More of Spring Break...

I know I've already posted about a few things we did while Rick was on Spring Break but here is the rest of what we did that week:

- Went on a family walk to the park. While we were there the sprinklers turned on and Kimbri couldn't resist. She had a blast!

- We also went to a little get together with some of the other medical school families at the Giles' home. We had lunch and all the kids ran around and played together. 

- The day after the get together we watched Kelsey, the Giles' daughter while they went to the temple. Then the next day they watched Kimbri and Garrett so that we could go to the temple. It worked out great! 

- We also thought it would be fun to do a little family dinner outing. Pizza Pie Cafe just opened a location here in Gilbert so we went there and the kids loved it. They have a salad bar, a pizza bar, pasta bar and a dessert pizza bar. So obviously there was plenty to fill up on. And it was nice to just sit down and start eating so the kids didn't have to wait to order and wait for the food, etc... Waiting is hard for them, haha... for any little kid I guess.

We were so glad to be able to spend so much time with Rick while he was on spring break!!!!

Zoo Trip with Dad

We have been to the Phoenix Zoo countless of times but we don't get to go very often with daddy! Since Rick had spring break in March, we got to do a lot of things with dad, including the zoo!

I loved this view! There was next to nobody
at the zoo the morning we went!

All worn out and about to fall asleep on the drive home.

Riverview Splash Pad & 1st Dentist Trip

Rick had a week long spring break during March and so we made the most of it and had a ton of fun that week! On Monday we started off by taking the kids to the dentist. Neither one of them have ever been yet in their lives so we figured it would be good to get a cleaning and check-up. I'm glad Rick was able to come with me so we each could sit with one child. Rick took Garrett and I took Kimbri. We had read a lot of books about going to the dentist to prepare them about what would happen. And I think it paid off because they did FANTASTIC! 

Kimbri hopped right up in the chair for them to take x-rays and did great. Garrett was too young for x-rays so then we all headed over to the cleaning station. They both hopped right up in the dentist chairs and each got to pick out a colored toothbrush that they used to spread the cleaning paste around in their mouth. I though they might get scared when they started using the high-pitched scrubby thing to rub the paste around their teeth but they both seriously did so great! At the end they each got a token to take to the prize machine and get a prize. 

We decided to go home for a potty break for Kimbri and get a couple snacks and then we headed to a nearby park to let the kids play. They had tons of fun! After getting worn out from the busy, fun morning we had, we went home and had lunch and nap/quiet time. After that we headed over to the Mesa Riverview Splash Pad to relax and let the kids have fun in the water for the afternoon. 

Kimbri jumped right to it and was in love with the water park the second we got there but Garrett took quite a while to get used to the water splashing everywhere and randomly coming out of holes in the ground. Haha! But after he got used to it, he had a blast too!

And yes, it was 91 degrees in the middle of March. We are in for a long hot summer! 

Rick's Birthday!

Rick is the big 26!

On his birthday he had to take a big old test, which was a bummer, but that didn't stop us from celebrating breakfast still. Rick looooves donuts so we surprised him with a donut platter. I think the kids may have been more excited than he was. Haha! 

After breakfast, Rick had to take off to the testing center. They have a small group that parks at the school and then they carpool so since someone else was driving that day, we snuck over to the school while Rick was gone taking his test and we decorated his car with window markers!

Rick drew a picture of her and daddy.

This is what Garrett drew.

We wrote on his windshield too!  

We also traced the kids' hands on the windows.

After we got home from decorating Rick's car, we worked on making a candy poster for him. The kids had a hard time keeping their hands off the candy! Haha! 

Rick got home from his test and the kids jumped out and yelled "Surprise!" with balloons and the candy poster. I think he was pretty surprised :)

Then we all hopped in the car and took off to go take advantage of all the free food and treats you can get on your birthday! Our first stop was Bahama Bucks to get a free shave ice!

Then we headed over to the Sweet Tooth Fairy and Rick got to pick out a free cupcake. After we were all sugared out from sharing the snow cone and cupcake, we decided to go grab some food. There's a place called Firehouse Subs that gives you a free sandwich on your birthday so we drove over there and Rick ran in and picked up his sandwich. Meanwhile, Kimbri fell asleep. I guess she was worn out from going from one thing to the next during the day, getting everything ready for Rick's birthday. And instead of falling asleep, Garrett was just starting to act loopy and very silly. He was making funny faces and then laughing his head off. Haha!

After picking up the sandwich we made our way over to Liberty Market and got a HUGE piece of free carrot cake. We tasted it but saved the rest for another day because we already had, had so many sweets. Then we picked up more free food at Joe's Real BBQ and Joe's Farm Grill. Rick ate from the BBQ and he picked up a pesto chicken sandwich for me at the Farm Grill. Each place gives you $10 free on your birthday so we both ate that for dinner. It was delicious! 

Then later that night we ate cake! Jessica had offered to babysit so we could go out on a birthday date so when she got their we all sang Happy Birthday to Rick and ate Oreo Ice Cream Cake, per Rick's request. It too, was yummy, along with everything else we had eaten that day. But it was worth it! As student's you can never pass up free food. And we had so many leftovers for the next day too, obviously, since we got so much free food! Haha. We also had gotten a free Red Robin burger earlier that week and a free birthday meal from Cafe Zupas. Yum! 

Happy birthday, Rick!! I hope it was a good one! It will be a few months before I join the 26 year old club with you ;)