Arizona Deliciousness.

My brother, Mike, and his wife, Jenn, live in Sunny Arizona and they have been wanting us to visit for awhile so we made an agreement with them that if they visited us, we would visit them. Well, they came here last October and knowing that we wanted to do it before Brycen turned 2, when amazing flight deals opened up for February--it was clearly, our opportunity.

Brycen loves all the attention he gets as the only child on my side.

We got to see their house for the first time and quickly fell in love with all the space. Bryce and I had our own sink in the bathroom--what a treat!

Nothing like brownies and milk before bed while watching the parentals dominate bowling on the Wii. :)

So of all weekends to go to Arizona, we got the weekend that the whole nation experienced a cold spell (the 70 degree Texas we left just 4 days prior, was in the single digits). Thankfully, Arizona wasn't that cold, but it was still pretty chilly. My toes and fingers froze while we did some Orange picking early Saturday morning.

By the time we finished picking the whole tree and 40 grocery-full bags later, Brycen had already consumed at least 4 oranges. Fresh oranges is in a whole new category of deliciousness. We have thoroughly enjoyed the ones that we were able to bring back with us. I was even able to pick some fresh grapefruit....mega DELICIOUS!!! Too bad we are on the lasts of it.

Mike served his mission in Russia, hence this Russian hat Bryce found.

Haha! I think it's safe to say, he has some room to grow :)

We walked around the Glendale Chocolate Affair Festival Saturday night. And even though I couldn't bring myself to pay the outrageous price for one amazingly looking chocolate dipped strawberry, it was still so fun.

Brycen LOVES "pairplanes", as he calls them and finding them in the sky. It might have something to do with just finishing his 28th flight...

NYPD pizza for dinner=amazing!! While waiting for the pizza to arrive, Brycen was kind enough to set the table for us before managing to knock 3 of the 4 forks on the ground.

Brycen loved the idea that plants needed watering in February and made sure their plants were thoroughly drowned...I mean, watered. No doubt Mike and Jenn are paying for it through their utility bill.

We were able to bring out the shorts the last day we were there-- of course. But at least, we could. Can't yet say that for Indiana.

Mike and Jenn spoiled us rotten with their treats, their space, and their company and we are looking forward to seeing family again soon.