Arizona trip!

This is going to be an extremely long post! We were in AZ from March 9-19 and got to see lots of family and friends. There were tons that we also didn't get to see. It's always so hard to pack it all in! Next time!


At the Roanoke Airport. It's so small and easy! Lincoln was so excited to fly on the plane, and loved watching the planes through the window. The boys were amazing travelers on this trip. Lincoln is easy to keep entertained now, plus he slept a lot, and Bennett is still young enough that he slept most of the time. Our flight to Tucson was later, so the boys were pretty sleepy, especially with the time difference (3 hours). I think we got to Debbie and Denny's house in St. David around 11 pm, which was 2 am our time!

Highlights from St. David:
*Lincoln was so excited to have so many little buddies to play with! All of the little cousins (Garth, Colt, Ethan, Mikayla, Maylee, Alaya, Kinzie) were there. He especially had a blast playing with Garth and Colt and talks about them all the time.
*Running around outside.
*Such nice weather!
*Fires in the fire pit.
*Digging for worms, which Lincoln wasn't too thrilled about.
*Playing trucks in the sand.
*Swinging on the swings. Lincoln especially loved it when DeeDee would push him.
*Watching Lincoln, Garth, and Colt play in the water on the trampoline in their underwear!
*We went to the Kartchners' (DeeDee's husband's family's house) pond and played. SO MUCH FUN!
*We went over to Thatcher to go to the temple. DawnSheree watched our boys while Derick and I did a session. Grandma Carpenter did the session with us and then went out to lunch with us afterwards. Love her.
*Bennett getting loves from everyone.
*Going to the Tucson Zoo.
*We loved just hanging out and relaxing! Derick and I especially love having adult company after the boys go to bed.

 

After St. David, we went to the Valley and visited my family. It was fun for Bennett to meet Grandma, Uncle Greg and Aunt Karla, Aunt Christie, Uncle Bradley, Grandpa, and Great Grandma and Grandpa Huish. While we were there, Karla threw a 24th birthday party for Greg. Lincoln loved helping Greg with the pinata. While in the valley, we were also able to eat at Joe's Farm Grill (YUM) and go look at the Gilbert temple.

 

It was quite a busy and exhausting trip, but it was so much fun! It is always nice to get home, though.