Saturday, July 18, 2009

A Divalicious Weekend

We were so excited to have my cousin Jennifer & her daughter, Isabel make the drive from Vegas to Phoenix. Most people take "mini vacations" to get out of the Vegas heat, but Jen & Isabel decided to come to another HOT spot to visit and we are so happy they did.

They got in late on Friday night and of course Keira & Isabel were ready to party. Isaac managed to stay up (but barely, he was really falling asleep on the couch) to say hi and then went to bed shortly after they arrived.

Once the girls were in bed, Jen & I enjoyed some wine and then decided to make some cookie dough :o) No chocolate chips, but we didn't seem to mind (wish I had a picture) and Bryan really didn't seem to mind (he ate more than both of us and then felt sick ~ gee, I wonder why?)

Saturday, all 6 of us headed off to the water park in the van (and Keira was so excited that Isabel got to ride in our van) and arrived right when it opened at 11am. As soon as we put our stuff down, we heard the announcement "the waterpark will be closed for 45 minutes due to a fecal accident" Great, some kid pooped in the water park and now we were stuck with 3 kids in 110 degree heat...just how we wanted to start our day :o) We decided to go inside to get out of the heat and ended up playing Wii in the playroom. Once we were able to get in the water, everyone had a good time.


After several hours in the water, we headed home for naps (adults included). We had a pasta dinner which was the perfect occasion for Jen & I to finish the bottle of wine. Keira asked if she could have the "small fancy glasses for her & Isabel" and here they are...


Then we watched our Christmas in July movie...The Polar Express. We are going on the Polar Express in December with Jen, Rob, Aidan & Isabel and since my kids haven't seen the movie, Jen & I thought it would be fun for the girls to watch it together so Keira would be able to make the connection in December. For a minute I thought the plan was going to backfire because Keira was a little freaked out by the movie, but in the end, she enjoyed it and still talks about it every now and then.

Sunday we spent the morning and early afternoon back at the water park and pool (no fecal accidents~yeah) Then it was time for them to pack up and hit the road. We had so much fun and promise to come visit you in Vegas soon!

Here are some photos from our Divalicious Weekend...

Two peas in a pod

Isaac, Keira & Isabel

Time for dress up

The DIVA!

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