Arizona Vacation 2011

We just got back from a sunny Arizona vacation. We flew out of SLC to Phoenix. It was Greydon's first plane ride and we were all a little nervous on how he would do and he actually did really well. I don't have pic of the plane because I was too busy trying to keep Greydon occupied and happy. We made it to AZ tear free.

Once we got to Arizona we rented a Jeep Patriot and drove 2 hours to Quartzsite Arizona to visit Rick (Darin's Dad). It was a long day of traveling and we were glad to finally arrive. While with Rick we played outside in the sun, went for a 4 wheeler ride and watched a few movies. Rick had been saving a clothes dryer box for Gredydon to play in and he loved it.  We spent one afternoon in Yuma AZ visiting my step grandparents JD and Barb. They treated us to a nice lunch at Lutz which is a cool place with all sorts of weird things hanging on the walls. Darin's favorite part was they filled the urinals with ice in the men's room (guys are so easy to please).

On Saturday morning we made the 3 hour drive to Eloy to visit our good friends Dennis and Hailey Conroy and their new baby Reagan. It was so good to see them and we had so much fun! They have a really nice house that has a pool area with a kitchenette and exercise area. On Saturday we played by the pool and had a BBQ. I quickly learned that pools and toddlers are not fun. Greydon had no fear and wanted to jump in the water head first if I would have let him. I was a nervous wreck. Sunday the boy's went and played a round of golf and after all of us went to the Eloy airport where Dennis works and had lunch. We got to watch the wind tunnel which is like a sky dive simulator, it was way neat.

Monday afternoon we returned home and one again Greydon did great on the plane. In fact on this ride he kept putting Woddy (his doll) up against the window and telling him to look. It was really cute. I never thought I would love my son to have a toy doll, but they sure are great friends.

Here is a long list of pics:

Greydon and Woody in the car

 Playing in the rocks at Grandpa Soctt's (all yards are rock in AZ)

 Playing in Rica's kennel which was not a very clean place to play. He kept going in there and lying down and saying "nigh night mommy."

 The beloved cardboard box was so much fun

Looking out of the window at Dad

We found this beautiful cactus out in the desert on our 4 wheeler ride. The flowers on the end were beautiful and the needles were 2 inches long.

Lutz Casino for lunch

 At the pool

Hailey reading Greydon a book

Baby Reagan

Greydon had a hay day with this stroller. He took Woody and Reagan's pink bear for lots of rides.

I just realized that I am not in any of these pictures. I guess next time I will hand the camera to Darin.

St. Patricks Day Parade

We celebrated St. Patty's day this past Saturday by going to the parade in Salt Lake City. We rode the Front Runner to the Gateway and it was a lot of fun. Greydon is totally into Choo Choo's these days so he had a blast riding on one.

Happy Valentines Day

Darin and I have a tradition for Valentines Day. Every year we stay home and cook crab legs, artichokes and steaks. It is absolutely delicious and we beat the heavy crowds and high prices of restaurants. This year was amazing as always. I don't have pictures of us, but I do have a picture of Greydon and his valentine day balloons.

January

January has been a fun month for us. We got to go skiing with some Friends. We celebrated my 30th birthday in Lava Hot springs and my great friend Hailey had a new baby so there has been a lot of excitement. Greydon is going great and is starting to put two or three words together at a time. He loves to tell me stories and I am starting to understand most of them. He just gets funner and funner each day.

He is loving to put on my boots and attempt to walk around.

 And wearing my floppy hat

 And what kid does not love to play in laundry baskets?

The big 30!

I hit a big milestone in my life yesterday...I'm now 30 years old! It is hard to believe because I feel like I turned 21 last week. There were a lot of celebrations for my birthday but no pictures.

I went with my dad, brother, Darin and Greydon to Maddox. I had never eaten there before and I thought it was fantastic.  The next night my mother in law Diana had a Turkey dinner in honor of my birthday and to top it off yesterday my mom cooked me my favorite meal, corned beef and cabbage. Needless to say I am extremely full and happy.

I think my 30's are going to be great! I hope to expand my family, knowledge and  friendships and win the lottery.

A few recent random pictures

Here are a few recent pictures of some random things.

 Greydon eating a PB&J..or should I say destroying it

Cheese!

His cute race car diver PJ's

New Years!

Our New years celebration was very mellow this year. We went over to my friend Becca's house for a few hours. We enjoyed yummy treats and Greydon loved playing with McCall and Miles and the other children there. We got home just in time to watch the ball drop for the east coast new years celebration. We knew Grey would not make it until midnight, so we went ahead and let him beat on pots and pans after the ball dropped around 9 pm. Greydon also made a "party hat" at his day care that week. So with his party hat on we banged on pots and pans for some time and then sent him off to bed.