The Petersen Family: Weke of July 23rd, 2012

Jaren was off on vacation this week, and us girls loved every minute of it. Monday afternoon we went to a resort in Tempe, the Phoenix Marriott Tempe at the Buttes. We swam in the pools, explored around the resort, and went out to dinner and then bed super late. They have two pools connected by a little swim channel so you could go back and forth between them. They also had two waterfalls that were fun. We really enjoyed it. We got up Tuesday morning and went for a small hike, and then swam for a while. After that we headed home to put Addy down for a nap, and Grandma Petersen came over to watch her while we took Hailey to the movies to see the fourth Ice Age movie, which was really funny. Wednesday we went to the Southwest museum, then picked up lunch on the way home. Addy went down for a short nap before everyone came over. Nana, Autumn, Momo, Missy & Meagan all came over to stay the night with Addy while Jaren & I took Hailey to Squaw Peak Resort in Phoenix. We got to the resort at about 5 and went swimming at the waterpark there for about three hours. It was a pretty cool place. They had a huge pool with two waterfalls, a lazy river and a water slide. We got Hailey to go down the slide once, but she wouldn't do it again. It was pretty fast, so I guess I don't blame her. We enjoyed the lazy river and swam behind the waterfalls, which was lots of fun. We didn't have time to swim the next day before checkout, which was a bummer. We went home and were happy to see Addy. Only one night away from her, but I missed her like crazy. Everybody went home except for Missy, who stayed to play with Hailey for the day. Friday we did stuff around the house, and then Lois & Cleiburn came over to watch the girls while Jaren and I went to dinner and a movie. Saturday we got up and went on a family bike ride, then came back and played with chalk in the driveway. At one point, I looked up and I was the only one still playing...haha. It was lots of fun. That afternoon Jaren and I decided to paint our bedroom. It's a really pretty greenish bluish color. We weren't sure we liked it at first, but once it dried, we loved it. We ended the night with take out for dinner and watched the olympics pretty late. Sunday we didn't do much, a little cleaning and Hailey & I went birthday shopping for Addy's birthday next month. Other than that we mostly watched olympics all day. Next week is back to work for Jaren :( I wish I had taken more pictures at the two resorts we stayed at, but mostly we were just in the pools, and I didn't want to leave my camera sitting around. Bummer, but next vacation I will take pictures.