Sunny 9 for 2006 July 8

We're back from our 10 day vacation from Gilbert, AZ and Zion National Park. First we went to AZ to visit Aaron's parents and his sister Melanie and Joe and their kids Collin and Kate. We hung out a few days in AZ before driving to Utah for Aaron's annual extended family reunion at Zion National Park. Here are some of the highlights of the trip:

• Food, glorious food that I did not have to make

• Swimming in Brammy and Ga-ga’s pool

• A relief from the heat

• Catching up with Mel and her pregnancy with twins

• Lily becoming better friends with Kate and Collin (no pushing down the stairs incidents)

• Near perfect weather at Zion (if you only knew how rare this is)

• Cousins, Cousins, Cousins (getting to see Aaron’s cousins and catching up with them)

• Not having to camp at Zion

• Game night, every night (one word: Werewolf)

• I was over my morning sickness, so I felt pretty good

• Melanie gave me maternity clothes she wasn’t going to use, and a lot of them

• Getting to see Ben, Hailey, Mila, Ethan, Davey, and Booner

• Ethan telling me I was his friend

• Mila being a great babysitter at times, and she, Lily, and Ethan playing together well

• Getting to find out Lily’s weaknesses: chocolate, chips, and the swing

• Not being one of the people who got food poisoning

• Lily perfecting her snuggle ability and being able to take a nap with me (I think this might be a bad thing too, I’ll get back to you on that)

• And one of the best things about my vacation is, I came home to a clean house that my mom had totally cleaned for me. She even hung a picture that we bought months ago.