Fun In The Sun

We got home yesterday afternoon from our trip to sunny Arizona. We had a wonderful time with Mike's parents and also were able to see a lot of my family and friends down there. We kept busy the entire time and the kids were worn out most days!

Thursday the Roe's had us over for dinner. Stella had a ball playing with Jaya and Sophia. Little Dominic is the cutest and best baby! Porter loved their doggy and couldn't get enough of him.


Enjoying a brewski with EJ, she just turned 21 in January....it's hard to believe she's legal!!!

A handful of the Watson girl cousins. EJ, Stephanie, Amy, Jenn and me.

Last Saturday the 4 of us when to Goldmine, a ghost town. The kids had fun running around.



Sunday we all went to Eloy, about 30 miles from Steve and Linda's house to see the parachuters. Skydiving teams come from all over the world to practice their jumps/stunts here. It was really awesome to see the parachuters jump from their planes and their landings were perfect.


Tuesday night Mike and I went to Chris' house and stayed overnight while the kids had a blast with Grandma and Grandpa. The next morning Chris took us hiking up the White Tank Mountains. It was a beautiful hike and at the end was a tiny (remember we are in the desert!!) waterfall and spring waters.


Thursday we went to the Phoenix Zoo, Chris had the day off and met us there, which was awesome b/c Stella stuck to him like glue, which meant he (not me!) had to carry her when she asked! :)
Porter wasn't too happy in this photo!



Chris stuck in a giant spider web.

Steve bought a Wii before we got down there. We've never played one, but Stella figured out the bowling on it and had a lot of fun. She even beat Mike once when she scored a 185!

Steve and Linda wanted to celebrate Stella's birthday while we were down there, which of course she loved! Linda took her to the grocery store and she picked out her own cake. She loved all the FROSTING! :)

Porter and Grandpa watching the Suns game! :)

Porter zonked out on the way home from Denver to DSM. He slept the entire time-whoo hoo!