Our Big Spring Break Adventure!

I've been so busy (and overwhelmed!) with trying to get back to 'normal' that I've forgotten to post. I have created several entries in my head, but there wasn't ever any follow through. 

The boys and I went to Arizona for Spring Break ... we drove. All the way. Just us 4.  And....we are all still alive and living in the same house! 

My parents have gone to Arizona for the winter the past few years. I have always wanted to go, but it just never worked out and life got in the way. I have decided that life is too short to not do the things that make you happy, so there were no excuses this year. We went. It was a great trip.  We left early Saturday morning and arrived at Bonita Vista in Apache Junction by 6 pm Sunday evening. It was a cute little community with giant cactus (yes Cody, I know.. it's cacti) and gorgeous crepe myrtles and sunshine and a pool and Superstition Mountains and the Arizona Gift Shop close by, and... old people. Old people with rules that are perfect for old people and a bit restrictive for boys who think that they can just do what they want when they want, but we made it and we had a great time. Ryan struggled, but he survived! 😂

We spent a day visiting Tortilla Flats and the Goldfield Ghost Town and Mine.  We introduced the boys to In n Out Burger and the two bigs went on an arc trail ride with papa while B, my mom and I stayed behind doing laundry, swimming and just relaxing. The boys and I left their winter home on Thursday morning and took an alternate route home to see thing we found interesting along the way. We ended up at the Grand Canyon and in Colorado for the night and then did a backtrack and spent another night in Colorado before heading for Kansas and getting home around 7:30 Saturday night. I think I only pulled over once or twice to demand that the child mouthing me got out and walked the rest of the way.  Not too terrible for spending so many hours in a car together!! 

My parents packed up and left for home just the next day or two after we left...guess we went right in time!  

The Grand Canyon was magnificent. It was truly breathtaking. We arrived and it was snowing and foggy ... like true fog. We couldn't see anything...and were becoming a bit discouraged that we had wasted our time and money. We went ahead and went to a widening area and it was foggy and pretty much nothing. Until... suddenly, the fog/clouds seemed to just split and the sun shone through and there it was. It was amazing. 

(For some reason, the pictures aren't loading. I'll edit and add them in later, I guess!)