Sunday, May 31, 2009

Memorial Day Weekend--Katherine

We had such a fun weekend in sunny Arizona seeing G.G and G.Gpa. The kids did really well for the 12 hr. drive with only 2 stops. Spencer kept saying, "next stop G.G's house in kleenex meaning Phoenix." It was so fun to see Grandma and Grandpa and have the kids be able to interact with them.


Our weekend was packed with fun things to do with the kids. We started off on Friday for a 4 hr. visit to Chuck E. Cheese. On Saturday we went to the zoo. It was super hot, but thank goodness for the little water park they had inside the park, where we spent quite a bit of time.
Spencer was getting a kick out of this gorilla so close to the glass. He kept trying to give it high five.
Next time we will remember to wear swimsuits to the zoo like everyone else.

On Monday we went to a place called Jeepers. It was one of those places that looked too good to be true for the price and sure enough it was too good to be true. It was only $7 for unlimited day pass on all the rides. They portrayed it as this big indoor amusement park. It turned out to be about 5 rides that you could go on as many times as you wanted. (Lucky us!) The kids actually did enjoy it, but after a couple of hours Ryan and I were ready to get the heck out of that dive.
Can't go wrong with the merry go round
This ride was pretty funny. We were all expecting a slower ride with a few turns in them like the other ones, but when this started it took off. I wish you could see Spencer's face in this one. Once you go around really fast a few times on this one, it stops and goes backward just as fast. Spencer thought it was cool he went backwards like Mater. This was Abby's favorite ride. It made me sick just watching them.
Playing games at night. Abby's favorite was Skip-bo and won 4 games! No wonder it was her favorite.
This is one of Ryan's favorite memories as a child. Drawing pictures on Grandpa's leg. Well, the tradition continues, here are the great grandchildren drawing on his leg. They thought this was pretty cool.

After a full day they still wanted to go swimming every night in the hot tub. What a fun week! It was so fun to be there with Jodi, Carson, Brynley and Dean. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for all your hospitality and providing such fun memories for our family!

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