Our First Phoenix Visit

 Fred and I decided to fly to Phoenix instead of driving. We flew out of the St. George airport.

It is a luxury to do that. Ten minutes to the airport. Leave our house about 45 minutes before the flight instead of two hours of driving to Las Vegas and arriving two hours before the flight.

The flight was less than an hour long.

First things first ~ We stopped at Smash Burgers for lunch.

Right now Scott and Jess are renting a home. It is quite lovely. 

They are smart to take their time shopping around for builders and where is the best place to build.

Right now they live within a mile or two of Scott's office. After his long commute in Texas, they are very happy that Scott is able to get to and from work so much quicker. 

I think commuting is just a horrible thing.

Evan was very helpful with Grandpa's suitcase.

I would say we spent the majority of our time in the family room.

It's a great place. Evan's toys are here. A very comfortable HUGE sectional to lounge on.

Close to the food/ice cream/M&Ms.

The necessities.

Jess and I went to Charming Charlies and we picked out some really nice pieces for her.

Now she has wonderful pieces to work with. It was really fun shopping together.

Fred and Scott and Evan went to Best Buy. 

Fred and Scott share a passion for home electronic gadgets.

 Both Scott and Jess are very hands on parents.

Evan is very involved. 

It's great to watch. 

 I gave Scott a crash course right before he left on his mission on

how to iron a short, do the laundry. Maybe a few other things.

I'm not sure why I didn't take care of those things along the way.

Now as I have watched him as a husband and a father -

I'm so amazed at his skills. 

I see Scott 100% involved in cooking, cleaning, taking care of his home, 

taking care of all of Evan's needs. 

Oh and he is an amazing husband. I imagine he's amazing because Jess is an amazing wife.

 They are working on the food for the BBQ for the big Gender Reveal.

 Grandpa Time.

Evan has several blankets that he loves. 

He has a little tongue soothing action that looks a lot like his Aunt Corinne did when she was little.

He's got quite a bit of the Daly gene going on. 

 Jess planned a Gender Reveal for both sets of grandparents. 

Nancy and I were both positive it was a girl.

When all the blue came out - I really didn't know what was going on.
SEE - I look pretty surprised and shocked.

I find myself in this old grandma position a lot lately.

Even little Evan got into the confetti.

After the confetti popping, Jess had bought a couple baseballs. One pink and one blue.
She nailed it. It took me a while to focus and actually take a picture.

Their neighborhood has a community center with a fun kiddie pool/splash pad.

It is a really nice facility. It also has a weight room where both Scott and Jess work out.

  Scott took Evan down the slide probably 25 times.

Sunday was church. Their ward is pretty big. Jess was just called as YW secretary.

That is a perfect fit for her. I went with her there for opening exercises and it worked out that the Laurels went to RS so we went with them for the lesson.

Scott was sustained as a Primary Worker teaching the 10 year olds. 

We spent the day in the family room.

I had this idea of taking pictures of Evan with us so we could print them and have them displayed in his room so he would remember us. By Sunday we really hadn't taken any. He wasn't afraid of us or had avoided us, but there definitely was no cuddles or snuggling going on. So Jess came up with the candy in the lap method. Even that was somewhat a struggle, but the reality of what it is.

Fred and I are totally okay with that. 

We had a delicious Sunday dinner before we headed to the airport. 

Our visit passed quickly. We hadn't been together since Thanksgiving.

It didn't seem like it though because we do Skype.
Hopefully they will make a trip to see us in August.

We are trying to figure out trips to visit two new babies this Winter.
We are excited to future visits to Phoenix as this family continues to grow.