Mesa, AZ

Anna and I arrived in Arizona late Saturday night. We've been having a really nice time with my mom who is thrilled to have us here. We've been swimming in her heated pool every day! We LOVE the warmth and sunshine!!
Last night we went with my brother and his family to the Phoenix Zoo to see the ZooLights. It was really quite impressive.
Anna and Jake spent much of the night together walking hand-in-hand around the zoo. At one point Anna said something like, "It's like we're married." (She's been watching too many princess movies lately.) Jake's response was, "Don't say that ever again."
Anna had a great time hanging out with her cousins.
Erik and Jake were excited to see the stingrays before we left the zoo. They swim very close to the sides and the boys were able to touch them.
Anna was a little afraid and was more than happy to have Aunt Karen hold her well away from the stingrays. She was pretty exhausted by the end of the night and fell asleep before we were out of the zoo parking lot!