Fun In the Sun

After our busy day at the science center we needed a slower day so we took the kids to the park and let them run and run and run! I'm not sure who needed the slower day, the kids or the parents? Friday is pizza and movie night and we just can't leave that tradition behind no matter where we are! When we were at the park today we overheard a mom tell her twin sons, "Remember today is Friday, so tonight is pizza night." Ann Marie and I laughed and said that we aren't the only ones that have Friday night pizza and movie! So our movie choice for the evening was Herbie the Love Bug. I don't think any of the kids had seen the movie before so there was plenty of laughter to go around for the evening!

We always need a slow day in between the busy days and that is what Saturday turned out to be...a busy one! This morning we packed up our motorhome to head out to the heart of Phoenix to visit with Ron and Joanne (Joe's dad and wife) for the afternoon. The kids had a great time running around their beautiful yard in the warm sun...riding on the scooters, taking turns getting rides on the motorcycle, picking grapefruit from their tree, and picking up pecans that had fallen to the ground and snacking on a few. We also got to enjoy a picnic lunch in their backyard...so fun to have a picnic in January on a warm, sunny day!!
It is so much fun to be able to give our kids the opportunity to experience something new, and something so simple as picking grapefruit off of a tree in a backyard! I know doesn't seem like much, but the kids sure had a lot of fun and got to experience something that they don't ever get to do at home in Alaska.
Then after our afternoon picnic and fun in the sun we headed over to Gilbert to see the Crosses (Theresa's parents). They treated us to an evening of fine dining and music at the Organ Stop Pizza. What a fun place to eat pizza and listen to one man play the largest theater organ in the world! Seems like we are always having a new experience just around every corner! After dinner we were then treated to ice cream cones at Baskin Robbins with more choices for ice cream flavors than my kids had ever seen!

We are staying the night here with Bill and Sandi and will be going to church with them in the morning, lunch with them and their son Joe and Jenni with their five kids, then we will be taking off down the road towards San Diego.