Vacation!

We spent last week in Surprise (Phoenix area) with my parents.  What a great vacation!

 Here we are getting ready to fly out.  Katelyn was SO excited to go on an airplane.  The kids did great.  (Although, entertaining a one year old who does not want to sit still for hours is not for the faint of heart!)

 Mom and dad took us to The World Wildlife Zoo.  It was awesome.  The animal exhibits are set up in a way where you can get really close and even feed some of them.  We really enjoyed it.

 I mean look how close we got to this shark!

 Sassy girl.  

 We got to feed the lories.

 Grammy was a natural.

 I got to feed a giraffe.

 Katelyn loved being at Grammy and Papa's house.

 Here's Noah walking around.  He does great if you hold his hand.  He even took his first real steps while we were there.  He can take 5-6 in a row before he falls down.

 Papa bought Katelyn her own golf club.  She was super excited to go putting with her Papa!

 This is officially my favorite picture of my mom.  :)

 Katelyn really liked riding in the golf cart.  She made papa take her several times.  I don't think he minded.

 Off they go!

 Mom and dad were so nice and let Michael and I leave the kids with them for 24 hours so we could have our own mini-vacation.  Of course we had to start at In-N-Out!!  Michael's first bite ever.

 Best burger!

 We stayed at a resort that had a big pool area and then it had half a dozen little pools like this spread out over the property.  We had this one to ourselves for a little while.  Ahh....

 The view from the pool area was beautiful.  The weather was perfect. 70 degrees. Not a cloud in the sky.

 Grammy and the kids.

 Michael and I took Katelyn to White Tanks State Park for a little hike.

 Another perfect day.

 Katelyn wanted to climb every rock along the trail.

 We need to photoshop Noah into this picture.  

 Papa and Noah.

 On the flight home the only empty seat on the plane was next to Michael.  Thank you, Jesus!!!  So Noah got to sit like a big boy and watch Super Why (his favorite show...he gets really excited about letters).

 Oh...one more golf cart shot.  :)

 Sweetness.

 Katelyn made a list of all the things we needed to bring on the trip with us.  She checked things off.  She wrote everything by herself.  I love that sweet girl.

We had a wonderful vacation and mom and dad were so good to us.  It was VERY hard to come back to cold snowy weather.  I'm officially ready for spring!!!