We made the most of our last day by swimming all morning long (miss Olivia sure loved the baby pool) before packing up our car and checking out at noon. We picked up sandwiches from Sacks and dropped by Grandma Susan's to eat them in her newly remodeled backyard. Grandma Susan is actually my sister's mother-in-law but after living in her ward when we were in Phoenix we feel a special kinship with her (and my kids just call her Grandma Susan like their Horsley cousins do :)
After a great visit with Susan and letting the kids run and roam and play in the grass, we loaded in the car and were off. I was a little sad driving away from the city that we love and knowing the sunshine and warm air weren't following us north. We followed cougar basketball via Twitter on our way to Vegas and it was so exciting to get minute by minute updates on Jimmer and the crew--talk about a suspenseful way to "watch" that game!
We spent Friday and Saturday in rainy St George and just enjoyed being together as a family. The kids played with all the fun toys in the house, we watched some Planet Earth episodes, fit in some bike rides and runs and swimming at the Sand Hollow pool. All in all it felt like a beautiful luxury to have so many days to just play and hang out together (9 including Sunday and our drive back home). I think we need an escape like this every spring.
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So fun. I haven't been to Phoenix since I visited you and Joe after my mission. What a great place.
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