Arizona or Bust

 What do you get when you add 6 fun and crazy women with 4 fun and sunny days in Arizona?

ONE HECK OF A GREAT TIME!!!

We started planning this trip a few months ago. It started out as going to dinner and a movie on night and ended up with us flying to Arizona for 4 days, going to a Major league baseball game, a Kenny Chesney concert, shopping and a lot of rest and relaxation at the pool. I am soooo glad that we didn't stick with our original plan!!  We left on Friday, April 29th and flew back on Monday, May 2nd.

This was my backyard Friday morning...it snowed!

It was 95* when we landed in Mesa! = )

Raini FINALLY made it through securtiy after multiple attempts

I get motion sickness pretty bad and was seriously on the verge of puking multiple times as we were landing (which took forever and was VERY turbulent). Raini even had her barf bag handy for me, just in case! Jo had some Fritos in her purse and eating something salty really helped. We landed in the wonderful warm sunshine and were met by Jeff and Linda, our awesome host who pampered us and made us think we were all staying at a spa! We went to their house for lunch and then it was off to the game!

On the lightrail headed to the game

Raini, Monica, Marilyn, Joann, Tamra

Our new friend (in the hat and glasses) that was trying to hit on Raini , Me, Raini, Monica, Marilyn and Joann. This was quite the ride. The closer we got to the game the more Cubs fans piled in and they were getting Rowdy! It even got to the point where if you were not a Cubs fan in Cubs gear they wouldn't let you on. Apparently the Cubs are huge in Phoenix because they use to do their spring training there. We also witnessed a guy who literally lost his pants twice on the way. Lucky for us he had something on underneath.

Chase Field Stadium

Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Chigaco Cubs

Their were Cubs fans everywhere! I felt bad for the Diamondbacks, they were on their home turf and getting booed at.

I've never been to a  MLB game and it was pretty fun.

Monica, Me and Raini

We pigged out! We had hotdogs, nachos, drinks, popcorn and about everything else we could get our hands on!

I tried with several failed attempts to get a group picture of us at the game...

As you can see it wasn't working very well, hence the next picture

 

"I've got a beer!"

The lady next to me agreed to take our picture, on one condition, I had to hold her beer for her.

The bobble heads at the game

Final Score, it was a good game.

There was even a guy who proposed to his girlfriend just like on the movies

Outside the stadium

Raini and I are wearing hats we bought for our boys

Chase Field Stadium

Tamra, our very dedicated "Salty Seniorita"

She was the only one who exercised the entire time

Grapes in a palm tree

Not sure what this is, but it was so pretty

Oranges

There's a long and funny story why we took our picture at Circle K, just know that it was funny, blisters were involved and Tamra got her Diet Coke!!

Something you would never see in a front yard in Idaho

The very delicious Mexican restaurant we had lunch, Tia Rosa

Joann, Monica, Teri, Raini, Tamra, Marilyn

Just a picture I took

After lunch we headed to the Chandler mall for some shopping and in Monica's case, some pampering

After having an OUTDOOR BBQ David took us out to see the sites. First stop, Fry's Marketplace! I guess the secret that I own an entire chain of grocery stores is out in the open now. ; ) I even got my own Fry VIP card!

We toured ASU campus (which was HUGE), Mill Ave, went to In and Out to get my hubby a t-shirt and a few other places that I will not mention (What happens in Pheonix, stays in Phoenix) and ended up at a very delicious icecream shop called the Sugar Bowl.

It's been around since 1958 and I can see why! I don't the name of whatever it was that I got, but I want more!! It was so good. It was a 5 in cream puff cut in half, with icecream put inside, the top put back on and then the most amazing hot fudge ever covering the top! Mmmmmmm!

We spent many hours hanging out by the pool getting lots of rest and relaxation, talking and laughing!

Raini

Marilyn

Tamra

Monica

Marilyn and Raini

We all painted our toe nails

Teri, Monica, Raini, Tamra, Marilyn, Joann

Joann, Marilyn, Tamra, Raini, Monica, Teri

Tamra and Raini both "accidentally" fell into the pool and I tried to save them, but couldn't 

so they r-epayed me by pouring a picture of ice water on my while I was in the shower ; )

Teri, Joann, Tamra, Marilyn, Monica, Raini and our hosts who let all of us crazy girls bombard their house and treated us like pampered princesses, Jeff and Linda

The cactus is huge

When I figure out how to do it, I'll post the end result of this picture. 

There is a beach in the background and its gorgeous. (There seems to be a lot of beer on this blog which is ironic because we are all a bunch of Mormon girls and none of us drink)

Pretend that is me standing there with Kenny Chesney. He was taking pictures with fans, but by the time we realized it, the line was a mile long.

So this is as close as I could get

We ate dinner here and were apparently to loud and obnoxious because we actually had people request to not sit by us! They were all jsut jealous because we were having such a GREAT time!

Uncle Kracker

Billy Currington

Monica and J.R. Ewing

Joann and Tamra

Kenny Chesney

Me and my girl Rain-Dawg

(We totally rock it when we are in PACU together)

The last picture I took of the trip. We flew out Monday morning (Tamra and I had Dramamine this time) and landed in cold Idaho around noon. Cody and Gavin surprised me at the airport! It was good to get away, but it was even better to have them in my arms!!

Thanks ladies, it was a BLAST and I can't wait to start planning for next year!