(Thanks again to my parents, who let us stay at their place while they were out of town!)
The kids were perfect on the plane-who knew flying with three littles could be so easy?! The Arizona weather was gorgeous, the mexican food to die-for, and it was so nice just to relax and play together as a family for a few days. We went on walks, shopped at the outlets, and had movie nights in Grandpa's theatre room.
The kids swam in the pools for hours every day and we met up with our old playgroup at the park one afternoon.
On Friday night, we had dinner with our "Iowa friends", The Stephens, at Peter Piper Pizza. Our back doors were only 20 feet apart in good old Des Moines, and we have lots of good memories with this fabulous family. We shared sick kids, mint oreos, a turtle sandbox and more laughs than most would believe is even possible in a year's time.
Aside from the great company, we were quite impressed with Peter Piper Pizza. The food was yummy and the kids were able to run wild in what is a cleaner version of Chunky Cheese. Nick was the business man of the night, figuring out early on that he could win the greatest amount of tickets playing "Wack-A-Mole."
Chris' brother, Joseph, flew down with his fiance, Lisa, for a few days and we had fun hanging out with them and getting to know her, too! She is darling and perfect for him...a total keeper in our book! Welcome to the family, Lisa!
I should have known that, with the flight down being so easy, that the flight home would be a nightmare. A nightmare it was. Our plane left Phoenix an hour late so that, upon arriving in Denver, we were sprinting to make our connection. Maybe sprinting isn't the right word...dragging probably describes best what we were doing with three kids, 15 pieces of carry-on luggage, a car seat and a stroller. Nick was moaning and Olivia said she "couldn't feel her legs" by the time we made it to our gate. Thankfully the plane has just closed and there was no way to get us on so we had nearly killed off the family for no reason! We ended up staying the night in Denver, where I complicated things by loosing our boarding passes, hotel voucher, and debit card. Way to go, Jenn. After getting settled, we ate beef jerky in the hotel room and then crashed...we were all so tired!We were able to make it home the next morning so everything turned out just fine. The kids were troopers and I could not have been prouder of them. It sure felt good to come home, even if it was to the cold and wind!
3 comments:
Jenn!! My Indian Princess buddy!! I just noticed your blog link on Cher's and was so excited! I have thought about you many times since those lovely days in Kampus Korner...I'm glad to see a bit of your life now! Your kids are beautiful. You know I will be keeping tabs on you now that I know where you are! I love you!!
I'm so glad you finally posted what is going on on your blog! I've been thinking of you and wondering how things were going. I'm glad you got a fun sun filled vacation and have a good place to live for the next three months!
I've sent you some messages on facebook with these questions but received no answer. I forgive you though. You have been extremely busy with a lot on your plate.
If you checked your recent facebook message I sent you you will have heard our new not so good news. Gotta love this economy!! Yeah right.
P.S. That is cool that Marianne found your blog. There is a link to her blog on mine if you haven't already visited it. (FYI)
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