since our big trip this year will be to florida for todd and heather's wedding in october,
c and i decided to stick closer to home this summer to save some money.
we chose phoenix, az as our destination for two reasons:
1) it's fairly close - just a 5 hour drive away but it's still a world away
and
2) c's younger sister, heidi lives in phoenix and will be celebrating her 26th birthday
and were long overdue!
we headed out last wednesday morning to the hilton pointe - a little oasis in the desert we stayed at a few years back. it is geared towards families - large casitas, several pools, slides, a lazy river, putt putt golf, a kids club and dive-in movies on saturday nights. everything was easy and that was exactly what we were wanting and needing.
i didn't get on my computer at all (got on c's 1x to check in with work) and this was a welcome break for me as much as my family. i worked on relaxing and finishing this month's book club selection, finn worked on his swimming skills and scout and christopher worked on their tans. well they didn't try to, but spf 50 doesn't seem to do a thing for them. they get more golden brown and finn and i, well we just get more pink.
we hooked up with heidi to celebrate her 26th birthday at a quaint mexican restaurant my m-i-l introduced us to the last time we were visiting. it's called aunt chiladas and has the best margaritas and salsa/chips i've ever had - and i've had my share! this is one of heidi's favorite restaurants too so we were all happy campers. we sat around the table catching up with heidi and her hubby greg. we were fortunate to have heidi's sister angie and her new hubby, michael join us. seeing everyone made me want to stay longer so we could spend more time together. we considered another day, but we had to get back to prepare for finn's first day of kindergarten.
despite the scorching 113 degree heat, we truly enjoyed ourselves. we just remembered to stay out of the heat during peak sun times. we had a routine down - would get down to the pool around 9am and come in at noon to eat, nap and/or read and then head back in the late afternoon. all of the arizona kids were back in school so we felt like we had the resort to ourselves. the only families we met were from southern ca or from outside the us. those are the highlights of our stay in the desert.
we look forward to seeing heidi and greg out here in san diego for next year's comic con! *wink*
miss you already.
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| birthday girl heidi, 26 yrs old! |
