Family Get-A-Way

Sunday morning my In-laws arrived. They stayed until Saturday. We had a busy week full of fun! We did lots of grocery shopping. We enjoyed some yummy home made dinners courtesy of my MIL. She also made homemade donuts. They were GREAT! We took the girls school shopping for all their supplies and new school clothes. Diesel even got a new pair of shoes. My Wonderful in-laws also treated Jer and I to a new couch. We wont get it until Late September but we are very excited!!!!

Thursday we headed out for a quick trip to the Grand Canyon. Neither Jer nor the Kids and I had ever been. We all were very excited. We left at 5am. So as you would think we were all very tired! The girls got some shut eye on the way up.

They seem pretty comfy wouldn't you say?

Diesel decided to stay away and rock his new Car's sunglasses... He's too funny!
He did so great on the way their. It was 4 hours and he told u when he had to go potty. There were a few times we had to pull over off the free way and let him be a little man and pee in the open. But he never had an accident! We finally were able to stop at a gas station and he got out to stretch.
After some confusion with directions and the damn Garmin we made it safely to the town outside the park. We weren't able to check into our hotel so we had breakfast. It was AWFUL!!! I don't suggest anyone ever eat their. After Breakfast we made our way to the park. We found a spot to park and made our way to the Canyon. It was unbelievable. I have seen pictures but the magnitude of it in person it breathtaking. It was beautiful!

Jer of course wanted to get out there and really check it you. We made our way down to this rock cliff where some other people were. (I don't recommend Flip Flops!)

We made our way back up the kids and his parents. Jer and the girls wanted to take it all in!

After much "running" and walking around Diesel needed a break and Daddy joined him!

The girls really thought it was so cool!

They eventually all needed a break and sat down with their Grandpa.

After a few hours of taking it all in we headed down to the hotels and shops in the park itself. We discovered a CRAZY squirrel that was fearless and would come right up to you wanting food. It was crazy. He even climbed some ones leg to get food. We ate lunch and looked around in the gift shop. Before we left we got a family Shot!

As we exited the park we stopped at the State Park sign and got a big family picture. Luckily a nice couple showed up as we got there because my camera wasn't working with the whole delayed picture taking thing.

We left the park and checked into our hotel. Jer and Bob took naps. May and I took the kids to the pool. It was indoor and VERY cold so we didn't last too long. When we got back to the room we all got ready to go to dinner. We decided to eat at the Yippee-i-a Steak House. It seemed really cool but wasn't good at all. I would recommend the house salad with ranch dressing. But for a steak place... DON'T ORDER THE STEAK!!!

After dinner we drove through McDonald's and got ice cream sundaes. Once back in our room the kids and I went to bed and Jer went to the spa.