Holy wow...Arizona.

Spring Break 2009 (a little late)
So for SB Pappa Lon decided that he would take a little journey in his fancy airplane and come and pick us up. Hmmmm....11 hours of driving vs. 2 hours of flying. I'll take flying ANY day. It was awesome. Brody was not a big fan but I couldn't really hear him anyway because it was noisy with all the air and whatnot and engine noise and whatnot whipping around us. About 1/2 way through the flight Trace handed me some head phone things. That was sure nice of him.
Oh and I ended up giving Brody a sucker which = he was HAPPY! Then he fell asleep and got sucker slobber all over me. Loved it.
Let's see...the first day in AZ we just chilled in Heber. I got to see a lot of the family. I hung out with Amanda and Madden for a little while. (I love that girl...and miss her mucho.) Brody and Madden are the best of buds. Why didn't I get a picture of Amanda and her beautiful self? I know not...next time for sure.I also got to hang out with Kelli, my sil. We always have some great laughs when we are together. After playing the kiddos in a basketball game I headed over to Show Low to surprise my M&D. (They didn't know I was coming....they under estimate my sneekiness.) My mom was of course THRILLED to see Brody bear. Plus I taught Brody how to say "SURPRISE" on our way over there and he did it right on Q. It was perfect and she was excited. AND she had a whole drawer full of suckers! Oh HEAVEN.My mom had to stay at work for a while longer so Ryan, Brody, and I went to surprise my dad. Brody about flew out of his car seat when he saw his "Grampa"...it was so cute. My dad then showed Brody all of the chickens....he just LOVES baby chickens. This is Brody and his Uncle "WYan"...can't say his R's very well...but neither can I. This was right before the "karate-chop of the baby chick" incident.When my mom got home we hung out for a while and then we went to Bobbi Jo's baby shower. It was great to see a lot of old friends there. We took about one million of these pictures...
The next day we went to the City Park. Brody is a little dare devil (just like his mama) and climbs ALL the way to the very top...pulls himself up with a loud GRUNT...Stands on the very edge of the slide...And then....WHOOSH...takes of with a "WEEE" or "YEAH".Yep, he pretty much loved the slides. However, I am a little sad that they took out the HUGE metal, super fast, burn your toosh, slide...all you Show Lowites, Show Lowians, Show Lowuns know what I'm talking about.
That was pretty much it for our trip. We drove back. The windstorms/snowstorms/rainstorm/tornadoe was CRAZY. I hope I never have to drive in anything like that again.
On a side note: Brody is learning SO many more words and will copy anything that you say. (Yes, I know...I got to watch it!)
He is very "Dennis the Mennis"-ish. He can cause TROUBLE faster than I can spell it.
He loves being outside.
He stands by the door and says "Knock, knock...PLAY" "OUTSIDE"
He can juggle.....uh nope.
He loves dinosaurs.
Loves to "tolor" with markers.
And he loves to "tolor" my couches and pillows even though it's "Naughty, Naughty".
He calls his shoes "NIKE"
and he keeps me busy 24/7.
I sure do love him.And his little mischievous self.