Thursday, April 9, 2009

Phoenix

We went to Phoenix for our Spring Break. Jon flew a week before me to do training for the Air Force. Being the crazy person that I am, I flew by myself with the 4 kiddos again. It wasn't all bad...our flight out of Florida was an hour an a half late, so we barely made our connection in Atlanta. Then, due to high winds in Phoenix, we had to divert to New Mexico. We sat on the ground for about 2 hours before we were able to make the hour flight to Phoenix. It was a very long day, but the kids were amazingly good. My parents drove their RV down and met up with us.

We started off our trip right by going to the Mesa Temple.

We went to the NCAA Elite 8 basketball game. UCONN was playing Missouri.
We went to the Grand Canyon. It was so windy and cold, but it was an absolutely spectacular sight to see.
We went to an old ghost town. We got to pan for gold, go down into a mine, and see what it was like to live in the old west.
We went to an Easter Pageant at the Mesa temple. It was awesome!

We had a great time in Phoenix. To top it off, I got to see one of my old high school friends and one of my roommates from college. Both of them were bridesmaids in my wedding. I haven't seen them for years, so it was so much fun the catch up and reminisce.

3 comments:

Amy J said...

You have no idea how much this makes me miss home! No Easter Pageant this year for us :( Glad the kiddos were good for you during the flight trip!

jbel said...

u r amazing ... another flight w/ all the kids n no other adults 2 help. wow! so glad it wasn't too bad.

Az. being cold n windy in spring is surprising. Looks like the kids (including u n Jon) had fun checking out the town though!

Tami said...

You are a trooper. I can't imagine all those delays and diversions. Sounds like you had some good kids.