Thanksgiving Trip Part I: Arizona

For Thanksgiving this year we went on a little road trip and now that we have a minivan our whole family can fit! We still haven't officially named the van, but I think there are two names in the running. I like Cindy Well's idea of calling it the Terry Ferry. The other name came to us while visiting the Phoenix area. In Southeast Phoenix is an area called San Tan so the other name that's in the running is SanTan the Minivan.  

Here's a map of our route for our visual readers:


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This was the first road trip we've taken with both the boys and getting in a car with a 9-month-old and a 13-month-old was a intimidating, but they did really well for such little guys.

We left on November 16th and the first stop on our trip was to stay with my aunt and uncle in Gilbert AZ.  We really enjoy spending time with them and their family.  Here are some highlights:

One of my cousins (Landon) has some friends that just had a litter of Beagle, Pug, Boston Terrier mix puppies.  There were six of them and they took a liking to Emily. Or should I say that she took a liking to them? 

Dean wasn't sure about getting into the tub with them, but he warmed up to the idea in the end.

Nancy has a piano that the boys just couldn't resist

Eating is always on our agenda when traveling. We've heard a lot about Chipotle and decided to see what all the fuss was about. We just might be in trouble when Chipotle opens up their first Albuquerque location this month.

We also went to LoLo's Chicken & Waffles on a double date with my cousin Jordan and his wife Casey. LoLo's brags that "This Ain't Your Momma's Chicken." How true that is. The atmosphere was great and they had a very interesting menu which included the "PHAT AZz Chicken Samich." Yes, that's how it was spelled. I decided not to have the Chicken Samich or the chicken & waffles, but the item I chose was called, "Yo Mamma's Biscuits and Gravy." It was pretty good.

Emily decided to have the Chicken & Waffles. Yum yum!

For the second half of our double date we went to an Improv comedy club called Jester'Z. If you are ever in the Phoenix area and need some good clean comedy we would highly recommend Jester'Z.

Landon and Isaac loved hanging out with each other.  Here's a priceless shot:

Most of our LDS readers have probably heard that the Church is building a Temple in Gilbert. If there's anyone out there who has no idea what I'm talking about, you can read more about temples here.We went and saw the progress on the Temple and Isaac loved exploring.

We also took the boys to see their first parade, the Gilbert Days Parade. Isaac wasn't very interested and ended up falling asleep. Dean watched everything, but was mostly confused.  Here's a short video I took:

To the Arizona Brough family--Thank You sooooo much for letting us stay with you!!! We loved it.