M's Game

The day after Jordan's birthday we went to the Mariner's game.

We love the grass seats!

My parents had regular seats, but when my dad came over all the kids went to him.

Jackson crawled to him :)

Jackson, Grandpa, Kenna, Nati, Kenzie

Coleman and Jordan joined this picture.

Grandpa took the kids to get treats. These 2 girls got cotton candy.

They got frozen lemonade.

The twins :)

The kids

My family

The kids wanted to photobomb:

Make sure to watch Jack's face throughout all these. I thought he was just standing nicely with Doug and me smiling until I looked back at the pictures. 

I just love little kids holding hands. They're so cute!

Jordan turns 8!

Jordan had his 8th birthday while we were in Gilbert. We had church in the morning.

He ate some donuts after lunch.

Nati! The Kenyons came to Arizona for the week too!

Grandma Carlson

Kenzie loves taking pictures.

Jordan opened his presents.

Jordan, Jack, and Kenna are trying out his new paddle ball game.

Playing Skylanders War.

He's making a hear with his hands. He's a very loving boy :)

They played dodgeball.

Jordan wanted taquitos for dinner.

These kids made up a birthday cheer/song. It was cute:)

I don't think I'd like playing dodgeball with him :)

He had cake batter fudge for dessert. We had a fun day celebrating him!

Here's somethings about Jordan:

Wants to build houses when he grows up

Loves to give hugs and kisses

Loves playing games and sports and doesn't care too much if he doesn't win

Is currently reading the Percy Jackson series.

Loves to know how things work

Takes really long showers

Enjoys playing the piano

Does a lot of schoolwork on the computer

Hates writing

Eats most anything

Independent

Curious

Likes to cheer his siblings up when they are sad by being silly

Changes from sad to happy pretty easily

Often makes quiet sounds that drive his brother crazy

Almost always wears flip flops

Often wears shorts

Rarely cold

Great reader

Great at math

Easily distracted, unless he's really into what he's doing, then he's really focused

Likes listening to music when he works

Often likes the same music as Doug

Doesn't need much sleep

Loving

Generous

Happy

Sweet

We love him so much and are so happy he's ours!

Meteor Crater

Our next stop on the trip was the Meteor Crater. 

They said the meteor that made this gigantic crater was about the size of half a football field. Crazy that it made such a big hole in the ground.

It was windy and cold there.

Silly faces

Mad faces

This is part of the meteor.

There was a hand on museum for us to explore.

Colie was a little unhappy.

We bought the kids some post cards to write down something about the Grand Canyon and the Meteor Crater to hopefully help them remember this vacation a little more as they get older. I put them on key rings when we got home.

We drove to Mesa after we left the Meteor Crater. We stayed there for a week and were happy we didn't have anymore long drives for a week :)