Flagstaff-Saturday

  

Eve was hanging out and watching Oma use the DustBuster. She loves the DustBuster!

Eve loves emptying the Lego bucket.

 

Ellie went to spa day at the toy store in Flagstaff. She got purple hair extensions, a butterfly hair clip, her bangs painted pink and yellow, stickers and paint on her nails, a fairy owl tatoo, fairy dust (glitter), and a flower drawn on her hand.

 

Our vinegar and baking soda volcanoes. We only had green food coloring so we had green lava instead of red. We started with a smaller jar which the kids thought was neat but then Oma brought us a wine bottle that made it even cooler. At one point it looked like a bottle of champagne that had just been opened. Eve was fixated on watching it. My brothers and I used to make these volcanoes all the time.

Flagstaff-Friday

   

Hanging out at the park. It was a beautiful and cool day. It was cloudy all day and we got a few sprinkles of rain.

Here was our set up of transportation to the park. It is a lot of work to haul around an extra 80 pounds on the bike. It makes you realize how many hills there are and my legs will probably feel it tomorrow. I was proud of myself because I filled up the bike tires myself. I had already fixed Nate’s bike chain earlier which required taking the training wheels off and then loosening the tire. Since I had the training wheels off, I had Nate try to ride his bike without them. Then Ellie wanted to ride her bike without training wheels. Maybe they will be willing to try again another day.

Flagstaff-Thursday

Eve is so proud of herself when she is standing up.

We convinced Aunt Tay to come with us to Pizza Hut and then to the mall while we waited for it to be time to go pick up Oma and Opa from the Flagstaff airport. The kids ran so hard and were very tired.

Hanging out at the airport waiting for Oma and Opa. We are hanging out by the door where the passengers come in off the tarmac. Nate got really good at holding Eve since Mommy was all by herself with all three kids. He was a great helper.

A funny thing happened at the airport. I thought I recognized someone at the airport and finally figured out that I did know who it was. I talked to her and it was who I thought it was. It was someone from Paul’s marketing group when he was in college. It was funny since the plane that Oma and Opa came in on only carries about 25 people so how likely is it that you would run into someone you know.

Traffic Jam

We got to spend an hour going 4 miles on Thursday on the way up to Flagstaff. Luckily Eve was napping and the other kids were great sports. We analyzed the garbage on the side of the road, we got a good look at the landscape that we normally go by much faster, and the kids learned about mesas and riverbeds. When I (Mandy) said we were stuck in a traffic jam Ellie clarified that jam is also a food. Since we were going so slow (at least we were moving) we had time to take some pictures.

  

The traffic in front and in back.

 

Mesas, mountains, and cactus.

 

We think this is “Table Mesa” since it was right at Table Mesa Road exit.

When we got closer to Flagstaff we drove into a humongous monsoon storm. The rain drops were so big at one point it was like someone was throwing water balloons at us. At other points you could hardly see. We were thankful to arrive safely in Flagstaff.

Eve’s new hairdo and toy

     

Do you like Eve’s new hairdo?

 

Eve reached out to get Daddy’s phone. She was so excited and proud of herself! She knew she wasn’t supposed to have it.

Sunday Swimming

 

Nate has become quite a swimmer. Ellie is getting better every time and is willing to not use her floaties most of the time. Eve loves hanging out in the water.

Friday

On Loop 101 on Friday evening. Too bad there are light poles in the way but still thought it was really cool. The kids kept asking if God was doing that.

 

A rainbow after we drove through the rain storm.

 

Playing in the water fountain at Desert Ridge Marketplace with Kaley.

Eve is 9 months old!

        

She is trying so hard to crawl. She has become quite the contortionist.