All in a Week's Time . . .

Our visit to the Valley of the Sun ended up being pretty busy. And I thought I'd have nothing to do while Eric was working . . .

Our week consisted of (in no particular order) . . .

*Lots of swimming at our hotel

*A nice visit with Eric's parents and sister

*Looking at about 30 houses, putting offers on 2, and ending up with nothing

*Lots of time for Kyler and Kacin to spend with Grandma Barb and Grandpa Brent being spoiled and having fun. Kyler loved to take naps with his Grandpa, even though it really just consisted of watching a lot of TV. (Thank you SO much for watching them when we needed it!!)

*Seeing Jacqui perform as a cheerleader in High School Musical at Broadway Palms dinner theater (As you can see, Kacin did a lot of watching! Ha ha. As soon as he ate 2 plates of food and dessert and the play started, he fell soundly asleep)

*A KFC picnic on the truck with Jenny because my mom won KFC gift certificates from the radio (Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner)

*Making cookies with Natalie, but never feeding the ducks (maybe next time)

*A lovely trip to the Zoo. We all loved the train ride and Monkey village where you get to be in the cage with the cute, squirrel monkeys

Can you spy the monkeys??

I think the water play area was my mom's favorite . . .

*Dairy Queen Blizzards! Real Dairy Queen!

*A "plane ride" to Greece (The sisters planned a date night and the guys were in for quite the night). We rode on an "airplane" in Jacqui's living room, ate peanuts, and watched the beautiful sights of Greece out of our "window" (aka the TV). We exited the plane and decked out in Greek toga's (of sorts). We ate gyros and greek salad. We made clay sculptures.

Eric's tongue is sticking out--which means he is concentrating

Finally, we participated in the "Didn't Quite Make it to the Real Olympics" Couples Competition. We had exciting events and a few injuries. There was Bottom Balancing (on the big exercise ball), The Blow (keep the cupcake holder in the air), Bobsledding (on the longboards), Chariot Racing (piggyback), Javelin Throw (throw the skewer the farthest), Frog Throw (fun with velcro).

The gold medalists were Aaron and Jenny. The silver went to Jacqui and Josh. Bronze medalists were Tyson and Stefanie. We won't mention who came in last . . .