Thanksgiving Weekend with the Thruston's

So much happened this week with allll the family in town, it's hard to write it all down! I didn't know my older brother Howard was going to be in town so I had planned to spend so much time with my sister-in-law Hanna since she came from outta town, too. When I found out Howard was here I tried spending as much time with him as possible. He always brings the family together and we have such a blast with his spunky personality! 

To sum it all up we just came over and visited, went to Scottsdale mall for some Black Friday shopping, had family photos, went out to Table Top Restaurant and made breakfast together on his last morning here. So much fun, the time always flies way too quickly! We will be glad he will come down from Utah again in a few weeks for Christmas!

(It was Fifi's b-day on Thanksgiving. Cheesecake Birthday Cake, Oh Yeah!)

(My Gorg Sissy, Honore')

[My bro Howard who we don't get to see often enough!]

{The Birthday Girl, "Mommy's Daddy" and Mr. Gram}

{Just a little peek from our family photos}

(Supporting our Friends, the Candland's, @ Table Top's Opening Night)

[Proof that Gav and I DO Go Out!]

{Sunday Morning when Howard was Leaving}

Phoenix Zoo with my Guthrie Sisters

Hanna's family came to visit last week for Thanksgiving... so going to the Zoo was a must! Ash let us all use her guests passes, thanks Ash! We love the Zoo because how often do you get to see a Lion on a Tuesday morning?! For some reason I thought Gram wanted to be held or walk around the entire trip, then as soon as I put him in the stroller at the end, he crashed. So typical. My nieces and nephews are the cutest, craziest, most well behaved kids you'll ever meet. So glad I have got to see all of them as much as I have!!

 {Penelope, Caelan, Sleeping Gram, Quinn, and Truman}

[Caelan, Ainsley and Addie]

Mexico for Veteran's Day Weekend

We have amazing friends. Seriously. 

This past weekend we went to Puerto Penasco (Rocky Point) with our friends Josh and Elba. They didn't even mind we were bringing our baby. So they are our new Godparents!! Haha. We had such a blast with them and I didn't even feel left out that I was the only one who doesn't speak Spanish! Lol. 

We drove down Saturday morning and went straight out to check out the beach! It was a little chillier than we had expected but beautiful nonetheless. We order those killer quesadillas they serve at the resort. I would drive down to Las Palomas Resort every weekend to get those quesadillas if I could; they are THAT good. 

We went to Al Capone's Pizza Sunday for lunch since it's a little tradition now. I highly recommend going there. After that we went into town to check out those little shops full of Mexican trinkets!! My favorite. We almost got knock-off handbags, ect. but the prices they ask were ridic! We could buy a used Louis Vuitton in the states for their price! Next up, nap time. Gram was exhausted so we let him nap back at the condo while Josh and Elba could enjoy the beach. We picked up some DVD's in town so we watch those all night and ate tonsss of candy and room service. It's funny, you try to lose weight to look good FOR vacation then gain it all back while ON vacations. Lucky for me, I didn't have any time to lose weight for a last minute vacation, so I just came back "softer". Haha, time to hit the gym!

Monday we checked out of the condo and went into town to look at more trinkets and get breakfast/lunch/Thrifty Ice Cream. We had fun on the drive home chitter chatting with our friends and giving Gram suckers to make him happy. 

Loved every minute with my boys and friends in Mexico!! Here's some pics to explain the trip. A picture's worth a thousand words... and I don't feel like typing!

{Friends that bathe together, stay together}

(Hola, Amigo!)

[Thrity Ice Cream and Shrimp Cocktail]

(Al Capone's Pizza)

{Woohoo! Ice Cream, Ice Cream!!}

(Pajama party on Tia Elba's head)

("Oh gosh Mom, I just ate half a Snickers!")

{Suitcase ride on Tio Josue's bag!!}

Thanks again amigos for an incredible get away with you!! We love ya!