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Arizona (Part 2)

 Seth teaching a lesson on making good choices.

 Diana playing at the Uptown Jungle.

 Krew surfing

 Krew, Penny, Diana, Charly, Douglas, Jarren

 Jarren coming down the rollers

 This photo was taken one year ago during our trip to Arizona.

Daniel, Douglas, Jarren, Penny, and Krew

 We re-created the aforementioned photo as best we could this time around.

 Adding Diana and Charly to the photo

 I love these photos. Playing at the park in shorts and t-shirt. Oh, how I enjoyed the sunshine.

 Charly and Diana

 Jarren, Douglas, Diana, Penny, Charly, Krew

 Despite being sick with a cold and cough, and teething, Diana did well with all of the driving.

"Okay, enough of this carseat."

Douglas asked me to record a video of him completing the monkey bars, something he had not yet accomplished. He told me to send the video to Grandma.

Cute little thing!

And one last funny from Douglas this morning at the hotel breakfast. Douglas commented that he liked Grandma's chocolate milk better than the hotel's chocolate milk. I told him that's because the hotel's chocolate milk is fat-free, which is not as good as milk with fat in it. Sam came down to breakfast a few minutes later and Douglas told her, "Mom, I don't like this chocolate milk, because it's gluten free. Grandma's chocolate milk is better."

Arizona (Part 1)

We drove to Arizona to visit family and enjoy a much-needed break from the cold. Sam found a great park to stop at along the way, in St. George. Here she is with Diana and Penny.

Doogles, Penny, Sam, and Diana on a little train ride.

We spent the night at a hotel on the Las Vegas strip. Diana quickly found the remote to the TV. A while back, Douglas built a Las Vegas Strip LEGO set and he was excited to see the real thing.

The view from our hotel room on the 25th floor.

We checked in to the hotel one hour before the pool closed, so we changed and went straight to the water.

Douglas, Diana, and Penny watching cartoons.

The hotel has a large display for the Chinese New Year - the year of the rat.

Diana on the swings at a really cool park in the Phoenix area.

 Pushing the kids around and around.

This morning we attended Krew's basketball game.

Jarren, Douglas, Krew, and Penny

Krew and Douglas

With a group of Sam's extended family members at a little amusement park in Phoenix.

Chase, Krew, and baby Owen.

Douglas, Charly, and Penny

Jarren, Douglas, and Seth

Chase, Douglas, and Krew

Krew and Douglas

Penny

Douglas

Krew, Hudson, Charly, Seth, Chase, Jarren, McCall

Baby Owen, Rob, Richard, Diana

Doogles, Harper, Jen, Will, and Aleesha

With Douglas

A sign in the bathroom at the diner we visited for ice cream after the amusement park.

Penny's battle scars. She fell and scraped her knees at the amusement park. She cried so hard that she stopped breathing for a few seconds and passed out, at which point she fell over and hit her head on the pavement.

Sam reading to Diana and Charly.

I played Nephi for tonight's scripture study. My brothers, Laman and Lemuel, are tying me up.

Krew wanted a turn playing Nephi.

This is Douglas on the zipline at the park in St. George. I include this video because last summer, when we visited Stacie (Sam's sister) in Washington State, it took Douglas quite a while to work up the courage to try a zipline. This time he jumped right on and loved it.