we headed off to arizona for our 10 day house hunting trip and well lets just say the beginning of the trip determined how the rest of it went! we started our day waking up in virginia at 5 AM to catch our 7:40 AM flight. the morning was a very unusually foggy morning on the east coast. upon arrival at our gate we were informed that our flight was on its way...later to be told it couldnt land because of the fog so back to baltimore it went. we would miss our connection so a new route we would take from norfolk to nashville to las vegas and finally to phoenix....mind you we were changing planes at each place with three children! AGH! by the time we left norfolk it was five hours later and what we started with...10 diapers for lovely kate...we now only had 6 to make it the rest of the day. it was the worst flying day ever...to be honest the kids were AMAZING! all of them!...it was just long and exhausting. we finally arrived in phoenix at 11:40 PM (which is 2:40 AM east coast time)! BUT WE MADE IT THERE! the next morning we left the kids with grandma and a house hunting we went. it was all disappointing and i cried multiple times! nothing we loved and what we did love was too far of a drive to the hospital for josh. so we prayed and decided to wait till we return to arizona to look more. until we do find our home we will be living with josh's wonderful parents who will graciously take us in....loud kids and all! we are SO SO SO GRATEFUL! despite the disappointment with house hunting and the long flight the trip was wonderful! we played outside with cousins all day long coming in exhausted and dirty! highlights from the trip:
Easter Pageant at Mesa Arizona Temple
Kids Easter Egg Hunt
Adult Easter Egg Hunt
Slip-n-Slide
Children's Museum
Gateway Aviation Museum
Basketball
Family Dinners
In-N-Out
Cafe Rio
Olivia's Baby Blessing
Conference Weekend
Meeting up with friends: The Holbrooks for S'mores
Tyler making it home minutes before we pulled out of the driveway to head to the airport to go home
Everything else besides not finding a house!
we left happy and hopeful despite being unsuccessful! we know something with work out for us...eventually!
p.s. adult easter egg hunt has cash in the eggs and josh might have pushed a few of his sisters out of the way to steal the eggs!
p.p.s. the kids fell asleep during the pageant so we had to somehow get all three of them back to our car parked far away! it was quite comical since they were looking forward to it but couldnt keep those eyes awake.
p.p.p.s. i have to say we have the coolest friends (The Holbrooks)! we love them so much and had a blast catching up with them. the kids had us all cracking up as they rode the tractor late at night. ella driving and crashing into chairs. it was too fun! miss you guys!
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