Day 5

Well, here we are

the last day of our trip.

Tomorrow we head for home.

On this final day in Arizona

our to do list is short.

 First stop....

Trader Joe's

 This store does not exist in Utah.

Friends on FB are always talking about this place.

I must go see it for myself! :)

 

 The second I step through the door,

 

I am in love!

This place fulfills the hippie, 

peace lovin' flower power child in me.

 Immediately I can see it's time

to send Matt & the boys

off to do something else.

I want to enjoy this experience and

get to know every item in this store.

Yes, I know it's selfish

but....

How often do I get the chance

to shop without 3 little monkeys

hanging all over me?

Not very often. 

Didn't get to spend much time here

but relished every moment of it, 

and spent a good chunk of money.

 

And it was so worth it! :)

...........

Okay, enough about that!

Next we drop the boys off with Elly.

Matt & I are going 

on a date!!!!

Just the two of us.

ALONE!

Crazy......I know!

Way back...

when Matt & I lived out here,

a place we loved to hang out was

Mill Avenue

In sweet memory of our time in AZ, 

We chose this as our date destination. 

This was a much needed break

from everything.

We strolled up & down Mill Ave.

  Revisited some of our favorite shops.

Ate lunch at Five Guys Burgers.

Laughed, reminisced, and 

enjoyed a perfect afternoon 

together!

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Time flies when you are having fun! 

Before we knew it;

our date was over and

we were back in a mini-van

with 3 crazy kids!

...........

Now back at our hotel,

Matt takes the boys swimming

one last time while I

sit by and watch.

We are meeting Elly for dinner at 7 this evening.

Of course Crew falls asleep on the drive over.

We all thought this would be a good thing;

he should be rested and ready to eat.

However...

Crew completely lost his mind 

at the restaurant.

Matt & I traded off eating 

and dealing with Crew.

Finally, 

totally embarrassed now by 

the scene he is causing,

I sit the rest of the meal out

in the van with him.

FUN!

After listening to him cry

for what seems like,

forever!

I decided to jump in the

driver seat and drive him around.

As I am getting in the drivers side,

he starts freaking out again.

This time yelling,

"No! Daddy's seat!"

over & over again.

I find this pretty funny,

then tell him it's okay.

I get him settled down.

We take a short drive around

before I park back at the 

restaurant to pick up Matt,

Cody & Landen.

I get out to let Matt drive

and.....

guess who does not approve?!

Crew. 

Really, by now it's so funny.

We are all laughing about this,

even him.

Next, it's goodnight!

...........

Tomorrow,

We have a long drive ahead of us.