Family Fun in Phoenix

July 21-23, 2010
Sometimes you just need a little vacation....
Okay so the kids got a vacation and Mom and Dad got a vacation, but not one together so we decided to take a few days and head to the PHX valley for some summer vac fun.

After a fun filled trip to the Chandler Mall (which the kids love because of the Lego and Build-A-Bear store), it was off to our water park of choice: Big Surf. They not only had a great deal going on (4people,4 hrs, $40), but we knew it was a fun place to go (thanks for the tips Amy!). The kids loved every minute of it. We rode the waves in the wave pool and went down every slide in the park. Reagan loved them all--even the "scary" ones that were screaming fast and dark! Travis was only tall enough to go on 2 big slides, which he loved and wanted to go on a million times. The only hard part was he wanted to go on the other slides with Reagan and couldn't...he was bummed, but did have fun on the "baby" slides on the other side of the park. It was a perfect day for water fun and experience I know we will be repeating in the future!

Ready?!

So ready! Our next fun adventure was to the new Sea Life Aquarium at Arizona Mills Mall. We took Reagan to Sea World and several aquariums when she was little and she loved it so we figured this would be a hit and it was! Travis truly loved just standing and watching all the fish swim by. Reagan liked the interactive stuff best--feeling the starfish and such. There was a lot to see and the kids really enjoyed themselves.

The rays and sharks were the kids favorites. The rounded tank made it seem like they could swim right up to you!

More family fun: A Diamondbacks Game!

This was Daddy's idea and a good one too! The kids love baseball and are great at watching and cheering the DBacks on! We always hold out till after the 6th inning for cotton candy--our baseball favorite. So when it is finally time, they are so excited! The game went fast, or so it seemed to us. Unfortunately the DBacks lost 3-0....yuck! But, we did see cousin Hunter on the big screen during the game. (Very cool, but would have been more fun for him if he had known he was on there!) Reagan was very proud though and managed to tell everyone around us that was her cousin!

Lots of playing before the game!

A good game!

Funny kids!

Even sillier:

The Big Heads were fun to watch! Grace was mad he didn't win as usual!

Eating, but not missing a minute of the game!

A smile from Reagan's favorite: Justin Upton!

Loving the game!

Wanting more cotton candy of course!

So silly!

We love our Diamondbacks!

We also enjoyed the huge pool our hotel had. The kids are such fish and can hardly go a day without getting wet!

Another highlight of the trip was the temperature--it was awesome for PHX, only 99 or so all 3 days we were there. It was cloudy and overcast most of the time and we even got rained on. Cool for the desert!

Getting out of town is fun, especially together!