When Grandpa comes to visit

This past week we have had Ricks dad visiting us from New York and his brother Ryan visiting us from Northern Idaho. We always like to have family around and it is so nice to have a change from the same old everyday routine. Rick had a lot of fun with his family doing everything from playing tennis, 4-wheeling, pizzeria bianco(this really yummy pizza place that you have to wait in line for hours to get a table and they don't do take out and it was featured on Oprah. They described it like the Seinfeld episode with the soup nazi. Once they finally got in they didn't want to do anything wrong or upset anyone, they just wanted their pizza. The results were good. They said the pizza was really good and worth the wait), tempe town lake, and lots of good food (not cooked by me of course but from good restaurants).. We didn't get pictures of everything, okay we hardly got any, but we did get some. Here are just a few pictures we took from our fun week.

Here is Rick, Tyler and Ricks dad at Tempe town lake.



Tyler at the lake


Tyler playing in the sand. There is a really nice park, Tempe Beach Park, by the lake. The weather was perfect and we all had a fun time.


Rick and I at the lake. Doesn't that look like an engagement picture? We look a little different from our actual engagement picture. I guess that is what 4 years of marriage and two kids does to you. :)

Grandpa and Logan sure had a fun time together.

A picture of our family. Here we are the last night of grandpa being here. This was taken right before bed and that is why we are all in our pajamas except for Rick.


We were also able to celebrate Valentines Day while Ricks dad was here. This year Rick surprised me with two tickets to a Phoenix Coyotes Hockey game AND babysitters for the kids. You know what that means, we actually went on a date all by ourselves! This is rare and doesn't happen very often at all because we don't have any family close by to babysit for us. It was so much fun and we had a great time. They played the Calgary Flames and they actually got killed but it was still a fun atmosphere to be in. It was a great surprise. Thanks Rico.

If you follow the NHL at all you know that the Phoenix Coyotes really are not very good. Our only claim to fame is that Wayne Gretzky is not only their owner but also their head coach. You would think with "the great one" as your coach you would have a better record. Oh well maybe next year. The first picture is a picture of Wayne Gretzky(the one standing behind the players in the middle) and the other picture is just one of the game.