8/1/08

Trip to Phoenix







Cheryl and I took Emily and Brandon to Phoenix for three days in July. We had a great time! We went to the new Children's Museum of Phoenix, which had a lot of need hands on things to do. They both loved playing in the supermarket and the ice cream stand. They would make ice cream cones for all the other kids there! Then we went to Chuck E. Cheese. They each won about 200 tickets! Of course, that was only enough to buy a plastic heart necklace that Emily picked out. It was only about $10 to win it! We went to Makutu's Island too. It a cool indoor play place. Does Club Disney ring a bell? We were there about 4 hours! We went to the mall and ate at the Rainforest Cafe. Emily got a little nervous whenever a storm would come. But a little shopping afterwards helped cheer her up! We wen swimming a couple of time at the hotel too. It was a lot of fun. Emily and Brandon had a great time together! I think we will try and go again someday. Maybe when the Museum is complete, which will be after Christmas. It was a great little summer getaway!

New Pets



Here are a few new pets we've added to our family. The fish is named Ariel. Emily got it for her birthday. The Bunny is a little stray that got lost in Grandma's backyard. She stayed there for about a week or two. Emily loved walking over and visiting. Her name was Apricot. We also had a tarantula, but luckily we have a cousin, Andy, who was more than happy to take care of it for us!