Phoenix!!

So we just got back from a 5 day trip to Phoenix! Abe had work there so we all tagged along. After 5 days of torrential downpour and being stuck in the house with the girls by myself for a whole week I was not going to be left behind!!!

We had so much fun, but we forgot our camera!I was really bummed at first but then we found that it was actually kind of liberating not having to carry it around or make the girls pose for pictures! Anyways I will piece together the trip using borrowed photos..i found them on the internet! We got to our hotel at dusk...

The girls were bouncing off the walls, they absolutely love hotels! We went to dinner, watched movies and Abe had to go and set up his booth for the conference..The next day was my birthday! 28 years old...yeah i know, i'm almost 30! Noelle was so excited to go and get me a present, she said" i will take this towel with me and wrap it up so you cant see it!" We jumped in the car and went to Nordstroms cafe for lunch, Noelle and Chloe each picked me out a special present all by themselves, Noelle got me a necklace and Chloe got me sunglasses. My wonderfull hubby got me a gift card that I later went back to spend sans kids!!!
Then for dinner we went to FOGO DE CHAO!!!

The next day I took the girls to the Childrens Museum! That place is awesome..

We went to diner with our nephew and niece Mark and Jacki Bracken and their adorable little boy Dallen...we went to Five Guys

Then on the last day we went to the botanical gardens we learned that our Aloe plants bloom in the winter because they are native to Africa and they think that they are still there!

On our way out of town we stopped by a breakfast place that has been on the TV show Diners drive-ins and dives! Over Easy in Phoenix..it was good!

we had their carmel, pecan, banana brioce french toast!