arizona or bust.

tim: wanna go on a road trip next weekend to arizona?
me: what? really? sounds fun, but let me think about it.
tim: well, i kinda already booked the hotel.
and paid for my hockey tournament.
me: um...
tim: and i invited your mom to go too! she's the nanny ganny.
me: but your car just broke, and we just paid rent..., and... and...we have like 5 other trips coming up soon to save for!
tim: ARIZONA OR BUST BABY.

my husband is a fun haver.
& i am....well...., a planner. ;)
i love that he's spontaneous & makes me do things i wouldn't normally do.
he keeps me young and alive. hah!
i love him.

with that, a 5 and a half hour road trip to scottsdale, arizona.
which was more like 7 with our stops, but whatev.
just me, my momma, & 3 kids.
tim flew to az from work. how convenient. ;)

but we got this, right?
my mom was unsure.

in the car, on the road, by 7am.
stopped at a truck stop in lawd knows where for a potty break, annnnnd for audrey to get stung by a bee. she's a champ though.
another stop in blythe to let the kids stretch & eat some fries....and see my favorite melinda!
AND WE GOT THERE IN ONE PIECE!
eden even napped the last stretch which was AHmazing.

checked in & headed straight to the POOL! HALLELUJAH! AMEN! THANK YOU JESUS!

yup. my children. tweedle & deedle. so proud.

poor jet setter was out in 10 seconds flat.

this resort was legit. SO PRETTY, too. we got to have dinner overlooking this lake. and a bag pipe player would play as the sun went down every night. so romantical (with three children barking in your ear all night. hahaheho.) no really, it was awesome.

and this is what happens when you ask my mom to take a family picture. hahaa. gosh, i love her. also, ellie & audrey's faces are pretty entertaining these days.

my husband, the president. always makin' a friend somewhere.

there, got it. audrey pooping her pants, ellie whistling to the friendly people enjoying their wine, eden staring at daddy thinking are we done yet? and mommy & daddy freeze smiling for days. i love us.

i then tried to get one picture with my mom in it....and.....

yup.

SQUIRREL!

there. kinda.

tim & i made a deal, that i didn't have to go to any ice hockey games if i came. hehe. i could just stay at the pool all the good day long. WINNING.

eden slept horribly in her fancy, hard as a rock, complimentary pack-n-play.
so here we are at 630AM, risin' and shinin' and all that jazz.
audrey was thrilled about it.
and i love this picture so much.

the days were filled with waterslides, lazy rivers, food galore, & the good ol' hot sun.
my girls were in HEAVEN.

eden was addicted to this waterslide. more! more! she'd say. poor timmy had to go on it at least a hundred times.

and of course, i couldn't get enough of eden's little chunky thighed, trucker hat, self.
she is not into taking pictures these days though. so, ya. i take what i can get.

i was SO thankful my mom came & helped me. it was so nice to be able to enjoy the day without eden alllll daaaaaaay. she would take her to nap, walk her around the resort when she was over it, etc., etc. I LOVE YOU GANNY!!!!!

and then, there was the ride home.

WOMP.

we left too late.

it was hot.

eden was over it before it began.

there was traffic.

by hour EIGHT, we were all a tad grumpy, to put it nicely.

but we trucked along.

and kept smiling.

mostly.

except for the occasional, i will throw you out the window if you do that one more time...moments. teehee.

are we there yet?

never been so glad to see my front door.
HOME!
i love you home.

so thankful for a fun, spontaneous weekend away.
i loved you arizona.
you were clean, and nice, and maybe, just maybe, i'll drive your way again next year for the next hockey tournament...which i'm sure is already booked. TIM!

ps. also, totally random, and off the subject, but this post is so good. if you're a mother, you should read it.