AriZoNa

A few weeks ago we had a chance to escape the snow for the sun! We went down to see Andrew's mom and her husband Karl. We left of on Friday morning and headed for Gilbert, Arizona! It was a long drive but went by fast. We arrived that night and went right to bed. Saturday we got up after sleeping in to Pancakes, Sausage, Omelets, and Fresh Squeezed Orange juice from the trees in their yard. It was so good. This is how it was every morning hot breakfast with yummy juice! It was like staying at a bed and breakfast but free. That day we took a long drive through the Tonto mountains. We saw 3 dams and reservoirs. It was really pretty! We also got to see some Indian ruins at Besh ba Gowah (sp?). Then we drove back and Andrew and I went and drove around alone and we and found the Mesa Temple. It was so nice out it was nice to not go outside and freeze. Sunday we went to church and some of Karl's kids came over and visited. Monday we went to the mall, a really great mall with outlet and clearance stores. I got a few shirts and didn't pay more then $5 for them! One of the reasons I said we would go down there was for the mall, and it didn't disappoint. For lunch we went to Joe's Farm Grill(another reason we had to come down), Andrew had seen them on the Food Network and had to try it. It was really good! That night we went Miniature Golfing together! It was so much fun! Andrew ended up beating me by one stroke in the last two holes, I creamed him the rest of the time. Then we went to dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings! It was so good they need to open one in Utah. The next morning we got up, filled our trunk with fresh lemons and oranges and drove home. We were sad to leave because it had been so relaxing and in the 80's the whole time we didn't want to come back to the cold and snow. It was fun to get away and see his mom since she has been gone since December. We hope we can have many more trips down in the years to come!