Arizona

We survived our first big trip with the boys. The boys had so much fun, and are already asking to go back to Arizona. I can't count how many times Reece told us he wished he could live there. Luckily, the weather in Kansas has been abnormally mild for mid October, and I hadn't put our summer clothes away. The temperature stayed in the 90's the entire trip. It was very hot, but not too unbearable.

Overall, the boys traveled well. To Arizona they couldn't have been better. On the way home, Reece was a little stubborn. We woke up a 3:30 in the morning to head off to the airport. I was so tired, it was so hard for me to be patient with him. He wanted to have the window seat. He wanted to be loud and eat non stop. He just let his defiant side come out when all he really needed was to fall back asleep. It could have been worse.

It seemed like a long trip to Jake and I. I think it is because we were waking up to Kansas time and going to bed to Arizona time. (It is a 2 hour difference this time of year.) This made our days a little longer than we are used to. I know we are all looking forward to bed time tonight. =)

On Tuesday, woke up and left the house by 7:00 am, to make it to the airport on time. Here is Reece in the car, not quite ready to wake up.

Here, we are at the Kansas City Airport. The boys are anxiously awaiting the boarding of their first plane ride. Reece is checking out our plane.

Just me and my boys. We originally had a 2 hour layover in Dallas, but due to some plane issues it turned into a 3 hour delay. Thank goodness for video games. The boys were so good for us and very preoccupied. It really didn't seem like 3 hours. Anyone who has ever been to the Dallas Airport, knows that it is so big it usually takes awhile to get from one terminal to another. By then it was a good time to sit and have lunch. I couldn't have been happier with how good the boys were.

Reece and "white teddy" buckled in. Super Mario and sucker. I think we're ready...

When we finally made it to Grandpa's house, the boys went outside to play on the small park behind there house. They stopped to pose by a cactus. The boys were in awe of all cacti.

On Wednesday, we got to go see Grandma McMillan.

Reece got an "almost not there" owie at Grandma's. This was the manliest band aid she had. (If you can't tell, it is a rainbow heart.)

Testing out Grandma's pool.

Andrea lives about 1 1/2 to 2 hours away from where Jake's parents live. She was so nice to drive down with the kids to see us. It's been too long and I hope it isn't that long before we get to see each other again. Riley took the picture of us. It took us a while to get a semi-decent picture of the two of us.

Before Andrea went back home on Thursday, she brought her kids, Landon and Ava, to play with the boys. They entertained themselves pretty well. They played with cars and raced each other many times on the back patio. The boys needed this to release a lot of energy they built up while in Arizona. I hadn't seen Landon since he was 6 months old and this was the first time I'd seen Ava. They are so cute. Andrea, thanks for making the trip to come see us!!!

Friday was the big day! Here's Riley and Reece posing before the wedding.

Riley and Reece on the shuttle to the Phoenix Airport.

Within minutes of getting home, Reece is passed out on our dining room floor.

Thank you Ken and Sally, for letting us share this special time with you, and sharing your home with us. We love you and can't wait to see you again!