Thursday, March 16, 2017

Grand Canyon and Bearizona Trip

This was the first time Jaren has been able to take off at work over the girls Spring break!  In previous years, we always pulled them out of school for vacation.  It was nice that he was off this year, because with me working at the school, I was leery to take off school days too.  We debated on where to go for a few weeks, and then decided on the Grand Canyon, which I had never been to. 

We drove to Williams, Arizona, and stayed in a hotel.  Then the next day we took the Grand Canyon Railway Train to the canyon.  The train ride was pretty fun.  They had comedians walking through, and they sang songs and made us all laugh.  We stayed at the canyon for three hours, walking around and eating lunch.  It was so beautiful, but the edges made me terrified.  I cannot believe they don't have more railings!  Now I see why my parents never took us five kids haha!  It was a fun, but long day.  We took the train back, then ate dinner and swam in the hotel pool.

The next day we went to Bearizona, which was AMAZING!  You drive your car through a three mile loop, and bears and wolves and deer literally come up to your car.  Addy was so scared at first, but once she realized she wasn't gonna die, she was fine haha.  Jaren drove the loop twice, then I drove it.  When I drove, I didn't stop when the bears came up, I kept driving, haha, they made me nervous! 

All in all it was a great little vacation.   All of our other family vacations have been to theme parks, so this one felt way more relaxed!

 Just arrived at the hotel!











 Hailey was trying to give him a kiss haha.






 Creepy Elvis that had a green face!



 Haha, this one cracks me up.
"Would you like some tea"?


Ready to swim in the hotel pool.


 Waiting for the western show to start before boarding the train.




 Locked up!

























 Hailey got robbed on the way back haha.  The cowboy
act was so funny, we loved it.






































Zoo Field Trip

Addy went to the zoo for her school field trip this year.  I am not a huge zoo person, so I was dreading it haha.  It was super hot, but the kids still had a great time seeing the animals.

 Addy, Ellie, Dottie and Jesse.  Such a cute bunch of kids.

 On the long, one hour bus ride.  Addy was sick
a couple of days before this, and you can still
see it in her eyes. 




Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Making Donuts

Hailey had her friend Payton over, and the girls made mini donuts in Hailey's donut maker machine.  They don't taste like donuts, but more like little cupcakes.  They were delicious!





Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Peter Piper

The girls LOVE going to Peter Piper Pizza to play the games and buy the dinky little toys!



 The game was WAY too loud, according to Addy.