Arizona

Bailey got One Direction concert tickets for Christmas, and after a long 9 month wait, it was finally time to take our trip to Arizona! Not only was One Direction in AZ, but so were the COUSINS! We had a great trip! We got their on a Saturday afternoon, and headed straight over to Scott and Amber's house to visit! They live on a little farm, and it was so fun playing with the animals!

Yay! We finally made it!

Chloe and Nathan taught Bailey how to catch a chicken!

She did it! So funny! 

Nathan and his chicken friend! :) 

Collecting eggs with Chloe! 

That's a lot of eggs!

 On Sunday we went to church with Scott and Amber, and then went back to their house for a big, yummy dinner. Kim and Russ, and all the other cousins came over! It was the first time all the cousins have been together since Lake Powell. We were missing Sawyer, but we had fun taking pictures with the monkey to send him! It was fun to catch up with everyone!

Chloe, Bailey, Elder Varvel, Bella, Sydnie, Brooklyn, Cali, Noah, Nathan, and Clayton

Bailey, Sydnie, and Brooklyn

The cousins did a little night swimming.

We ran a couple times while we were there. We aren't used to the heat, and at 6:30 in the morning it was almost 90 degrees. We ran at two different parks, and other than the heat, it was fun to be somewhere different.

We found this cool snake on one of our runs!

On Monday we went to a couple fun places. Our first stop was the Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch. It was a really fun place! They had all kinds of animals to feed and pet.  There were miniature donkeys, deer, goats, ostriches, ducks, prairie dogs, and lorikeets.

The donkey's were so cute! They would start braying really loud when we walked away. 

Bailey making friends with the donkeys.

There were tons of deer, and they were really fun to feed.

These guys were a little scary! 

Prairie dogs 

The ducks were fun to feed. You just had to make a fist with an opening at the top. A whole bunch of ducks would just start shoving their beaks in your hand at the same time. It was pretty funny!

Cute little goats!

The lorikeets were our favorite. Once you got in the area, they would just come land on you. You didn't even have to take the lid off the food. They would take it off for you. 

Sawyer is getting a little lorikeet kiss!

 Bailey was so funny! One bird landed right on her head! Once the bird got off her head, and she got a little more comfortable with them, she started taking selfies with the birds. She got some pretty funny pictures!

Don't even think about it bird! 

Hahahahaha!

This may be our favorite picture from the whole trip! Bird selfie! This little guy was happy to play along!

After we finished at the Ostrich Farm, we went to Butterfly Wonderland. It's has the largest butterfly atrium in the United States. 

Watching a 3D butterfly movie.

Right when we walked into the atrium, a butterfly landed on Bailey. 

There were butterflies EVERYWHERE! It was so hot and humid in the atrium, so we only stayed in there for about 20 minutes.

They also had a little aquarium area. We hung out for awhile to pet the sting rays.

That night we went to a park by the Gilbert Temple to have dinner and hang out with the cousins. It ended up being too hot and humid, so after we ate, we went to Kim and Russ' house. We went scorpion hunting! So cool!

Clayton and Bailey

 Scorpions glow when black light shines on them. Russ had a black light, so we went out and found tons of scorpions! It was pitch black, but we could see the ugly things once the black light was shining on them. We started collecting them in a cup. So gross!

This is what they looked like when the light was on them! 

Disgusting!

 On Tuesday morning, we took Bailey to do baptisms at the Gilbert and Mesa temples!

The Gilbert Temple opened earlier this year, and is gorgeous!

Brooklyn got out of school to do baptisms with Bailey.

Beautiful girls!

Mesa Temple

Then it was off to the One Direction concert! That needs to be a post all it's own though!