I'm Back!!!

My mom, me and my mom's friend Sharon all drove to Arizona. We left on Sunday night about 7 and we drove part way to Kanab.

Monday, we slept in and ate some breakfast, and left about 10 am and drove the rest of the way to Mesa. We dropped of Sharon at her daughters place, then we drove on to our neighborhood. We first drove past Kino where I used to have my swim meets. It has TOTALLY changed. Then we went to our old neighborhood, and drove passed our old house. It basically looks the same, and that was great to see. Then we drove over to our long time friends the Albrights. Their daughter has been my best friend from growing up. And we talked and caught up some, then we went to dinner at Cafe Rio. After, we went to see their oldest daughter Lynessa. She looks exactly like my cousin, but it was great to see her and her kids. She has 5 now! WOW. She used to babysit me when I was younger, and so it was different to see us both so grown up. We visited for a while, and then we drove over to my Best Friends house, Lindsey. I was going to be staying at her house until wed night. So we went in and looked around her house, and then we visited for a while, and then they left, and Lindsey and I sat up and talked for a while.

Tuesday
We woke up and she went to the gym, so I slept in a bit, and then I ate some breakfast and watched some TV. Then I showered and we decided to go to the mall when she got back. We left about 1230 to go to the mall, and it was Champ's nap time. So he was kinda grumpy. But we shopped a bit and had some lunch in the mall, and tried to shop more, but he was grumpy so we went home and put him down. But that didnt last long, he pooped and was up in 45 min! So then she started to make some dinner, and I showed her some of my friends on Facebook, and she showed me some of hers, and we ate. After, we decided that we wanted to have a movie night. So we rented a movie, Nick and Norah's infinate playlist, which was so dumb, we couldnt even get into it! lol!

Wednesday
Woke up and she went to the gym again, and I facebooked a little and showered and watched some TV till she got home. And we decided to have lunch at home and have Champ take his nap AT nap time so he wouldnt be so grumpy! So we just watched some TV and did some gossiping. When Champ woke up we decided to grab a costco hot dog, and head over to her parents house where my mom was staying. Which was so sad, because I had to pack and that meant I was leaving... this was our last day together of my short trip! So we headed over, and hung in the front yard, and I said, "Lets go visit Staci!" she was our other great friend growing up! So we put Champ in the wagon and headed around the block. I think we totally surprised her! But it was so great to see her, and her cute little family. We walked back, and got ready to go out to dinner. We went to Tia Rosa's which is a Mexican Restaurant that Lindsey's aunt owns. It was great food! And then we had to say our goodbyes. Lindsey was going home, and I was going to stay with my mom at my grandma Donna's house. Because we were going to leave pretty early, and Lindsey lives about 30 min away. So I decided instead of making her drive really early in the morning, I would just stay with my mom that night. So on our way home from the restaurant we stopped by our other old house, we just lived there for about 10 months, before we moved to Utah. Then we went to Grandma Donna's house and went to bed.

Thursday
Woke up and showered, and I was taking my luggage outside, and I hear what I think to be poice yelling in a mega phone, come out with your hands up, and neighbors please stay in your house. I was yelling for my mom to come listen. So we pack up and leave, and I am like mom, lets find out where we hear that. And we went out on the main road, and there was swat and police surrounding this house with BIG guns and 3 people handcuffed on the ground. It was kinda cool. We went to pick up Sharon at her daughters and we were on the road about 930 am, and we arrived home at 930 pm. So I think we made great time, with just a few stops for lunch and dinner. And of course a stop at Lake Powell.

That was our vacation, and it was so nice to be away from the snow here in UTAH. Thank you Lindsey for letting me stay at your house. That was fun to see you, and I will continue to work on getting Sam to move down there. Love you!