Arizona!!!!

On September 14th, Dan flew out to Arizona to teach a training for work. I had told Dan about a year ago that if he ever had another training in Phoenix I wanted to come with him for some of the time so I could see my sister Jenny and some friends that have moved there. I swear, Arizona is just an extention of Utah. We have many friends and family that have moved there in the past few years. So once we found out about his training there, I booked a flight for me and Brooklyn to go two days after Dan went. Brooklyn and I flew out on the morning of September 16th. Heidi had Lindsay come and stay with her and the boys went to Granny Annie's where Karen and Christian are living and they helped watch Zane and Gavin. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP EVERYONE!

Brooklyn was as good as gold on the airplane. She slept the whole time.

The Hotel where Dan's work paid for him to stay (and me and Brooklyn for one night).

Carter was like a whirlwind when him and Jenny stopped by the hotel.

Me and Jenny went to dinner with one of my long-time friends, Allison (Averett) Westenskow. She's lived in Mesa for about 3 years now. (Operation Q5~inside joke!)

I also went and visited a good friend who used to be in our old ward in West Valley, Janet Grimsley, who also had a baby a couple weeks before I had Brooklyn. It had been about 4-5 years since we had seen each other.

The Mesa Temple

I hung out with Jenny most of the time, which was so much fun! That Carter is a handful, but cracks me up! We went to dinner at a yummy BBQ place in Gilbert with Jenny, Ben and Carter.
He's such a cute kid!

The second night, Dan and I and Brooklyn all slept at Jenny's because Dan was done training and his work was done paying for the Hotel. But it ended up being great because Jenny and I made a trip to Walmart late that night and bought a few "As Seen on TV" products and ended up laughing so hard we peed our pants! Good times!

We had some time on Friday before for our flights, so we went to see the new Harry Potter movie that came out this past summer. We had tried several times to see it before, but things kept coming up or we couldn't get a babysitter. It was really good! I love all the Harry Potter movies.

On our way to the airport we stopped in downtown Phoenix and picked up my friend, Rachel Shea and ran to Wendy's to get something to eat. The last time I saw Rachel was when Lindsay was a few months old. It was fun to catch up with her.

It was a short trip but so much fun! They were having a "cool down" that week so it was only around 100 degrees! But it didn't seem that hot to me. Thanks Jenny and Ben for letting us stay for a night and hang out with you!