Mike and I talk all the time about going to Arizona for a visit. We just can't seem to make it happen. Either we'd have to spend our life savings on airfare or we die from the chaos of driving 10 hours with small children. So instead, I was kind enough to volunteer myself for the trip.
My cousin and his wife happened to be in a "Lamb of God" musical fireside and since they both sing amazing it gave me the extra reason to go. That and I love my cousin Candace too.
First I thought I'd go and take Maybell, but quickly came to my senses. What kind of vacation is that? But I felt like I wanted a little piece of home with me so I took Ivan. My cousin Shelley has boys his age and they love playing together. They actually made the trip to Utah the week before I left for AZ. So here they all are at my moms house
and then a week later we headed out to see them. It was a great trip. We tried to save a few dollars by flying out of provo's tiny airport. I didn't realize just how tiny it was and so I made sure we were there a good 2 hours early. Since you basically walk into a one room building, we were PLENTY early.
so we played cards for 2 hours
Then walked back out of the building and onto the plane
Candace picked us up and we got to meet my friend Jaime for dinner
then stopped for my favorite treat- Bahama Mama Rama
Ivan didn't last long
It was fun to have my little Ivan with me. We don't get a ton of one on one time and it was good for both of us.
There is this gully thing next to my aunts that you have to walk through to get to a park we were going to play at. He was in heaven in the gully. He kept saying he couldn't believe we were in the desert. Like that specific gully was "thee desert." He just wanted to walk through and watch for lizards and rabbits.
finally we made our way to the park
we enjoyed the sunshine.
we enjoyed dinner out with Candace.
we enjoyed the musical.
We enjoyed family time.
and Ivan enjoyed being with his cousins again
it was a quicky but goody
and here's my other two love bugs watching the plane come in. It's so fun to greet kids after being away. I sure did miss them.
and here's my other two love bugs watching the plane come in. It's so fun to greet kids after being away. I sure did miss them.
Sweet post! You're so good to have taken Ivan with you. I'm so selfish about my "alone" time that I forget to do one on one time with the kids. Good job. :)
ReplyDeleteGlad you could come and glad Ivan came too. I like in that pic where he's asleep that he's still holding his BB pretty tightly. When will I ever meet Emery? She needs some cousin Ryan time.
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