Friday, January 28, 2011

African Feast

Lately we have been studying ancient history and stopped off in Africa just long enough to have an African feast.  It actually turned out to be African appetizers and we all agreed that if we actually had to eat this stuff, we might starve. 

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NotePitting the dates is fun to do, fun to do, fun to do. 

Dates & Plantains before:

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After:

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Date bars and fried plantainsThumbs down

*Note: Although plantains look like bananas they do not taste like bananas.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Our Favorite Museum (Children’s Museum of Phoenix)

The kids absolutely love running through the foam noodle maze, climbing through the 3 story high jungle gym, racing cars, shopping at the grocery store, going through the tricycle carwash, and basically just doing anything they want. 

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Thursday, January 20, 2011

The Wind Caves

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As part of our staycation week we went for a little hike.  At least it was suppose to be a little hike.  We were enjoying ourselves too much and apparently missed this sign the first time.  So we kept going, and going, and going…  Finally,  after rock climbing, following no trail, and fearing that our children might fall over the edge we turned back.  30 minutes later we found this sign.

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Welcome to the Wind Caves- Travel at your own risk beyond this point. (yah, no kidding!)

We were expecting a little more of a cave than this, and I guess that is how we missed it.  But it did make  for a very memorable trip. 

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Great view from the very tippy top of the mountain-where we shouldn’t have been Smile

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Zoo Day

Today was the day we did all the extra fun stuff at the zoo that we usually say no to.  We had such a great day riding camels, petting stingrays, feeding a giraffe, taking a train ride, and riding the carousel 4x’s.  It was like visiting a brand new zooIMG_2706

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Monday, January 17, 2011

Winter Wonderland

You know you are in trouble when the forest ranger tells you there is a discount for the day because the snow isn’t great.

Sledding down an almost snowless hill-scary!

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Katelyn has been dreaming of making a snowman for months.  Here is the long awaited friend.

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One of Kaleb’s best friends was up in Flagstaff on the same day, so we met up for a memorable snowball fight.

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