Fun in Flagstaff

This past weekend we took a short trip out of town up to Flagstaff. It was exactly what we needed!

Myla decided to get ready for the trip in style. She and Cade fought and fought over these little hats...we only have about 10 of them, but of course they both wanted that blue one. She looks pretty cute though, doncha think? I can see her as my little snowboarding girl in a couple of years...she's got the looks and the fearlessness.
Cade fought it and fought it, but sleep won. He fell asleep right in the middle of his sucker snack.
After a brief stop in Anthem, where we did a little shopping and eating, we checked into our hotel in Flagstaff around 8:00. I realized that I forgot Gavin's portable crib. Since Myla was sleeping with me I didn't want Gavin in the bed (she's quite the gymnast in her sleep) and I didn't want to put him on the floor, in case one of us got up at night and forgot he was there. So we did the next best thing, we pulled out a dresser drawer and dressed it up all nice and comfy.
The Gavman didn't mind. He woke up smiley!
Saturday was Kevin's 29th birthday!! Yay! This was part of the reason we went up to Flag, to celebrate Daddy. After a round of hugs and kisses Kevin opened his gift, a new iPAQ PDA to help him organize all his nursing school, Elders Quorum, family, etc. obligations.
We then went to Mike and Rhonda's The Place...my favorite restaurant for breakfast and old stomping grounds from my NAU days.
After breakfast we went swimming. No, we did not wait 30 minutes. :) This pool was great...it was heated and the kids loved it.
Then we went for a bit of sight seeing, led by me. We drove around NAU where I showed them the dorms where I used to live and where I took most of my classes. This is my old apartment (I took this picture for you Taryn!). I loved living in Flagstaff. I get super nostalgic whenever we go there.
Where do we go from here?
To play! We went to a park to let the kids play on equipment that wouldn't scorch their hands. We spent quite a bit of time here. The weather was beautiful and everyone was so happy.
Cute boy.
Sliding time
My sweet boy! See how he puts up with my constant kissies.
Having fun
Look! For lunch we went to Altitudes. It's right next to the train tracks. It was such beautiful weather we ate out on the porch.
Cade and Myla loved that because then they could watch the train every time one came by. It was pretty cool.

After lunch we took a drive up to Snow Bowl to enjoy the beauty. We briefly thought about taking the Sky Ride up the mountain, but then images of children falling off the ski lift quickly dispelled that idea.

On our way home that night we stopped off in Sedona to have dinner with the Haws family. They decided to get away for the weekend as well.
Kevin enjoying the strawberry sundae the Haws's got him for his birthday. Thanks Haws's for the dinner!