AZ

I've been a little MIA, but I had a good excuse! We were out visiting my parents in AZ at their house. It was Justin & Sienna's first time out there. We had a great long weekend enjoying the warm weather and seeing some family friends. Too many pictures to post them all but here are a few of the highlights.

Sienna picked fresh tangelos off of their tree. They were so juicy and delicious. She loved them as the juice ran down her arm and kept saying, "messy! messy!"

We hit up the Phoenix Zoo. They had a lot of African animals and ones that you can't see at the MN Zoo. My favorite was the giraffes. Sienna and I just made the cut, and were the last people to get to feed them before they took a break. Their long tongues curled around the lettuce in our hands and slurped it back in. It was really cool.

We spent most afternoons outside enjoying the warmth and having happy hours.

Sienna even had a special outdoor chair with her favorite Minnie Mouse on it.

We enjoyed a dinner with Ron & Diana, who live in the same community as my parents. 

We also went to Roger & Sues' house, but unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of that get together. We stayed at their house for a couple hours and then went to Scottsdale for dinner. Since there were so many of us we caravaned to the restaurant. Whenever Sienna is in the car, she always tells the person driving to Go!!  Especially when you get to a red light - she doesn't like to be stopped. Justin was driving, so she kept saying "Go, Daddy. Go!" We told her that we couldn't go any faster because we were following Roger and got her to say "Go, Roger. Go!" instead. She said it the whole car ride there, the whole car ride home, and every time in the car for the rest of the trip. Even now if you say the name Roger, she says, "Go, Roger. Go!" I think that might be stuck in her head. 

We found a fun park right near my parents house, with 2 big play gyms and a splash pad. 

My big girl on the ride home. We were so lucky and no one sat next to us on either flight.