Our fun mini-vacation to Tucson!

We got to visit my parents in Tucson last week for a few days. Chip had Wednesday and Thursday off and didn't have to be to work until 3pm until Friday afternoon, so after breakfast Wednesday morning we headed down to see Grandma and Grandpa! Kenzie is pretty familiar with my parents, even though they live a couple hours away. My dad stayed with us a few nights a week from before she was born until her first birthday. And she had a few trips down to their house this summer. She also gets to "see" them when we Skype. She even likes to take pictures of them......


We had a lot of fun while we were there. We got to hang out and relax and see friends and family. On Wednesday, we didn't do much. We had lunch and all took naps. We went swimming that afternoon. I will add a picture if I can get one from my mom!

After we swam, my friend Chani stopped by for a few minutes. She lives in LA, so it was fun that it worked out that we were both in T-town at the same time and were able to make connections! She got Ryken some REALLY cute little gifts...thanks Chani! Wednesday night my brother and his family came over for dinner. We had a good meal with good company, although I was sad my sisters and their boys (big and little) couldn't be there.

Thursday was a fun day. We played outside in the morning, enjoying the nice cool weather. Kenzie got to go to a class at The Little Gym where Uncle Dave (or Mr. Dave at TLG) was her teacher. She enjoyed running around and climbing with a bunch of other kids. After that, we went home and got Kenzie down for a nap...she was worn out.

My friend Danielle from high school came over for lunch. She had a beautiful baby girl 2 days after I had Ryken. It was fun introducing each other to our kids! And it was so funny how different our babies are! Her little girl is long and skinny....Ryken is a short little chub! It is really cool having a friend with a baby so close to mine!





While Danielle was over, my mom and Chip started making caramel apples! MMMMMM! I am not sure how I missed getting pictures (probably because I was talking to Danielle)...but BOY are they good. I will try to take a picture of one and get it on here before we eat them all up!

After Kenzie woke up, we went to see Chip's cousin Micah. He is living down by the U of A (and attending there) and it was great to see his house and talk with him for a little bit between some of his classes!

That night we had another family dinner (minus Dave...he was still working hard!) We got some good cousin pictures, but were sad that Amory and Lucky weren't able to be in them. We will have to get COMPLETE cousin pictures this May!







Kenzie helped me with some dishes before bed and thought it was a lot of fun to play in the bubbles.



On Friday morning we had brunch and then sat around the table just enjoying a few more minutes together. We also gave Grandma and Grandpa a sneak peak of our cute little chickens (their Halloween costumes). We loaded in the car around 11 and hit the road.







Kenzie slept most of the way, but we heard her make a little noise about 10 minutes before we got home. But then she was so quiet. When we got home and opened the door, this is what we found..............





We had given her stickers for the car ride and she had made the most of it! Those particular stickers were VERY sticky and we didn't realize it. She had them on all day and when I went to take them off they were STUCK! WE had to rub lotion and baby oil on them and a few even had to soak overnight.....but they finally came off. We now test the stickiness of stickers before we allow her to plaster them all over her face.

So that was our trip down south! Thanks Mom and Dad! We had a great time : )