Trip to Morgan and Joes

I know we have more exciting news right now, but I want that to be top post so I'm going backwards. So back to Thanksgiving.

We headed out on our long trip to Arizona on Tuesday night before Christmas. The plan was to stop in Moab and sleep at Grandma & Grandpa Silvers place. Mindy and Kelsey rode along with us for the exciting drive. We actually hit moab and ALL the kids were asleep so we decided to keep driving through the night. Thank goodness John can drive that long without getting too tired. I was the one that made the ride long...being 8 months pregnant, I had to stop at the restroom A LOT! It was definately not a comfortable drive for me. Anyway, after being pulled over by the Navajo Indian police and Mindy insulting him by asking about their crappy "abandoned" looking houses, and Brooklyn puking a few times, we made it to Morgan and Joe's house early that morning.

The first day we just hung out and rested. Then Thanksgiving day was fairly relaxing too. Morgan did a great job with our "feast". The next day we got up early and did some shopping to find some good black Friday deals. No such luck. I did find John a good Christmas gift on special as well as a $4.00 mixer I've been needing but other than that...nothin. Although, the minute we stepped into Wal-mart Morgan went crazy grabbing all kinds of things she didn't even necessarily want...just put it her cart so they wouldn't be gone if she did decide she wanted them.

Anyway, that night we went to Mesa to see the lights on the temple turn on. It was fun to see. I was probably the party-pooper though, because I was hurting pretty bad as a fat, prego woman walking around for so long trying to keep track of two kids. Here's some pics of that.

While we were there we also visited the big park in payson near Joe's work. It is really pretty. We also went fishing in the pond that's in the middle of the park. John was proud that he caught a fish, although I'm sure Morgan was not a fan of it being cooked at her house. The fishing was not so relaxing to me as I was scared one of the girls was going to fall, run, or trip off the dock and drown. It was more stressful than anything. Other than that we had a lot of fun. It was fun to finally get to see where Morgan and Joe live and the things they talk about. Thanks guys!!

Well, on the way back we stopped and spent the night in Moab and did a little off-roading in the morning. We were in search of a good arch and here's what we found...

Now you can see the real size...

Not quite what we were looking for, but it makes a cute frame for faces.

Here's the real arch we found, but when we tried climbing to it, we realized it just wasn't going to be so easy...and impossible with three children (and Mindy..lol). Here's John thinking he can climb with Brooklyn..hasn't she already had her head cracked!!!

Some more pics...

Along the way we saw quite a few cows, which Brooklyn loved. Then on our way out, we past some people riding horses. They were kind enough to stop and show the horses to the kids close up. That was pretty fun for them.