We have been in desperate need of a vacation for months. He's been working A LOT of nights, I've been under a lot of stress at work and after the summer when we had been forced to replace our floors we were well over due. So when our schedules opened up a bit we planned a little trip to Arizona to catch some sun and a little fall ball. We splurged a bit.. ok maybe more than a bit and booked a room at the Royal Palms. This vacation was all about unwinding and relaxation.
On our first full day in the area we decided to spend a little bit of time driving around and checking out the neighboring cities as well as downtown Pheonix. We stumbled into the D-Backs stadium that happened to have tours. This picture of us was taken out front while we were waiting for our tour to begin. It was really cool to see the stadium up close and all the in and outs of the stadium, even if it wasn't our home team.
The second full day started out with a massage. Nothing says relaxation like a morning at the spa!!! We then headed out for lunch. Kyle really wanted to hit Margaritaville in nearby Glendale. This was partially due to a desire for slightly less expensive margaritas than at the hotel, but mostly out of a desire to replace the t-shirt that has gone missing from our Mexican visit :( At least we were able to get a great lunch and replenish his Margaritaville wardrobe. Afterwards we headed up to the town of Carefree (I kid you not). A totally cute small town, where we stumbled into an art and wine feastival. So after looking around for a couple of hrs we needed to head back to the hotel for our 3 course dinner / reservations at T.Cooks back at the hotel.
The last day of our trip we caught some fall ball. We've gotten into minor league games pretty big the last few years since the stadium is so close to our house and it's pretty cool when players make it into the majors that you've seen play locally. One of Kyle's favorites has been Kevin Frandsen who made it to the big leagues a couple years ago but spent most of last year hurt. Kyle really wanted to get an autograph and today he was in luck. Like a little kid we bought a ball and begged for a pen(ok maybe we weren't the most prepared adults) and Kyle caught him before the game for an autograph. Another one of Kyle's wishes/wants has been to get a foul ball at a game, today was his day.
Time to come home came way too quickly, I only finished a third of the book I took and didn't get nearly as much time by the pool as I hoped, but we are already thinking and hoping we can make this an annual vacation.
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