Okay, it was really only about a day and a half, but we were traveling for the weekend!
My niece, Kristen, invited us all down to Phoenix to visit her a couple of weeks ago. I was the only one from my family that was able to go, so, I rode down (yes in a car) with my sister, Cindy, brother in law, Russ and luckily…my niece, Lessley. I say luckily because it would have been a pretty long total of 20 hours (or 500 hours, depending on who you talk to) in a car!
We left Salt Lake on Friday morning and after a couple of stops were on our “scenic route” way. The Scenic Route meaning we left the freeway and went on 2 lane roads through places like Panquich, Ut. Where the gas station had the nerve to put “soda” water in their soda fountains instead of just “plain” water! We also drove through Kanab, UT where they save money in their city budget by hiring “dummy” cops.
I guess it works, we slowed down, and even turned around to take this picture!
Cindy:There is a dummy in that cop car.
The rest of us: No way.
Cindy: Yes there is, turn around!
So we did, and she was right!
We made it to Phoenix, Anthem, Scottsdale….at about 7pm AZ time.
It was such a great weekend spending some time with Kristen and her cute family.
We played the WII
Well, Sierra played the wii and was very good!!!
Lessley got a short lesson on how to ride a rip-stick.
Judge for yourself how well she learned!
I think she improved!
We went to dinner on Saturday night to celebrate my mom’s 76th (yes I said 76) birthday.
We had to wait about an hour to get into eat. We were all able to keep ourselves entertained.
We finally got in and were able to eat and then sing Happy Birthday!
Love ya mom!!!
Before we left the next morning, Jared wanted us to meet his fiance’ Victoria. So we all went to breakfast to spend a little more time with the “fam” before we left.
Jared and Victoria are getting married next April! Congratulations!!!
It was so fun spending the weekend with family. Thanks Kristen and Matt for inviting us down!!!
See you November!
