Cousins Visit!

In late February Beth, Zoe, and Zachy came to Phoenix for a few days for a visit!  Yay!

We met them out for dinner on the patio at Dos Gringos on Wednesday night and followed that up with dessert at the Gelato Spot in Old Town Scottsdale. They spent the night with Dave and Sarah in Chandler and we saw them again on Friday afternoon when we met up with them at AZ Air Time, an indoor trampoline center. Matt and I took the afternoon off and after plenty of bouncing around we headed for home to clean up for dinner at El Encanto in Cave Creek.

El Encanto is a huge restaurant with outdoor and indoor seating as well as a duck pond. The dinner (and margaritas were excellent) and the kids were really well behaved. We were serenaded by a Mariachi singer table-side and the kids couldn't keep their eyes off of him while he sang and played his guitar. After dinner we let the kids feed the ducks, which they loved. After we got home and got the kids to bed we hung out in the backyard listening to music and playing Phase 10.

The next day Matt had a golf event he had to attend so Beth and I took the kids out to the Train Park. We walked through the model train museum, rode the train through the park, rode the carousel, and played on the playground. Afterward, Beth treated all of us to lunch from Culver's (YUM!) and we let the kids run around in the backyard while we soaked in the sun. That night Matt made dinner and we got the kids to bed early without much fuss.

On Sunday Dave and Sarah came back to the house and joined us for a HUGE brunch prepared by Matt. We ate outside by the pool and let the kids play. Grandma and Grandpa also helped Hayden put together a giant castle that she got from her cousins for Christmas. They all loved hanging out in it! Their flight was early afternoon so we had to say goodbye after brunch.

Thanks for a GREAT weekend!  We love you guys and wish you lived closer!