Sunday, October 19, 2008

The Grand Canyon State

While Ephraim vacationed in the suffocatingly hot deserts of California, my mom offered to come visit and drive with me to Arizona to see Lindsay, Russell, and Calvin. We had a great time celebrating Lindz's birthday (only 12 more years til the big 4-0!), enjoying the pool (who knew it was still 102 in September??), getting pedicures (by very tiny Asian men), and other fun stuff (don't worry, I'll quit with the parentheses now).  I have no pictures of Russell-apparently this is a testament to his dedication as a med student.  

The boys and I also got a chance to see Corley, Jonathan, and cute Asher in Tucson.  We visited her incredible family in Las Cruces before we headed back to Texas.  Corley must be my best friend since she was willing to drive back with me and take full responsibility to entertain 3 boys under 3 packed like sardines into the back of our Saturn. Amazingly enough, we had a smooth trip back and my only regret (besides a speeding ticket in Austin) is that we didn't have more time together.  Thanks for a great September Mom, Roberts, and Newburns!



I love you Mom!

The boys love you, too!
2 tired boys at our hotel in El Paso.

Lindz, Me and the fellas at the Mesa temple's cactus garden.

Mesa Temple

One of the favorite past-times.

Matching cousins.  Can you believe they're all looking pleasant?

I love you Corley!

Here's adorable Asher- happy belated b-day!!!


3 comments:

Corley said...

i love you, too!

Dane, Holly, Devin, and Jarom said...

It looks like you had so much fun with family, that is great! It's always nice to have your mom around to help with the kids. Your sister and you sure look a like.

Heidi said...

Hey, love the pictures!! Especially the one with Max and Ezra in the bed together. oh, and I loved the parenthesis--they made me laugh :) So when do you think you'll take a road trip to TN? Actually, we should come see you because we'll be traveling the world during the summers that Jake has off. Wait, I guess we won't have any money to do that. But really, I think I'll do a little google mapping to see how far away we are from you. That would be a blast. You have a good Sunday :).