Tool #1: Bring with you the appropriate besties. Enjoyment and fulfillment will surely be lacking if you don't.
It only improves the odds of fun if those besties happen to be the same ages as you and your kids. It's practically fail proof.
Tool #2: BFF's or not you'll need your fam to appreciate such gorgy-ness. Even if you've just been yelling at one in the car because the other one won't stop singing that annoying song and the first one keeps putting his feet up on the seat so then you blew your top and screamed something with the word "dumb" in it along with making a SERIOUS mom face followed by consuming an entire bag of gummy worms and frightened silence for approximately 11.8 minutes.
(the above scenario does not apply to THIS family--->)
Tool #3: A corny junior ranger program that nerds like us lurve to participate in.
This provides said nerd herd with opportunities for education as well as moments of pondering the glories of those great outdoors of which we partook. (Brains and Cord really nailed this one)
As well as a super expensive plastic badge and swearing in by an official G.C. Ranger.
Tool #4: An appropriate sense of awe and wonder. I'm pretty sure you can purchase those at Tar-jay but we had one in the car that we pulled out for the occasion.
Tool #5: A strong trust in your children's safety (and more specifically in your ability to not squeal and shriek with worry as they get close to an "edge". I forgot to pick one of those tools up at Wal-shiz so Shed had to take this picture for me.
Tool #6: Snowman makings.
Yeah. Not kidding and stuff.
Sooo, more to come later. I've gotta go do important stuff like watch Celebrity Apprentice and try to sand blast the callouses off my heels that have formed just in time for spring.
4 comments:
These pictures are amazing and remind me to actually TAKE my camera on trips instead of just being lazy with the iphone. Gorgeous pictures. (I saved most of them). Love the nerd herd photo, well---loved them all. Great trip.
That snowman is adorable! Much like the ones we build here in Colorado. Only smaller...and icier... and other stuff-ier.
Looks like fun was had by all nerds and non-nerds alike (that only applies to AV)!
I've been awaiting this report! It sounds like a smashing success.
A couple more years & all those boys are also going to want some attractive young ladies in that toolbox. How about I come and bring mine along. As long as Shed promises not to stage any of those death-defying pictures of them.
Dang, I didn't think I missed Arizona at all until this post. Thanks.
Looks like it was the perfect vacay!
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