Phoenix trip

My friend Julie and her family were in Phoenix.  Tim had a work conference and they invited the kids and I to come up and hang out with them.  Come sit by the pool at the Biltmore while all our kids have a blast together?  Okay!

I'm kinda over Phoenix already (I'm clearly not a city girl) but the resort was beautiful and super fun to be at with friends.  

Something about our kids just clicks and they all get along amazingly well, especially because they barely know each other.

Colin and Kyle working on mazes together on the balcony

 When we visited Julie in Michigan, the kids found out they could get on each others Minecraft worlds and they were all super excited to do that again.

This is the life of a kid in 2016:

Monday night, Tim and Julie went to a work dinner and I watched all the kiddos at the resort.  We ordered room service pizza and went on an adventure to find the "Kids Korral".  

Eli sat at this music station at the park for a good 10 minutes, trying to read the music.  It made me wonder if he would enjoy piano lessons...

Tuesday, Julie and I took the kids to a nearby park.

Eli, Luke, Alison, Kyle, Colin, Evan

They were more excited about the ducks than the park.

That afternoon, Julie and the little boys napped (did I mention Julie is pregnant with super surprise #4?) and I took the older 4 to the pool.

These 2 middle boys had so much fun.  They're pretending to be sharks.

When Tim was done with the conference, we all went to Cheesecake Factory for dinner.  The hostess asked if we were there for something special and was surprised when I told her no.  She said, "Oh, you just have a lot of kids..."  Yes, six kids is not for the faint of heart, although I think they all did awesome.

If you ask Eli what he wants to eat, he'll say "I don't know."  If you ask Colin what he wants to eat, he'll say, "Everything!"

Colin eating the remainder of Alison and Eli's dinner

 Point in case, breakfast at the hotel:

p.s. the boys love hotel breakfast because they get sugary cereal

 Wednesday morning, we hit the pool one last time before heading back to Yuma.

The resort had 8 pools, so we had plenty of options to choose from.  This particular one was our favorite because one side was shallow enough for the little boys, but they were still close to the bigger kids.

Thanks to "Gold" status at Hilton, we get some perks.  When we were checking out, the lady gave all of the kids coloring books and crayons, which Eli did not want to put down.  Ironically, it was a landmark coloring book that goes really well with our geography unit in school.

The kids and I headed home while the Morehouses went for a little hike before heading our way.  We had just enough time to bring our suitcases in, scoop some dog poop and lose a tooth before they got here.

Next up, our Yuma adventures.