights include: Museum of Natural History, Out of Africa Wildlife Park, Phoenix Children's Museum, My 25 birthday party with a bunch of wonderful family, miniature golfing, swimming (90 degree weather in March), splash parks, picnics, shopping, games, football, movies, and lots of yummy food! Whew. It was a lot in 10 days, but we had a blast =]
Museum of Natural History: Final price for 4 adults and 3 kids, $6.00. Have I mentioned our free Culture Passes? They're awesome, and so is this museum. The adults and kids had a great time. Here we are panning for "gold". You even get to take it home!
Out of Africa: 1 1/2 hour drive, freezing cold and windy weather, 5 adults, 4 kids, a couple of coupons, final price...much more than $6.00, but still very fun!
They have a couple of shows with tigers and bears, where the employees play with the animals and show off their hunting skills. It was really cool to watch. Bottom Right: the employees would jump into the water to get out of the way.
We left Phoenix a steamy 85 degrees. Camp Verde had to have been no warmer than 55 degrees, with a cold wind. No pants, no jackets, no sense. Luckily I had a bag of DI clothes in the trunk. Yes, those are sweat pants and shorts on our arms. Don't judge us...We made due with what we could!
The lionesses were by far the highlight of the day! After sitting around and ignoring us for 5 minutes, one lion decided our nephews weren't too bad. They would run in front of her habitat, and she would chase them along the fence! Back and forth they went for several minutes. If they stopped, she would crouch down as if to pounce. They loved it!
The second lion the boys caught the attention of was not as friendly. She didn't like them being near her one bit and kept roaring at them, really mean like. When she started digging at the bottom of the fence to get out and eat them, the adults felt it was time to go elsewhere!
Note: If you were stupid, you could stick your fingers through the fence and touch the animals, or lose a finger. That's how close you get to them! They even let you feed a lion and tiger, and pet giraffes, camels, and snakes!
The Children's Museum. It was my birthday that day, so me, Adam and my mom went to lunch instead of the museum. I think we made the better choice!
All the kidos at our house for a birthday bash.
Some evening downtime.
Miniature golfing at Castles and Coaster. They have 4 different courses, they they are really fun.
While the boys rushed through the course, we took our sweet time, and many photo oportunities.
Sad little boy, but I love this picture. He looks like the Incredible Hulk!
I adore all of my nieces and nephews, but this little guy was my very best friend this trip! He's in that hilarious 2 year old stage, where everything they do or say cracks you up. The boys (young and old) got him saying "I got ladies!", "Oh yeah, Ladies", and my personal favorite :( "Hairy bum, Katelin", which he still runs around the house saying!
Thanks family for visiting! We'll see you next year! Next week Adam's parents come to visit, and we can't wait!
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