Trip To Phoenix

In April, Layla and I took a trip to Phoenix and San Diego. We only had a couple days in each place but we had tons of fun. Jourdan and Eaan took us to the airport as you can see in the picture above they were really excited about the trip. I don't know if Jourdan knew he wasn't coming but he did great with Daddy and Gaga. I was worried about the plane ride with Layla. She can be a little crazy sometimes but she was surprisingly good. She colored and feed her baby. She was good for almost the entire plane trip.

When we got to Phoenix we had a BBQ with the family. It was great to see everyone. The next day we went to our cousin's house to let the kids play in the pool. They had tons of fun.

The little stinker kept sticking his tongue out at me.

Love them!

Food time!

Raya doing Layla's hair.

So cute! I love these little babies!

Their mama, also named Amanda, was about 11 months pregnant. :) I was hoping to see the little baby before I left. But little Levi decided to make his appearance just 6 hours after I left. Hopefully I will get to see the little one soon. Congratulations to Sture and Amanda, we love you guys and miss you so much.

Photo by Levi Matthew

Road Trip :: SD to Phoenix to Amarillo

I wanted to post pictures from our trip across country. We took our time and stopped and saw family along the way. All together we took three weeks for our trip. This is going to take a couple posts because we saw lots of family and I took a lot of pictures. We started in San Diego at the Corvette Diner. We had a good-bye dinner with our friends.

Jourdan was able to say good-bye to his best friends, Abby and Emily. We really miss everyone in San Diego.

We left that night around 9 pm. We wanted to leave late because Eaan's Toyota doesn't have air conditioning. It was August and we were driving through the desert. Do you know how hot it gets? Very hot. We wanted it as cool as possible. My friend Jessica held a sippy cup hostage in San Diego hoping we would come back for it. :) We didn't. She was sad. When we got to El Centro (about 2 hours into the trip) Eaan's truck broke down. We had to tow it the rest of the way to Phoenix, another 4 hours. I think when all was said and done we pulled into Phoenix at around 5 am.

I actually didn't take any pictures in Phoenix. Astonishing I know. But I don't have any. We stayed in Phoenix for a couple days and then we were on our way to Amarillo to visit Eaan's aunt and uncle. I had never met them so I was looking forward to getting to know them.

While we drove from Phoenix to Amarillo we started to encounter some weather. A first since San Diego has no weather. The clouds, the sky, the coloring...it all looked amazing.

Next post...hanging with the family in Amarillo!

West Fork Trail, Sedona

Months ago when I went to Phoenix for a visit we drove up to Sedona with Nana and our cousins to hike and enjoy the scenery. Lots of fun was had by all. We hiked and goofed around. The area was beautiful and the kids loved being outdoors (and in a cooler climate).

Amanda is awesome! Two kids in backpacks. I didn't have to carry anything! Just kidding. She was holding Layla while I was laying on the ground trying to take pictures. She understands my craziness.

The kids loved the hike.

So cute!

The water looked so tempting we had to get in. Well...actually Jourdan fell in and Amanda jumped in and pulled him out. So since she was already wet she decided to have some fun!

And swim!

Beautiful babies