March Arizona Trip

So, in the middle of March (and all of the craziness, right after we found out we had to move), we took a weekend roadtrip to Arizona, where my cousin Ashley got married, and her brother Skyler had his mission farewell. I had some cute pics, so I thought I'd post them now. Ash got married in the Mesa temple, and Sky is headed to Des Moines, IA to serve his mission. I realized when I got home that I took absolutely no pics of the happy couple, and I'm not sure much of Sky either. I had TONS of all the kids and the wedding setup I helped with! Need to work on that....there are tons of pics of the other stuff on facebook and our family website, tho. Anyway, what I remember about both events we were actually there for: Ashley's wedding was beautiful, her husband seems really nice. My cousin Dan did the food and spilled hot soup on Joel and I at the reception. I had no idea if my feet were freezing or burning! Very weird sensation. And we all expected Skyler to make us laugh during his talk, which he did, but he also had most of us crying when he talked about how glad he was that in the past year Ashley had worked so hard to come back to the gospel and get married in the temple. 3 rows of pews of crying women from both sides of Ashley's family! We're all really happy for her.

Anyway, here are a few of the pics I did take. I still can't figure out how to post more than 5, so I tried to pick good ones!


Here is Christopher at the house we stayed at (an empty houe some of my Aunt and Uncle's friends had just moved out of). It had a pool he was dying to swim in, but never got to, and this little playground, where he loved to look through the telescope:
C made a fast friend (I think his name was Evan) while we were setting up for the wedding reception. He was the grandson of the homeowners where the reception was held. I'm not sure exactly what they're doing here, but they spent a lot of time just sitting in front of that koi pond!
C loves both of Becky's kids. On this trip she only brought "baby Max," and C always wanted to hold him. So, here they are at Barnes and Noble. Joel holding C, and C "holding" Max! We had gone to lunch at Costa Vida, and finished only to find most of the rest of the family decided to come later! So, we watched Max and played around the shopping center while everyone else ate.

Also outside of Costa Vida and Barnes and Noble while we waited, C was "fixing" the flowers in the fountain, making sure they were all upright and pretty. Kept him occupied for quite a while!

Here's our branch of the family outside of my Aunt and Uncle's church building that Sunday. Shauna and Mitchell couldn't make it because of work and school (really the same thing, since Shauna works at Mitchell's school! : )). I was really kind of just starting to show, but I'd been on my feet a lot, and my stomach felt really heavy a lot of the trip, which is why I'm holding it! C was not cooperating, obviously!

Anyway, we had a lot of fun. The weather was perfect, tho it got a little hot waiting outside of the temple for Ash and Spencer to come out! I felt bad for C because he kept seeing swimming pools, and I kept hoping we'd get time he could actually swim. I repeatedly told him we didn't have time each day, and he would say "well, I DO have time!," which I am sure seemed true to him. It must have been so boring to sit around while we all did stuff for the wedding, but he was pretty good all things considered.