Phoenix

We spent a week in Phoenix with Daniel's fam. We had such a great time! It was so nice to escape to some sunny weather. The house we stayed at was sweet. We pretty much spent our entire time hanging out at the house, swimming in the pool, and playing at the park nearby. That's what I love about Anderson Family vacations. They are just so laid back. We had a wonderful time just being together. Mak had such a blast playing with his cousins. The Phoenix Zoo was the coolest zoo I've ever been to. We easily could have spent a couple days straight there. But that's a little complicated with 7 kids.

Me and Ry with The GIANT tortoises

The boys loved the zoo

A Squirrel!

More of the giant turtles

The Giant Lizard from Land of the Dragons

The pool at our house was amazing. It had a hot tub connected to it, which made the pool water feel like bath water. Mak was such a little fish in the water! He loved jumping in all by himself. The girls actually liked the water too.

Me and Ry

Daddy and BaiBai, Pappy and RyRy

Our crazy little Swimming machine

One night we got together with Daniel's Uncle Hoss and Aunt Kelly and their family. They live in Surprise, which is very close to Phoenix. It was so fun to see them! They are such a cute family. We had the best Chinese food ever and then delicious ice cream sundaes.
Mak playing with Drew and Rachel

Makee, Drew, Eric, Rachel, and DrakeHeidi, Courtney, Laura, Nashy, Heather

Doug, Rachel, Hoss, Lani, Beck, and KellyDad and the Mak

Makai, Daniel, Courtney, and Laura

Drake, Jenna, Chris

Kelly wrote down a bunch of stuff we should do for fun while in Phoenix. One of the things she suggested was visiting the Cerreta's Chocolate Factory. Unfortunately, we missed the tour. Fortunately, the kids were still able to make "Chocolate Pizza," which is the only reason they wanted to go anyway :)

Pappy and RyRy

Mmmmm.....

I think we have a serious chocolate pizza maker on our hands

Nani and Beck

Heidi and Nashy

Heather and Kai

Me and BaiBai standing next to the biggest Chocolate Santa I've ever seen

The final touch--The "Cheese" (which was actually white chocolate)

Stir it up!

Someone likes chocolate!Um, can we get a to go box?

Yes, this 6 foot tall football is chocolate

Daddy and his boy on a sugar high

A very delicious day

Makee spent many hours playing at the Park

Nashy

What's up Little Man?

B Man

Drakey and Chris

The Makee Doodle

Playing "socca" with Uncle Chris

St. Patty's Day! We all woke up to green pancakes, green milk, and green syrup compliments of Nani and Pappy in celebration of Green Day.

Dan even wore green (feeding Bai)

Yummy!

You can't really tell this milk is green, but it definitely is!

Ry even ate green peas that day

More playing at the park--RyRy

Playing with the toesies

Pappy and Bai

Yoing! Look at that hair

Hello up there!

Yeehaw!

Are we thrilled to be here, or what?

Daddy and Ry

Me, Bai and Ry

Kai Baby, Heather, and Rob
Every day Nani and Pappy had little toys for the boys to play with. This day they even had a treasure hunt!

Let's go swimmin!

Pappy and Rylinator

Nani and Bailinator

Our Squishy little Dude

We had a fun and very memorable trip. Thanks everyone for a great time!