Arizona Adventures - Part 2

While in Arizona, we visited one of our favorite parks. There is no playground, but there are lots of walls and interesting climbing structures. Plus a big lake with tons of ducks, turtles, fishing, etc. You can walk out on the dock. There are cacti, which delighted my kids (Erica kept tapping her finger on the pricklies proclaiming it didn't hurt) as well as lots of other plants. The best part is that my fabulous sister, Laura, and her friend, Jeff, came to visit that weekend!! We had a great time with them. La is amazing and beautiful and my kids love her. Plus they introduced me to Rumbi's chocolate cake. And to "Psych," a very funny TV show.



Isn't this picture adorable? It made me realize I don't take many candid shots. It was partly posed, but mostly candid. We were finding turtles and watching the ducks. Can you tell my mom LOVES these kids?


Here are a few pictures of Erica and Aunt La. I think they both secretly (or not so secretly) like to pose for pictures, so they make a good pair:

Here is a picture of Robby and Jeff. Jeff was so patient with my kids and they really had a great time playing with him. Here's Grandma Nancy with the kids. The architecture is so random! Especially the green ball coming out of my mom's leg. :)



Here is my dare-devil daughter. Ever since she was two, she was always climbing on everything. Life is never boring with Erica around!


Here are the sisters...I SO wish we lived closer!! We have such a great time together and I find myself feeling younger when I'm with her. I'm on a get-Laura-to-move-to-Seattle campaign.

Here's La trying very patiently to win over Jacob. By the end of the weekend, he cracked a small smile. ;)

This is one of our favorite things to do with my mom. She is a piano teacher and very musically talented. Growing up, we had tons of fun gathering around the piano and singing. We still do. It's great to watch her do this with my kids!

That brings me to the other part of our weekend. When Rob and I lived in Provo, we became friends with Amber & Josh and their daughter, Felicity. Just before we moved to Seattle, we had Robby and they had twin girls. They drove three hours to come visit us in Gilbert!! It was so wonderful to see them. They are such a great couple and extremely talented. One of my favorite things about living by them in Provo was going to lunch every Tuesday with our little girls. Or the time I got caught speeding in a school zone and was pulled over right in front of our apartment building on the way home from a church playgroup. Amber was there. She is also the one who got me started scrapbooking and card-making. Thanks for trekking out to see us! YOUR GIRLS ARE BEAUTIFUL!!

Here is Felicity, Erica, & Robby having fun together:

Here's the whole group. I wish Rob could've been there!!

Thanks for this picture, Amber. I love it!! This is how I feel when I'm about to eat a cookie. too.

Here's a picture of me and Amber. She looks as good as she did four years ago. I look like I went through a rough pregnancy and still can't exercise. ;)

Stay tuned for homemade lemonade, E&R riding a mini ferris wheel, and a picture worthy of a Sonic commercial...one more Arizona post to go!