Friday, April 1, 2011

Spring Break--Part 2

If you missed the "Part 1" to our spring break adventure, click HERE.


One of the most anticipated activities of our spring break trip was swimming in Mimi's pool. This was the third time we have visited my parents since they moved into this house, but because of some issues with the county, the pool was not finished on our previous trips. Despite my mom's best efforts at pushing things along, the pool was finished just two days AFTER we left last summer. This time the pool was finished, but COLD! Only Riley was brave enough to go in the main pool, the rest of us wimps had fun swimming in the heated hot tub instead!

Ready to swim: Ryder, Rustin, Kaydence, Kyndall and Kassidy

Kaiya




Riley braving the big pool, despite the 54 degree water




Swimming in the hot tub



Tuesday was dollar day at the movie theater, so we decided to go see "Tangled". I think everyone in Mesa had the same idea---the theater was packed. With the high price of movies these days, we don't take the family very often. In fact, this was only the second time that I have taken the quints to the movie theater. (The first was last summer when we saw Toy Story 3 on our last trip to Arizona) We all loved it---definitely my favorite Disney movie. Ryder thought it was pretty cool that the main guy character's name was "Flynn RYDER"---a fact that he kept announcing to everyone around us.



After the movie we went over to a friend's house to pick citrus. My family lived in Arizona when I was in high school, and one of my favorite things about living there was the citrus. We had orange and grapefruit trees in our yard---there is nothing like fruit right off the tree! The kids had a blast! (except for Kassidy, who fell asleep in the car on the way over and slept through the whole thing...)


Rustin, Kyndall and Kaydence pick some oranges




Kaiya's "prize" grapefruit




The Pickin' Crew



Wednesday was Kids Day at the Rainforest Cafe---all kid's meals were $2.99. Usually when restaurants advertise "Kid's Eat Free" or similar deals, the fine print reads one free kid meal PER adult meal. With two adults and seven kids, it isn't such a great deal. At Rainforest, we could get as many kids meals as we wanted for $2.99. We took the kids to Rainforest Cafe when they were barely two-years-old and they were scared of all the animated gorillas and elephants. We have a picture of Kyndall eating with her head down on the table so she wouldn't have to look at anything. This time they loved it! In fact, at the end of the trip when we asked them what their favorite part was, this was it!


Looking at the big fish tank on the way in.




Kaiya, Riley and Papa




Kassidy, Kaydence, Ryder, Rustin and Kyndall




Mimi and Rachelle




Cute barstools! Riley, Kaiya, Kassidy, Kaydence, Kyndall, Rustin and Ryder


We tried to take a picture of all the kids in front of the elephant podium at the entrance to the restaurant. I tried to narrow it down to one to put on the blog, but Rustin was so funny in all three, that I had to put all of them. I have no idea what he is doing....maybe I should have left him there---he looks like he would fit in great with the monkeys!


Arizona has some of the most amazing sunsets! This was what the sky looked like when we came out of Rainforest Cafe.


............Stay tuned for the third, and final Spring Break post!


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7 comments:

Unknown said...

wow! sounds like an incredible trip already! What an incredible pool and slide! And those pics of the bar stools are fun! We went to Rainforest Cafe last year but all 3 of my kiddos were afraid. Ironically, my son just asked me the other day where that was and if we could go again...??? ha!

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Stephanie said...

Fun adventure! Where did you get the quints' swim floats? They look really effective at keeping their heads above the water.

Sarah said...

I Love your Family and the Pics are Wonderful

Anonymous said...

I couldn't agree more about the pictures of Rustin in front of the elephant. He makes the best faces. I'm glad you got to see Tangled. I think it's my favorite Disney movie too.

Rachelle said...

Steph--

I got the floats at Target & Walmart (had to go to both stores to find 5 colors). Amazon also has them for a good price right now. They are awesome!! They are called "puddle jumpers"--the kids don't mind wearing them and they do a good job of keeping heads out of the water!

Stephanie said...

Awesome! We might be needing them this summer. :-)

firma de contabilitate said...

Beautifull kids, seems that you have a great spring break with a lot of fun, congratulations.