scottsdale, arizona

We arrived at the airport at about 5:15, at first we were a little nervous, because we weren't sure what to do, but Check-in was easy because we actually checked in and got our boarding passes yesterday, so all we had to do was check our bags. Which for Jaq was very close to being expensive. She missed the 25 dollar fee by .10 pounds her suitcase weighed in at 49.90 pounds. We got through security without question and then walked down to our gate (ALL THE WAY AT THE END) but no one was at our gate so we went to Potbellys to get some food, who doesnt love warm subs at 5 AM? after we all got our sandwiches and took the moving walkways back to our gate where we saw Mrs. Christerson. She tricked Jaq into believing she could take her down on the runway next to the plane so Jaq could take a picture of her. Then we sat down in line and waited to board. We talked to Eryn and Timmy and said goodbye, then noticed that Skills from One Tree Hill would be on our flight. We all debated for a while on whether it was him or not and then it was time to board. Jaq sat by the window, I sat in the middle and Kat sat on the end. The flight was good, Jaq's ears bugged her towards the end, but other than that it was four hours of listening to music, eating, picture taking and laughing. During Landing, I tricked Jaq and Kat into believing numerous mountains and such were the Grand Canyon, and then decided to shut up considering everyone around us probably thought that we were crazy. As we got off the plane I couldn't find Grandma Angie's number to call her, but just as I was talking to Janel asking her For Grandma's number Grandma yelled WELCOME TO ARIZONA && we went down to baggage claim, which took a while but we got them alright. Then we were on our way to the condo. In the elevator Jaq and I noticed a weird humming noise but then it seemed to disappear until the car ride, where it was driving us all crazy until we got home, got out of the car and realized it was Jaq's electric toothbrush. We got into the condo and I showed Jaq and Kat around and then we took some pictures and headed to the pool, after laying out for a while and getting a nice tan we came back to lay down and watched tv, we were all so tired that we were about to fall asleep and then grandma told us it was time for food. WE ALL JUMPED ONTO OUR FEET.  We ate dinner and then decided to watch Sky High. We set up the couch bed and laid down to watch it. There was a bit of a struggle to get it on but Grandma pulled through and we started watching it. We barely made it through the opening credits before all of us fell asleep for 5 hours!! When Jaq and I woke up Grandma asked if we wanted to go with her to the store to get whipped cream for the strawberries and maybe get some more snacks. We woke up Kat to see if she wanted to go but she decided to stay back. When we got to Frys we picked out some snacks, I yelled at Jaq about ranch dip and tried to get Grandma Angie to buy us some VINO and we all were laughing. We picked up some mini egg rolls, hot pockets, ice cream, and other things but guess what we forgot!! The whipped cream! We snacked for a little bit and then Maria came to visit. Kat and I walked down to the pool just to dip our feet in and we saw some cute boys haha. Then Jaq came down to join us and we grabbed our cameras. We took some pictures and then headed back to the condo. When we got back went talked to Maria and Angelina and then started to watch Sky High again. Kat and I got through the whole movie and Jaq went to bed somewhat towards the end. After the movie and all of the bonus features Kat and I also went to bed. Ending a very fun filled first day!!

-<3 Val

ps. we  alsonoticed a strange tan on my upper arms ( a reverse farmers tan--Jaq)