Trip to AZ

We took a trip to AZ a couple weeks ago.  It was such a great trip.  Rob and I are still saying to each other that it was probably the best trip we have ever had to AZ.  The kids were great in the car both ways, we did lots of fun things with grandparents and cousins, and it was just pleasant.  I guess we should make these trips more often! 

Here are the kids the night before we left (I think).  Zac had climbed into Sadie's bed because he was scared.  So cute.

We got there on Saturday evening.  The next morning we got up and ready for church.  This was snack time before we left.  Yummy cheese balls.  ha ha  Grandma always has the best snacks!

The kids spent some time in the back yard.  Sadie gave rides on the tricycle.  

We also got some family pictures taken while we were there by my aunt. (I'll post those later) We took them right by this awesome climbing tree.  Sadie loved it.

We also got to spend some time at my grandma's house.  She has an orange tree in her backyard the perfect size for the kids to pick some oranges.  

It was pretty fun.  

One of the days we went to a park with a picnic lunch.  There were bees everywhere and Emery was kind of freaking out.  As you can see in the picture.  ha ha. It was a fun time though.  

We got to witness this beautiful sunset one of the nights we were there.  Nature is so pretty.

 Of course we had to take a picture in the cactus garden at the park.  ha ha  The kids were getting brave touching all of the cactus.  A little too brave for my taste. 

 We went on a hike one morning.  It was beautiful weather.  It was a "waterfall hike".  Here is grandma reading the rules about hiking on the trail.  

 The kids did great!  

 Emery caught a ride part of the way, but she walked a lot of it too.  It wasn't a hard hike...mostly flat.  And I like how you can see Daisy being carried by  Evan in the background.  ha ha

 I got to carry Riley.  :) She fell asleep on the hike out.

 Grandma with the kids (minus Calvin).

 We made it to the "waterfall".  Ha ha.  At least there was a puddle of water to throw rocks in.  Sometimes after it rains there is a waterfall on those rocks behind us. 

 Here we are at the Peacock park.  Actually, we played at the park and couldn't find any peacocks, so we went over to the nearby library and found tons of them.  Pretty cool.

 Here is me and Evan at the outlet mall.  The Superbowl was about 5 minutes from my parent's house so they had all kids of football stuff up.  

 Of course we had to hit up Cabellas!

Sadie loved playing with Daisy.  She would give her sticker after sticker and they had a great time.  

We visited the new phoenix temple while we were there too.  Riley was asleep in the car so I just got a picture of these three.  But the last time we came, the temple wasn't done yet.  So it was neat to see it all done.

There was an egg bash of course.  Sadie won the kids division.  She was so happy.  

Riley watched from the sidelines.  And ended up under the couch.  ha ha.

Here is great grandma and all the cousins.  These kids are the cutest.

Riley had a great time with grandma on the rocking horse at the park.  I love how she is holding on with her little feet!

Thanks for an awesome vacation!  We hope we can do it again soon!