Arizona Trip

     The Friday after Christmas, we drove down to Scottsdale for a week long vacation.  With our trip to Disney World last year, we didn't get a chance to make it down for Spring Break like we always do.  With the baby due March 26th, Spring Break will be a no go again this year.  We haven't been down there since September of 2012.  We were definitely long overdue for a trip to sunny Arizona!  It had been way too long since I had seen my Grandma.
     It ended up being Joey, the kids, my mom, and me that went.  We went back and forth about flying and driving and decided to just drive.  The twelve hour car ride is pretty brutal, but it is doable.  We decided to be really brave and drive straight through.  Ashlyn is seriously the best car trip kid in the universe.  She didn't complain one time.  She played with her Ipad, drew, watched movies, and just looked out the window.  I was very impressed.  Dawson did okay.  He really didn't like being in his car seat that long and I can't say that I didn't blame him.  Twelve hours straight is a very long time to be in a car!  We managed though and we were so excited to be in Scottsdale. 
    As usual, we really didn't have any concrete plans when we went out there.  We had some ideas of what we wanted to do.  Our main goal was to spend as much time with my Grandma as possible.  Unfortunately, she was dealing with a medical issue when we were down there and couldn't really get out too much.  We wished we could've spent more time with her, but we were happy to get to see her and thoroughly enjoyed the time we did spend together. 
    We still found lots to do and we had such a great trip.  One of the best things is that there are so many good restaurants down there.  We did a lot of eating.  The kids totally had a blast and we did some pretty cool things with them.  The weather was really nice.  It wasn't as warm as it is when we are down there in March, but it was much nicer than back in Colorado.  The mornings were pretty chilly, but it warmed up nicely everyday.  It was fun being down there for New Year's too.  We got a bunch of appetizers from Trader Joe's and played games with the kids.  Ashlyn got Jenga for Christmas and it's her new favorite and we played many rounds.  We rang in the New Year with New York at 10:00 and we all promptly all went to bed. 
    Sadly, before we knew our vacation was came to an end.  It's always hard to say goodbye to my Grandma because we don't see one another often enough.  I'm sure we will be back soon!  I have a bunch of blog posts highlighting some of the things we did.