Friday, March 2, 2012

Phoneix Phun!

It's hard to complain about MinneSNOWta when we have had such a mild, easy winter. But even with that, we were excited to escape the snow and cold for a 5 day visit to see Grandma Allyson and Grandpa Dave in Phoenix! Evie and Titus were excited for the airplane ride and handled themselves pretty well...all things considered!



It's hard to tell who liked the water more: Evie or Titus! Evie is very much looking forward to swimming lessons this April and loves to put her head under water, eyes wide open and come up with a huge smile on her face while Grandpa Dave discovered Titus fit perfectly in a pink princess tube and loved to bob around the kids pool, barely bouncing off the bottom and swimming for hours (well, at least 45 minutes)! The two of them kept the four of us on our toes, but we loved our fun in the sun. Evie also loved jumping into the hot tub, although we are not sure what the other guests trying to relax in there thought about that one!



Titus and Dad swimming...and enjoying their first In-N-Out Burgers!


Thanks to Daddy's friend, Julie, we got a behind the scenes tour of the Red's Spring Training Facility on the outskirts of Phoenix. It was fun to get up close and personal! Titus loved all the baseballs!



Another highlight for Chad was getting to introduce Evie to one of his former college teammates, "Wolfie." We think he got quite the kick out of Evie and especially enjoyed her hugging him good-bye and telling him she loved him! Golf, hiking Camelback Mountain, visiting friends and taking lots of walks were also part of our Phoenix Phun!







Before we left, we headed to the Phoenix Zoo! Evie loved all the animals, especially the "rhino." Titus could have cared less until lunchtime when he got to feed the ducks a good portion of his chicken nuggets. All we heard for the next half hour was "duck...duck!" We will have to make a trip to Noonan's Park in Alex this summer for him to get his fill of feeding those little ducks!