Short & Sweet

We made an extremely quick trip to AZ this weekend for the blessing of my new little nephew Alex. I had been asked  months ago to work at the hair school in Cedar on Friday which meant by the time I got done there, grabbed my sister Amanda, got home, got on the road and drove 7 hours we finally arrived at 1 am on Saturday. (Only to turn around Sunday afternoon and come home) We got a few hours sleep, but didn't want to waist too much of our precious time.

One of Kylie's favorite things to do with Grandma and Grandpa H is go to princess plays at the Hale Family Theater. She was in luck because this weekend they were preforming Princess and the Pea. She was so excited!!  It was all she talked about last week. And of course she wasn't disappointed. She loved it!

The weather was BEAUTIFUL that day so we whipped out the shorts and headed to the San Tan Mall for a little shopping.

The mall has a big play area that Kylie loves to play on which is also strategically placed in front of the Build-A-Bear shop, (aren't they smart?!) but it wasn't Kylie's idea it was Grandma and Grandpa's. They were so nice and let Kylie build her very own bear and as you can imagine she ate that right up.

She picked out a really cute pink and yellow bear

and took putting the heart in her bear very seriously. They told her to do several things with the heart before putting it in there and she made sure she did them all!

Next came the washing, picking out clothes and making the birth certificate. She named her bear Olivia after the princess in the play that morning.

She wanted to carry her bear all by herself, but it got heavy

good thing Grandpa was there to help out!

Jase certainly didn't walk away empty-handed. He scored himself a Zuh-Zuh pet. It's so funny to watch him play with it. He laughs as it zips around the floor, but if it gets anywhere near him he hits it away as fast as he can.

Umm, did I mention the weather was amazing? Well, it was. So we spent the afternoon barbecuing and hanging out in the backyard. I haven't had so much fun with my siblings in a long time! We played the funniest games and got laughing so hard we were crying. Jeremy had tears streaming down his face. That was the best part. That made the whole trip worth it!

It was though, all fun in games until people started getting thrown in the pool

And by the hideous look on my brother's face the water was freezing!! I'm certainly glad I never ended up in there.

Grandma was hoping Jase would take his first steps at her house, but it just wasn't going to happen. We did get him stand for a few seconds a couple of times though.

Sunday was the whole reason we came. Alex was blessed and my brother did an amazing job! We stayed for a lunch and then it was back on the road.

The trip was short, but I am so glad we came. Memories were made and we are truly blessed as a family!