Arizona

We decided to take the girls on a little getaway to enjoy some sunshine. Jake called his MTC mission companion Josh Skinner aka "skinny" and we planned a couple days to stay with him and his family in Queen Creek. They were such a fun family. They have 3 little girls and Jayli had so much fun! They played outside in their backyard on the slip n slide and trampoline and on bikes, and had a picnic and played soccer, and pretended to be mommys. :) Josh and Melissa were so sweet to us. They made us breakfast and an incredible rib dinner. We felt so welcome and... entertained. The 3rd night we stayed at the Arizona Grand Resort, the same place we stayed when we went to the Luke Bryan concert last October. Its so fun to go somewhere so warm in February because it's like flying into instant Summer! We wore shorts and flip flops and got to swim. We loved the water park! They had water slides and a lazy river and a wave pool. Kynli even liked floating with us in her pink floatie! One of Jayli's most favorite things we did was ride the "trolley." The resort would chauffeur us around in golf carts. We let Jayli call for a ride on the phone in our room and then we'd go down and wait for the "trolley!" It was like watching someone on a roller coaster. She had the biggest smile! We ate at this fun BBQ restaurant Sunday night. It had a big slide for the kids and a live band play country music. Our meal came on a big cookie sheet and cotton candy in a #10 storage can! Melissa and the girls came to swim with us Monday before we flew home. It wasn't as warm Monday but the girls still had fun. Jayli loved the airplane! Both times! She was so excited to ride the airplane and fly through the sky! She loved buckling her seat belt over and over and looking out the window. Kynli however did not like sitting still. She prefers to move around. We had such a fun time and enjoyed the Skinner family so much we might need to visit every winter!