Arizona Trip Part 1

The girls and I flew out to Phoenix on Sunday to spend the week with my grandparents and Aunt Amy, Uncle BA, and their two boys (Gavin and Shane).

They picked us up from the airport (after an almost 2 hour delayed) and we all met and had dinner.  

Monday,  Mama Edson, all the kids, and I loaded up and headed to Cerreta Candy Company.  We actually missed the official tour they give but everything is right there so you can see it all.

This is a 500 pound solid Santa!

A popcorn Easter Bunny (over 6 feet tall)

and a football and cactus made from chocolate.

Part of the factory.

Mama Edson let the kids load up on goodies!

Gavin and Shane got a massive bag of popcorn for $3!

Later that night Papa got in on the fun by having noodle war with the kids in the pool.

Taylor, Kendall, and Shane

Papa and the kids

Tuesday the girls swam and we hung out at the house.  Then Amy and the boys came over to visit for a bit and we took an impromptu to trip to the Basha Gallery of Western American & Native American Art.  It is super close to where they live and not real big so the kids wouldn't get bored.  Amy is extremely knowledgeable about art so it was awesome to go with her.  The kids got a great lesson about color, line, shape, and texture and about the art that we saw.  

Shane had baseball practice so Gavin came back to Papa's house to swim with the girls.

Wednesday we went to a Diamondback Games at Chase Field!

B.A. and Amy have great season tickets that are just to the left of home plate and about 10 rows up.  The girls have never been to a professional baseball game before so they had a bunch of questions and thought is was pretty cool.  They loved being able to order food and drinks right from our seats!

Kendall said she didn't want to get a DBacks shirt because it wasn't Baylor, I tried explaining the difference to her but no matter what I said it didn't make a difference.

Shane (10), Taylor (6), Kendall (7), and Gavin (10)

After a few innings we went up to the third deck and met some of the "heros" and had pictures taken.  I can't remember who this is :( Oops!

The players looked like ants from up here

It was super fun afternoon.  Thanks B.A. and Amy!