Fourth of July quick trip

Jared was off on the fourth of July this year for the first time in a long time so we planned a quick trip up to Phoenix  and used his hotel discount to stay at The Buttes for a couple days. The kids loved staying in a hotel and had fun playing in the pool and water slide.

We met up with some friends of ours and ate at this really cool place - of course I cant remember the name of it now. We have a rule that if we are out of town we have to eat someplace that we don't have here in Tucson. Its a fun rule - I highly recommend it. At this place we ate at they had parrots that would talk to you and the kids loved them. This one would bite though - hence the reason Bailee is keeping her distance

 We were able to get two joining rooms at the hotel - apparently its against the rules for a family of our size to stay in one room.  So the kids showed how much they liked having their own room by jumping on the beds

 Right outside our room was this little place in the wall - perfect for egyptian posing!

Another one of our rules is that we don't leave Phoenix without getting a Bahama Bucks - seriously the best thing ever! 

We had a little adventure finding a place to watch the fireworks and ended up watching them from a lookout point at the hotel with some very patriotic drunk people - that in itself is a story but of course I didnt have my camera. But we were able to see 3 or 4 different fireworks show going on.



We partied so hard Koston didnt even stay awake on the drive home. That means it was a great family
trip! He wanted earphones like everyone else so Bailee let him use hers - guess its time to get another pair!