Spring Break 2014

We spent the last half of spring break in Arizona. My sister Katie has lived there for almost three years and we haven't visited her yet. I'm so glad we finally got to visit her! We have a system down for long drives that require 8 or more hours to get there. We left at 3:00 am. We put the kids in their seats and they all go back to sleep. I also go back to sleep and Marshall sacrifices for the team and drives. Then the drive is about half over by the time everyone wakes up. It worked well for our trip to Disneyland last fall and it worked well again this time. Everyone woke up in Kanab. We made a few stops after that and arrived in Phoenix around lunch time. 

We see Katie's family about twice a year but Kaden and Brigham were too little to remember each other. They were both shy at first and then warmed up to each other.

James and Miriel are only 2 weeks apart in age but you wouldn't know it because she has him beat in height by a long ways. She gets it from her dad. These two had so much fun together while we were there.

The weather was so nice and warm. We ate breakfast outside every morning. My kids were complaining that it was cold and I had to remind them that it was warmer at that time then it would be in Lehi all day.

Thursday we went to the Phoenix Children's Museum which puts Discovery Gateway to shame. There were so many fun activities. This was a little car wash that you could ride trikes through.

James's trike had a trailer seat which was perfect for Kaden. We were there during nap time so Kaden's emotions were all over the place.

The ball room had an assortment of marble tracks. Some were big enough for golf ball and baseball sized balls and others were little.

That afternoon we swam in the pool

These three were the bee hunters. They would hunt down bees and try to kill them.

Jame's cannon ball.

Friday we went to the Mesa Temple. It is beautiful and so unique compared to the others.

That afternoon we went to the Phoenix Science Center. There were lots of cool exhibits.

My favorite was the exhibit on the human body. There was drum that you could put your hands on the sensor and the drum would beat the same as your heart beat. 

This was an activity where you raced each other in wheel chairs.

That night we went to Grace's soccer game. It was beautiful and perfect temperatures.

We got to enjoy the sunset as we watched the game. In high school our games were always right after school got out in the hot sun. I would have loved having games at sunset.

My sister lives in Queen Creek which is next to Gilbert. We drove by the Gilbert temple on our way home from the soccer game. I got the stomach flu or food poisoning that night and threw up all night. It was not fun but thank goodness I felt better by morning.

Saturday morning we went to Lowes and built recycle trucks.

That afternoon we went swimming and hung out at Katie's house. It was a nice way to end our trip. Sunday we drove home all day. We left at 6:00 am and surprisingly it was a good day of driving. Everyone was happy and we only had to make a few stops. 

Thanks Katie for a fun time in Arizona!