Trip to Arizona

We love Arizona! Well, I had only been there 2 times before this trip but both times I seriously just LOVE IT! I love the state of Arizona - just driving down the streets - it's so different than California. But what I think I really like is seeing Mamaw and Pawpaw and spending time with them! We just always have so much fun! So all summer Chad and I discussed going to Arizona - looking at flights here and there - knowing we wanted to go but not making any set plans. Until one Monday we decided let's just do it - let's drive to Arizona. We will leave on Wednesday...yes only 2 days from when we decided...we could only stay for a few shorts days because I had to begin back to work the next week but we knew it would be worth it! On Wednesday afternoon after Chad got home from work we loaded the "big truck" (as Cooper calls it) and got on the road. We were unsure if we would drive all the way through - thought we would see how tired we were and how Coop was in the car. After 10 hours of driving - with only 2 left - we decided we needed to stop. Coop was restless (as a whole he was a gem the entire drive - thank goodness for movies in the car!) but he was so tired that by 1am he wanted his bed - not his carseat! We stopped in Blythe - slept like 7 hours and drove the remainded of the 2 hours to arrive in Arizona about 10am on Thursday morning! We made it! It was wonderful! Brooke happened to be visiting Mamaw and Pawpaw at the same time so we got to spend some time with her too!

Chad and Cooper got some swim time in! Cooper had learned to swim to the wall on his own and gotten more comfortable in the water by then.

Big boy swimming all by himself!

Underwater with Daddy!

Being super silly with Brookie and Gracie Doggie...Cooper kept saying "NIIIICE Gracie Doggie!"

Auntie Brookie reading to Coop

Pawpaw and Chad - probably making fun of each other

One of the days we got to go to Phoenix, where Steve and Marni and the kids live...They were having a birthday party for Alyssa who turned 16! Cooper was obsessed with this slot machine that they had in their house! I mean obsessed! He played it for at least an hour and kept saying "moneys" "moneys" "moneys" It was pretty funny!

Pawpaw, Daddy and Coop

Riding the horsie with Uncle Stevie

Playing drums!

Loving Luna! or should I say "Yuna"

Breakfast the morning we were heading back to California.

Alysa, Cooper, Brookie and Mawmaw!

Cooper loves his Mawmaw!

Thanks for letting us come visit you on such short notice! It was wonderful as usual! We made it back to California in 11 hours - we didn't stop and stay the night...long trip but SO SO WORTH IT!