ARIZONA!!!

Where could I even possibly start to begin with this?? I just came back from tuck-son!! Well, Sierra Vista exactly, but I think it's funny the way Tucson is spelt, so I had to add that in. But anyway, it's probably one of my favorite trips I've ever taken. :D It was just totally incredible to chill with my favorite cousins! (and cousins once removed we found out [go google!]). I probably got more inside jokes in these last couple of days with Matt and Lori than I've made with some of my closest friends over like 5 years. We're just that cool! So obviously, I went to Arizona to visit Matt, Lori, Cody, and Elena. It was pretty freaking amazing. I really just didn't want to leave. :) What did we do you may ask? Well, let me explain...

-We met the jean jacket nazi (no jean jacket for you! RECEIPT!!)

-We experienced lucky skin (what's this on my mouth? eww i think it's matts lucky skin!)

-We rode in the small car (good thing we're in the small car and can fit in here. oh i wish we were in the big car so the window wasn't so high! hey were you the girl on the phone?)

-We cranked up the music on the way to coldstone (YEAH TOAST!)

-We forgot money...more than once. ({1}[lori] jenna do you have any extra money? [jenna] no. [lori] could you hold these sandwiches? we'll be right back. i left my money at home. {2} [matt] oh dang it! lori has my credit card and i don't know the pin number for this one!)

-We learned a lot about telling the truth (would you like a twice-as-nice opinion on that one?)

-We discussed the discovery of milk (hmm what are these? let's pull them. hey! white stuff! let's drink it! wow! look how strong my bones are!)

-We ordered pasta (could you just read the whole menu please? now describe that one. I could've sworn there was chicken!)

-We played Guitar Hero ([matt]i just don't get how you strum so fast! [jenna] you don't strum on those notes. [matt] oh.)

Matt beasting it up on Medium!

-We watched Charlie the Unicorn many times (chaaarrlliee!!!! lets go to candy mountain!! [look dad i'm on candy mountain!])

-We stayed up until 3 AM (matt. matt. MATT! pepsi? ice cream? chocoloate? nothing?)

-We got Indian nail polishers (look how shiny my nails are!)

-We made S'more inventions (that's the greatest invention since frankenstein)

chocolate inside the marshmellow. :)

-We learned new words ( [lori] you BEEYO... [manager] why hello ladies how are you? [jenna and lori] oh just great!)

-We earned orange slices (great hopscotch! here's an orange slice!)

-We fell asleep in dirt (i'm just going to lay down right in front of the fire...)

isn't she adorable in the dirt??

-We had a great dinner! (go delios!!!!!!)

-We looked at boogers a whole different way ([cody]mom, a burger. [lori] go get a kleenex then. [cody] no that's alright, i'll just put it back up)

-We wrote fridge messages (jenna, i think your spelling is getting better!)

it's only true :)

-We ate healthy junk food (hey, it's better than peanut butter dipped in chocolate)

-We played Clue! ([lori] DEEHEEHEE!! i know the answer! i'm so excited! AAHAH i can't keep a poker face! [matt] it was pro plum... [lori] INTERESTING choice. [matt] mr. custard?)

-We blamed Elena ([lori] ok, i swear that was elena)

-We deformed ourselves (stay right there cody...)

Matt's expression of my beating him in Guitar Hero

Cody and I doing the pirate face!

-We ate super nachos!! (oh look a french fry! *chomp chomp*)

-We made an amazing fire! (burn baby burn! [go twin!])

-We almost ran people over (why ya'll up in my grill?!)

-We were creative in our breakfast making (oh no there's not enough room!)

Matt with the greatest bowl of cereal in the world...

-We had a water drinking contest ( [jenna] *slurp slurp* i finished! [lori] but you still have ice left! [jenna] you filled it up!)

-We made a Christian Siriano fan club (so fierce!)

-We love words (crankees! befuddle! dookie! holy dang! leoplurodaun! [magical leoplurodaun!])

-We put the neighbors tumbleweeds on fire ([neighbor] hey who took my three tumbleweeds?!)

We made sure it didn't start a fire on the other side of the fence.

And much more! Imagine if I had stayed longer than four days... Wow. We even decided names for my future four kids, two boys and two girls. The girls will be Mallory and Elissa and the boys will be Brigham and Reese. Awesome right? My husband better think so! Dahaha. But really, Matt and Lori are two of the most amazing people I have ever met in my life! I'm so blessed to know them and be related to them. :) I can only WISH that some day I will be such great cousins/ friends/ parents/ PEOPLE as them. I can't wait until summer for our family reunion and I can see them again! Even though I'll be moving in with them shortly. :) If only they knew how much they really meant to me... I love you guys!! I guess you could say that the whole visit was pretty dang FIERCE!!!

Here are some more pictures for your enjoyment. Hehe.

My cousins once removed. :)

My twin. <3

Favorite cousin! (i look so sad. dahah)

I know you're laughing...