PHX Children's Museum

We went to the Children's Museum with the Inmans. It was controlled chaos. A full day of playing and fun with very little parent involvement and without any crying! Ryan liked the craft room. Alex liked the ball maze room. Macey liked the mini fridge in the pizzaria. We had a lot of fun. If you haven't been here ever or in a while, go! It was worth the money spent.

Following fish

Zoo with the Wrights

Oh blessed day, we have the Wrights to go to the zoo with. The boys can run and be loud. Really we could have gone anywhere and had fun, but the kids did look at some animals.
Here are my animals ready to go.
Macey loved feeding the birds. Any animal she fed she would only give one pellet at a time. It did cause some trouble with the deer in the petting zoo.
Macey enjoyed the animals, whereas the boys enjoyed running wild. It was a delicate balance of watching the boys and letting sister enjoy her trip.
Ryan took this picture of the turtles. I gave the boys an allowance to spend however they wanted. Ryan spent a little here and there enjoying all parts of the zoo, while Alex saved nearly all his for one big thing at the end. Ah well, as long as they come home satisfied.
Feeding the fish and turtles.
Macey wasn't loving her wagon the whole trip.
Llama, llama. This little creature was very soft and cuddly.
This is the following fish. Watch the video.
Ryan is going to go on a mission ('Of course, Mom.' he told me) and when he gets home he'll be a deep sea diver. He loved feeding the rays.
Thank you Wrights for going with us to the zoo. It was a wonderful day!

Ward Campout

Our ward council decided to have our camp out close this year. We went to the White Tank Mountains. We were in the desert! Within 5 minutes of getting there, Ryan stepped on an infant jumping cactus and squashed it to the bottom of his two shoes. Luckily none got on him, but I spent a good amount of time (long enough for Dan to put up a tent) taking all the spines out of his shoes.
Alex is a Cub Scout, so before going we looked in the manual for things we could pass off. We packed a hiking backpack that was very much needed such as our leatherman tool and first aid kit. I'm not sure that our Ward will be heading back to the desert with all the cactus injuries, but it was a beautiful place to be.
We enjoyed a delicious BBQ pork dinner with the priesthood entertaining us afterwards. I was nervous that Macey wouldn't sleep well, but it was for nothing. Everyone slept well and we got up to another beautiful day with a yummy breakfast. We along with the Williams hiked the Waterfall hike, which isn't a waterfall that you are accustomed to, but there was a trickle of water to be seen.
Macey really enjoyed the hike. She counted and talked the whole way down. As we left the park we visited the new library at the entrance. It is a nice library with a nature center at the front.

Baptism

Our Alex was baptized March 5th, 2011. We had a shared baptism time with another family. For our part of the program Alyssa and Lindsey sang accompanied by Emily. Emily gave a talk on the Holy Ghost. Dan baptized and confirmed Alex.
We are very proud of Alex. He was very confident in his decision to be baptized. The Bishop said his interview went very well. We know that Alex has a testimony of his Savior, even if it is a young and growing one.
Thank you to all of Alex's friends who came to celebrate our special day. We especially want to thank our 'Dear Friend' for being a witness for the baptism ordinance.

Tres Rios

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Saturday March 5th we went to the Tres Rios festival. We saw a lot of reptiles and birds. The boys went in a canoe. The kids made kites and walking sticks. It was a very windy day, but otherwise very beautiful.