a week in the heat

We took our first family road trip this summer and headed down to Arizona to visit Sam's family.

We loaded the car, packed a cooler full of snacks, and buckled in our sweet puppy (who just turned one and technically is not a puppy anymore) and headed south.

It took an entire day to get there, but we made good time even with our plethora of pit stops. Princess is such great traveler, she didn't give us any problems and there were times she was so quiet we almost forget that we'd brought her.

Since we left so early, we arrived just in time for dinner. We went out for Mexican food with Sam's parents and the Elmer grandparents, and then crashed. We were SO tired!

Lisa had planned Alexa's baby shower around our trip so I could attend, and she loved the baby blanket Connie had made and the ceramic elephant that Sam had picked out for their nursery. It was funny, we are both having boys and yet we showed up to the shower wearing the same color pink dress.

After the shower, Alexa took me to Buy Buy Baby and to the store Motherhood to get a new bathing suit. It was nice to have some bonding time.

Being able to spend Father's Day with Bob was great, especially because I'm pretty sure Sam hasn't been home for that holiday in awhile. We had Father's Day/Sunday Dinner with Jake and Alexa, and extended the Larsen tradition of holiday selfies.

Our Father's Day selfie

Mostly our visit was about the baby shower and chilling out, so we didn't have to many things on our to-do list while we were there. It was such a hot week, the highest we saw it get was 119 (I'm never complaining about 99 ever again!), because of this it meant Princess got walked before 6am every single day.

Some other highlights were getting a manicure with Lisa and Alexa, going to see Grease with the family on Classics night at the theatre, and going to visit Sam's other set of grandparents.

Coming back felt like it took so much longer, but we made it home in one piece despite the heat.

We have talked about making this trip an annual thing after the babies are both born so that they can spend time together. Hopefully next time it won't be 119 degrees next time!