Vacation: Part 1

On June 18th, we headed out of San Antonio around 4:00pm hoping to make it to Las Cruces, NM. Yes, we were driving, call us crazy, but it was really quite nice. It was a long day, but we made it and Brooklyn did awesome! We spent the night in Las Cruces and then headed for Phoenix. We haven't been back since we left and we were both excited to visit some of the old stomping grounds and see our old houses.

We stopped in Casa Grande, AZ for the night and spent some time with Brad's cousin Jared, his wife Melissa and their 4 kids. We used to hang out til all hours of the night chatting, playing games, and eating junk food on many a weekend in Phoenix. We had a great time catching up, playing cards, and getting to know the kids better. Thanks again guys!


Pictures of Brooklyn playing dress up with the cousins.


The only picture we got of Jared & Melissa while we were there.

The next day we headed into Phoenix to look around. We went by the old Chase building that Brad worked at in downtown Tempe, and it was almost like a ghost town. They have sinced closed the call center he worked at and you can tell the area has taken a hit. We grabbed some pizza from Slices (an old favorite) and headed to the west side of town to see the old houses. They both looked fairly good and it was fun to show Brooklyn where we lived and the house she was born in. That evening we went to dinner with our good friends the Vehars, did a little shopping, and stayed up way to late gabbing with them. Thanks again guys for the fun time and letting us stay! No pictures from here, but they are all adorable.