Phoenix Trip

Brian's company had training in Scottsdale last week, so we turned it into a family vacation. The weather was fabulous for us (we left snow in Denver) and we enjoyed staying at the Phoenician (a very nice resort), and visiting friends while we were there. Morgan met a new friend, Avery, and enjoyed playing with all of her toys. (I can't get rid of the underlines, sorry)



Here are a few highlights from our trip.


This one is from just before we left, when Brian taugh Morgan how to "lick the bowl" from the cake I had baked.

Morgan's latest fetish is shoes. She always wants to be wearing some, even if they aren't quite her size. Here, Lauren helped her put on her rain boots. They went up past her crotch, and she couldn't walk at all, but Morgan sure thought she was cool!




Morgan went on her second carousel ride at an amusement park called Castles and Coasters, in Phoenix. She wasn't too sure about the horse moving up and down. She preferred the "bug" ride, which was more like the teacups at Disneyland.







The park had a kid-sized ferris wheel, and Morgan really wanted to try it out. So, Brian buckeld her in and she made it around 3 times before wanting off. (Don't worry, the ferris wheel only had 4 cars and Brian was standing right next to it, so Morgan was fine the whole time)




Another thing that only the first child ever gets to do at this age. Morgan and Brian took a ride on the bumber boats. She loved it, until it was time to get off.

She couldn't ride on the bumper cars, but she made sure to direct traffic the whole time! She was yelling at people passing by, and at one point, Ashlyn had to pull her head out of the bars (she was about ready to climb in!)

Miniature golfing with an 18 month old is quite an adventure. Brian tried to teach her how to golf, but to no avail. The entire 18 holes, it was more like hit your ball and try to get it into the hole before Morgan picked it up and dropped it in for you!

Here we are with Mike, Ashlyn, and Avery. Ashlyn and I (Mackenzie) were roommates in college and it was so much fun to meet their little one, and remember the days of an immobile child (you know, when your house actually looked somewhat together!). We had lots of fun with them!

Don't You Remember Days Like This???

On the way home from the beach over Thanksgiving, Morgan and Elaena got the bumpy ride in the "loft" of the Yukon. For those of you not in the Ginos family, that means the third row (you know the back seat nobody really wants to climb into). Anyway, California roads are very well traveled, and, thus, a bit bumpy. So the girls decided to have some fun with it.
You might need to turn your sound up a little bit to get the full effect of what they're doing (as if the camera bouncing all over doesn't give it away).