Flagstaff

We have been wanting to take the kids to see snow all winter. The nice thing about living in Phoenix is that we can drive just a few hours away to Flagstaff and play in the snow and then come back to the nice warm heat! The last time Doug and I went to Flagstaff was when I was pregnant with Logan, so it has been quite some time since we have been there. When we left on Friday I was in shorts and a tank top. When we got to Flagstaff I added 3 more layers! LOL We were able to get a hotel for almost nothing and it even had a free breakfast and a hot tub. Logan was a little afraid of the snow at first and he cried and whined about how cold it is (he is so much like me) but then he thought it was neat. He liked breaking it in pieces and he loved eating it. Aila seemed to really like the cold weather and she liked playing in the snow. We went to a snow play area and we rode sleds down some big hills. Logan loved it until a little girl didn't wait her turn and she crashed into us and knocked us over. After that incident, Logan was done with sledding. He has been telling everybody about the "naughty girl who crashed into me that needs a spanking." LOL Another neat thing we got to do while we were there was go to a restuarant called Sakura where you sit at the grill and the cook makes the food right in front of you and does tricks. Logan loved the tricks and was cracking up from the very beginning. He loved trying to eat with chopsticks and he thought the food was delicious. Aila was afraid from the get go because it was loud and there were a lot of people. Then they lit the gril on fire (and the fire is HUGE) and both Logan and Aila completely freaked out. Overall though we had a good time.

Swimming:





Dinner at Sakura:








Killing time by hanging out in the Family Dollar store and a Country Western store trying on hats before dinner:





This was the view from our room. It pretty much snowed the entire time we were there!:


Playing in the snow:








Yummy continental breakfast:





Bed time





This is what we woke up to our van looking like on the last day. It was wierd to see snow on the van!:



It was not an easy drive home. It was like we were driving in a cloud: