One Busy Week!

This week was so much fun! The in-laws came to town and we had a blast! I'll try to go in order of the week's events...

1. Bike Ride to the park: One morning I woke up and the weather was nice so I decided to take the kids to the park. Not the park down the street but the park at Vistancia. It's this glorified community that is a few miles from our neighborhood. It has an awesome recreation area with pools and parks. So I packed the kiddos into the bike trailer and took off, not really knowing how far it was mileage-wise, but I didn't think it would be that far. It was a little over 6 miles away... not that bad, but pulling the big tub of concrete behind me(the kids in the trailer), made it really difficult. Especially going up the hills it took to get there. It was an incredible work-out and every once and awhile Kaylee would throw in a remark to "Go Faster Mommy!" HA!

Once we finally got to the park we enjoyed a nice breakfast that I packed and played on the neat equipment that the park consisted of. Crew loved the swings, and Kaylee didn't want to leave.

2. Arizona Science Center: When the in-laws got in town we had a few things planned. Going to the Science Center was one of them. It is located in down-town Phoenix, and Chris' sisters don't really get to see stuff like that very often. I thought it would be fun! It was a blast! We spent almost 5 hours there! We went to lunch for some of that, but it was a good time. I forgot to bring my camera to this unfortunately.

3. Wildlife World Zoo: On the second day of the visit we went to the zoo. This was also really fun, but the tempature was starting to go up and we were worried that it might get too hot for the little ones. We went early in the day and met up with my sister-in-law Erin and her two kids, Brady and Alina. Kaylee and Crew were outfitted with hats, sunglasses, sun screen, water bottles, and toys. They also got their own strollers! How spoiled are they?

Here's Erin with the kids ready for a day of fun!

Everyone in this shot is looking at all the little monkeys. There were so many different types it's crazy!

One of my favorite things was being able to feed the Giraffes! They had this sort of dock that jets out into their living area where you can go up and feed them little pellets of food. Kaylee didn't really enjoy doing it because I think the large tounge of the giraffe scared her.

We also went on a little train ride that was very interesting. The train conductor gave us information on all the animals as we passed by them. It was interesting and we got really close to some cool animals. This is one of my favorite pictures.

4. Racecar Drivers Beware!: Our neighbors Chad and Lisa invited us to go do some racecar driving. There is this indoor track with little go-carts and an awesome track that looks crazy hard to drive. Chris did awesome of course! The carts can get up to speeds of 45 mph and I think Chris was going at max speed. He came in first both times they raced. It was pretty sweet!

5. Backyard Campout: Last but not least Chris and Kaylee camped out in our backyard. The weather is great the sky is clear and stars are everywhere! The only problem.. our neighbor just planted winter grass and it smells of manure! This is why I stayed indoors... also to be near to Crew if he were to wake up... Kaylee loves being with her daddy. They had a great time. Now Kaylee wants to sleep in the backyard every night! We definately have a Syphus girl on our hands here!