My Birthday

The last day of our Phoenix trip was my Birthday. It was an awesome day! I woke up to the house decorated by Michelle!

We did a little shopping at an outlet Mall. Ben was really cute and kept popping out of stores with presents for me. I got a new outfit and some pretty jewelry. The kids had a lot of fun riding the rides and hanging out with family.



Then we went to a little lake in Mesa by the ASU campus. We were going to rent paddle boats, but they didn't have any so we ended up playing some games in the park,

and having roasted hot dogs for lunch.

It was the perfect birthday present to have the rain stop for our last day there!

We then headed to the Mesa Temple. It kind of pops out of this little neighborhood. Very unassuming as temples go. We went inside the visitor center and talked to the missionaries. Garett kept pointing to Jesus. I think they're friends.

We got a family picture in front of the temple. (don't know why there's a black strip across the bottom, sorry!)

Uncle Todd and Garett were matching that day. My kids LOVE Uncle Todd! It was great to have him on the trip with us.

We finished the day off by going to a really fun restaurant called San Tan Flats outside of QueensCreek. We ate some yummy food (the ribs rivaled Texas Roadhouse), and even got to roast marshmallows right by our table thanks to the fire that kept us warm.

Here's Garett practicing to be a cowboy.

Yee Haw!

Me, Garett, Grace, Ben, Todd, Logan, Jack, and Michelle.

There was a man there drawing Charicatures. We've never had one done together, so we gave it a try.

I think it turned out pretty good!

Our Blue Plate Specials turned out pretty good too!

We ended the day with Birthday cake. Thanks Shell! It really was one of the best birthdays ever, and a really awesome trip!