Day #2 in AZ

Today was such a great, relaxing day. We all slept so good and woke up feeling great. We hit up breakfast at the KOA breakfast trailer. It was so nice this morning with the sun shining and squirrels running around. Gotta love it. We had to make a quick trip to Wal-Mart because I forgot my roll brush and there is no way I could get ready without that! The kids hit up the park that is right next to our spot while I got ready and then we hit the mall. Yup, this is definitely my kind of camping! My kids aren't the best shoppers but they did ok. I was just in heaven being in a mall. It's my happy place! And Brooklynn got her ears pierced! It was totally spur of the moment. She loves that she finally did it! Check out her blog for her take on it. (And leave comments--she loves them!)

The process: Talking about it and not feeling so sure, picking out earrings, sitting in the chair, and tah-dah!

We grabbed some lunch at a local pizza place (Fratelli's) and then came back for a nap. Well, Jer got a nap and I took the kids to the park again. It started to sprinkle so we decided to take a drive. The scenery here is so awesome! It is just covered with trees. We drove up to the Snow Bowl and then looked up Jer's aunt's old house. By this time our friends from phoenix were arriving so we met up with them at the KOA. It was so good to see them. We haven't seen them since May of 2007! Their kids are adorable and so grown-up now! We let all the kids play together at the park for a bit and then we hit up Salsa Brava for some yum Mexican food. McD's was next for some ice cream. Excited for a full day tomorrow out sight seeing with friends. . .

The cool playground here at the KOA. Some KOA's have lame-o parks but this one rocks! I mean it has an old-school merry-go-round. Classic.

The whole group together--minus Grace. The kids got along great. It's so neat to see them all be friends even after such a long time apart. So cute.