Friday, December 11, 2009

Our Arizona Trip for Thanksgiving 2009!

Madison was tuckered out on the plane and took a nap on the way there.
Chad's parents lost track of time and were about 45 minutes late picking us up. So we hung out on the sidewalk for awhile.
Upon arriving at the Beck home Kaylynn was given princess attire to wear to her and her cousin Lacie's (they are a week apart in age!) combined birthday party! So fun, Kaylynn loved the princess theme! We ordered pizza, ate cake and opened some presents!
Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Lacie and Kaylynn, Happy Birthday to YOU!!!!!

Look we match!
Tracy and Jeff''s gift was a Build A Bear trip! Chad and I took the girls and had a blast! (poor Tracy had to stay home, eventually the pregnancy nausea has to go away but for Tracy it will probably be when her daughter arrives in the Spring. So she had to stay home a lot!)
Naturally the girls went with a princess theme!

I love this picture! To cute! They really love to be together! This was on the playground at the mall, I especially love the summer clothes with the Christmas tree in the background!
Their stuffed animals were with them everywhere they went for the rest of the trip!

Sadie absolutely LOVED playing with Madison. And Madison loved getting all the attention!
Our brother in law Jeff just opened a carpet cleaning business and look who is all over the van! It's true, our kid is adorable!!!

It was really cute because Sadie had a lot of friends come over to meet Madison and they all were excited to meet the baby that's on the van! And while we were taking picture the neighbors came out and they said the same thing!
Last year when we went down for Thanksgiving we did a craft where I had everyone write peoples names on gourds for place settings. I didn't have time to get anything together before we went down and Thanksgiving (well Wednesday, we actually flew back on Thursday) morning Sadie asked if I had a fun craft to do like we did last year! Boy did I feel like a bad aunt! So I got online and within a few minutes Sadie and I had an idea and were getting all the supplies from around the house. We made turkeys out of paper cups and handprints. They turned out adorable and all the girls LOVED making them!


Here is our gaggle of geese centerpiece!
Yummy Thanksgiving dinner!

That evening we went to see the lights at the Mesa Temple, we heard they were setting them up and we might get a sneek peek...and we did. It was beautiful!

Then we flew home the next morning and celebrated Thanksgiving with my family. We always love visiting Chad's parents and siblings! We had a great time and Kaylynn is still asking if we can go on a "dacation" to her cousin's house again!

3 comments:

Mamma Meg said...

What a great trip! Once again, I am so glad I got to go with you. Otherwise I would have just been sitting at home with my own grumpy children....

Oh, and when do I get an autograph from your adorable, and now famous, little baby?

Kim A. Hodges said...

That was quite a whirlwind of a trip, but it looks like you had tons of fun!

Monson Family said...

What a fabulous trip! I simply can't believe how big Kaylynn is! She is a little girl!!!