Friday, October 25, 2013

Trip to Arizona


We headed South with Grandma Dallas over Fall Break to Arizona to spend some time with Steve & Leeann's family (Jared's brother's family).  We had an amazing time and loved the beautiful hikes, an awesome natural history museum, the warm weather, and most of all time with family. Jared and Steve both served missions to South Korea and so the brothers put together a delicious Korean meal one night.  We also were able to go to Ben's band concert which was a lot of fun (he is so very talented), and celebrated Emily's birthday.




 The twins favorite part of the trip were the dancing cats at the restaurant Organ Pizza.  If you want a good show this is the place to go.  This man puts on a spectacular organ performance, to understand it you just have to go, very unexpected.

The pictures below are from the Arizona Museum of Natural History.  It was a super fun, interactive museum.


 We took home a nice sized bag of gold after panning for gold at this museum.




We had such a wonderful time with Grandma, we were so glad that she came with us!  It was especially great to have Grandma entertain the kids the entire 9+ hour drive.  Here Amelia is helping Grandma sew. One more highlight for the kids is that we got a car 2-screen DVD player for the drive, that was a lot of fun.  
 

4 comments:

danielleshupe said...

thank you for sharing this great trip with us

SSToone said...

That is so great! You did stuff we have never even done while down there! Love that picture of Dallas! :)

Unknown said...

Hello, I want to take my daughters on a road trip this 4th of July and was considering either Zion or Bryce Canyon. I came across your blog while looking at pictures on Google images. The picture that caught my eye is the one with your family in the pool of water with the waterfall. What park is this in and how can I find it? Thanks for your help!

Leslie said...

James, the hike to the waterfall near Bryce Canyon is called Mossy Cave. Here are directions:
http://www.nps.gov/brca/planyourvisit/mossycavetr.htm

It was a great easy hike for kids. Have a great trip!