The Only Girl in a House Full of Stinky Boys: Kelli, Calvin & Zach's trip to Arizona

The boys and I survived our trip to Arizona. We went down for my sweet Grandma Joan's memorial picinic. She passed away in October and we had a small family get together on what would have been her 90th birthday. My family gathered in a mountain park that we used to celebrate the spring time birthdays in when we were kids. It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping and the desert was very green due to all the rain Arizona had gotten in the past few weeks. It was a perfect day to celebrate the life of the wonderful person that was my Grandma Joan. Most of our family was there, some of which I hadn't seen in years. We had lunch, listened to music, laughed as we shared funny stories of my Grandma and then my Dad and his brother and sister headed up the little mountain to spread her ashes where they spread my Grandpa Bill's many years earlier. It was all bitter sweet, we know she is happier now that she is back with my Grandpa.

Unfortunatly our trip was short this year. We really didn't have time to do very much. We were planning on staying one night with my friend May and her family but they were all sick. We did get to meet her and her oldest daughter Mya at a park so the boys could do some running around. I also got to sneak in dinner with my dear friend Kristen who is fighting Inflamatory Breast Cancer. It was great to see her and she's doing good considering she's had a masactomy and is going through chemo.

Our trip home wasn't the funnest one we've been on. It was very long. We were stuck behind a huge truck pulling 1/2 of a modular home and they wouldn't let us pass for what seemed like 50 miles. We took a pit stop at Burrow Creek and had some lunch and took a few pictures, it was a much needed break for all of us. Zach isn't too keen on being strapped in his car seat for more than a few hours.

All in all it was a good trip. I got to see the people I love most like my Mom, Dad and Jess as well as my 2 best friends. Calvin was a bit disappointed that he didn't get to have a sleep over at his gal pal Mya's but he got over it. Below are some of the pictures I took while we were on our trip. Enjoy. Love to all of you!