We decided to take a trip down to Phoenix to visit my sister Michelle in February. We headed down Wednesday the 17th and stayed in St. George for the night. The next day we left Ben and Todd, who had come with us, in St. George for the yearly golf trip my Dad is kind enough to put together. While they played, I headed south with two kids and a long drive ahead of us! They both did really well and we made it to Michelle's by dinner time. It was so fun to see her and Logan. Jack was on his way up to St. George to golf with everyone else so we missed him. They just moved into a new home and it was so cute! She was a way awesome hostess and we did lots of fun things.
On Friday we started by having a picnic in the park with my friend Emily and her kids. I didn't take any pics but we had a fun time talking, watching the kids play and most of all enjoying the beautiful weather! It was a gorgeous day! After nap time we headed over to Freestone Park. They had some fun rides for the kids.
Here's Logan, Michelle and Grace
Garett enjoyed his little ride too!
I got to ride on the train with the kids. It went all the way around the park and was a lot of fun!
After the park we headed to
Joanne's to get some fabric for our weekend project. I haven't taken pictures, but we made lots of different fabric flowers that week. They turned out really cute!
On Saturday we had grand plans to go to the Renaissance fair, but got rained out. :( We ended up going to Toys R Us and wandering around for a while and then went home. After nap time we decided to do something totally different. We went to a pottery painting place and painted our own special plates! Growing up my family had an old blue plate the the birthday person got to eat off of. We called it the Blue Plate Special. I decided to continue the tradition and make an updated version.
Jack, Ben, and Todd got in late Saturday night. It was Todd's first time seeing Michelle's family since he got home from his mission. It was a great reunion!
Sunday it rained again, so after church we BBQ'd in the back yard instead of at the park. Then we played some games and sat around watching the Olympics.
Garett decided climbing in the pantry was a good rainy day activity.
Monday was still pretty rainy so we ended up at this really cool place. I'm not sure, but I think it was called Jack's Place. They had a pizza buffet that was pretty good. Then the fun part was picking which theme room you were going to eat your pizza in. We ate in the movie room and watched Night at the Museum. There were a few other options like the sports room, a cafe and a jungle room too. We then did some miniature golf there. It was a pretty shabby course but we had it mostly to ourselves, so it was fun!
Grace had fun the first few holes, but that quickly gave way to boredom.
She and Logan decided to create their own fun.
Then she got a few golf tips from Dad.
My sibling: Todd, me and Michelle.
We made poor
Garett stay in the stroller the whole time! He finally fell asleep with 4 holes left.
Garett practicing.....17 more years buddy.
The anticipation was so exciting. Kyle and Ben are like best friends, so Kyle let him peek at it before anyone else saw. (Thanks Kyle!) Nobody guessed this right, but he was called to serve in the Georgia, Atlanta North mission! He leaves June 2nd. We are so proud of you Kyle!
We also celebrated Grandpa Harper's birthday that night. Cinderella, I mean Grace, got to help open his presents. Grandpa has been great to us. He is always willing to help out and offer advice. We really appreciate and love him. Happy B-Day Pops!
