Rewind Back to...Arizona

 {Warning: this post is very awkwardly placed as far as picture arrangement, out of order, and I don't have the patience to fix it so I apologize!}



After we left Utah our vacation really started. We stayed with one of my best friends Tricia. They were so nice letting us take up 2 of their rooms. Tricia is expecting her first babe so it was fun seeing her in all her prego-ness. We made plans to see family who we hadn't seen in so long and actually Levi had never met. For the first time he met both sides of my Grandparents! After 4 years of marriage it finally happened!  To the left is my Dads mother, Granny and Grandpa Martin. Granny is lovin' on Bear. So sweet. I'm so glad they were able to meet my children.

This whole trip Lydia had no patience whatsoever for pictures so excuse her toddler monster-ness. She has played super hard before we go to Grannys so her cheeks were beet red!

 This whole trip Lydia had no patience whatsoever for pictures so excuse her toddler monster-ness. She has played super hard before we go to Grannys so her cheeks were beet red!

 My best friends!! Kanice and Tricia!! Love you girls. It was soooo nice being around such close friends. It was great for Levi to meet them after hearing me talk about them so much. Levi became friends with their husbands pretty quick so that's always awesome.

 

These next pics are out of order entirely not that this post has much order but they are interrupting the temple pics. My bad. Too much work to change it all.

 Bahama bucks.... guava and hurricane colada. Yes please! We had multiple stops at BB. As you can see we had Filibertos...Levi had even heard of this place and it wasn't from me. Trip isn't complete without FiliB's

 Had to find a splash pad for this chick

 Lydia adapted pretty well as far as the sun lighting up the room during naptime. She is used to a dark room. In Az that's just not possible.

 We headed to the temple after visiting the Martin grandparents and then ate at Rosas' Mexican restaurant. My favorite. I got the fish tacos and a horchata....amazing.

 {Fish Tacos}

 These pictures aren't in order because if they were this one would be first. My Moms mother was literally our first stop in town...besides Paradise bakery. We ate there right before we arrived...and yes it was amazing as always. It was of course so great to see my Grandma Slade. I really wish we lived in AZ so we could see family more but this trip was so great to see so much family we hadn't see in over  4 years! Loved it and hopefully since we are only 6 hours away or so we will be able to make it back to Mesa for the Easter pageant in April. We are planning on it!

 That wraps up AZ so on to Sacramento!! We visited the Black family!!!!