Springtime Visit

We got a last minute surprise visit from my parents last week!  Well it wasn't a surprise for me.  I convinced them they needed to come and when they came 5 days later they surprised the girls!! 

The weather was beautiful and we had some quality time together.  We went to the Natural History Museum, the Mesa Temple Easter Pageant, Cyrena's baseball game, and spent a lot of time playing outside as well (flying little airplanes grandpa brought).  It was great to have them here and it went too fast as always. 

Grandpa was a gold panning expert at the museum.  

He's the reason Cyrena came away with so much.

 But don't tell her that.

We went to Sweetcakes for lunch and brought home some of their humongous cookies.  Here the girls are showing off their chewing skills.

We packed a picnic dinner and ate near the temple.  We took some pictures, walked around and enjoyed a beautiful Arizona sunset before the pageant began. 

All the pageant characters walked around before the performance.  The girls enjoyed petting the sweet lambs.  

 We really enjoyed the pageant.  For Cyrena it was the ultimate church movie.  She recognized all the stories and at one point leaned over to me and whispered loudly, "Mom....everything they're saying is TRUE!"  She had some great one-liners that night.

All the girls enjoyed cuddling with grandma and grandpa

They headed out Sunday morning but before they left we had the girls try on their Easter dresses early so grandma could see (but we took them off before church!)

Thanks for coming grandma and grandpa!