Mother's Day - Day 3

I had the nicest Mother's Day. The only bad thing was that Kaiya was with her Dad but I was happy where she was. We woke up and Cirdan and Ella took me to breakfast. It was hard to decide on a place to eat but we finally ended up at the Cheesecake Factory. We were pleasantly surprised! The breakfast was yummy!

We then drove to the Mesa/Gilbert area so that I could show Cirdan all the places where I lived in Arizona. It felt nice to show him that part of my life that he hadn't seen. We stopped at Sonic and got a couple slushy drinks...my favorite!
We then went to the Mesa Temple and walked around. That temple has always been my favorite since I was a little girl. I love the palm trees and the way it looks.

On our way back to the hotel we stopped at Filiberto's. I absolutely love this place. I wish there were some in Washington.

We then drove through Tempe where Arizona State University is.

We got back to the hotel and went right to the pool.

This is my kind of Mother's Day!!! Laying by the pool...in the sun....nice.

After we laid out for a couple hours Cirdan wanted to drive to Phoenix to find a place to eat. I had told him that downtown Phoenix was not like Seattle. No one hardly goes Downtown. He didn't believe me until he saw it with his own eyes. The streets were bare and there was hardly any traffic. It was really strange to see. We drove past the US Airways Center where the Phoenix Suns play and then the Diamondbacks Stadium.

We ended up next to our hotel and ate at Olive Garden. The day was nice, relaxing and I was able to see a bunch of places that I have missed these last few years. A very nice Mother's Day.

Arizona Day 1 & 2

We were so excited to get out of the rainy state of Washington and into the heat of Arizona. We arrived on Friday afternoon and relaxed a bit before heading off to meet Brad and Britany at Macayos Mexican Restaurant. Brad (my 2nd cousin) has been helping Cirdan with his company website. We thought it was be nice to see them and take them out to dinner.

We stopped off the freeway to take a look at the Arizona Cardinals football stadium. The location that the stadium sits is really nice. Plenty of things to do-restaurants, a theater, hotels and shopping.

The next morning we skipped breakfast and went directly to the pool. Kaiya's dad flew in to Arizona that morning. He picked up Kaiya so she could spend time with his side of the family over the weekend. She was so excited to see all of her cousins, aunts and uncles and grandparents! She enjoyed the vacation and the time she spent with them.

I tried to take some pictures of Kaiya before she left since I wouldn't be seeing her until the day we were flying out.

We played in the pool and layed in the sun for a few hours. It was absolutely wonderful.

Saturday night we went over to my friend Eric's house. I worked with him when I lived in Arizona and we have stayed good friends since then. They had us over for a BBQ and some games, it was nice for our families to meet.

We played a game called Curses!

Birthday Weekend!

Sunday, May 3rd was Cirdan, Kaiya and my Dad's birthday. Having 3 birthday's on one day is very busy for us! On Saturday night Cirdan and I went out to dinner at the Outback and then went to see Wolverine. It was a nice night...Cirdan and I had fun.


Sunday morning we went to Jake and Sarah's new baby's blessing. Afterwards, we went home so Kaiya could open her presents and we could get ready for dinner. My mom ended up having to work so she stopped by for a bit but it was just us, my dad, Stacey and Casey for dinner. We ate steak and ribs and then had some yummy birthday cake that my mom had made.

I love you guys! Hope you had a fun birthday!