Grandma and Grandpa Rogers had a wonderful trip to Arizona to visit with Brandon and Melody and their three precious daughters, Charlotte, Kate, and Victoria. We arrived on Charlotte and Kate's 4th birthday and celebrated with them by going to Tumbleweed Park then to dinner at Burger King.
Charlotte and Kate got Anna and Elsa dolls from the Disney movie "Frozen." They talked and sang in both English and Spanish until Brandon took the batteries out for a rest.
They also got a race car track with two cars. The pink and red dresses came from Kristilyn. Melody had to finally hide them because that's all they would wear for two days.
Victoria was enchanted with the dolls
Making and decorating cupcakes is an important tradition in their family. Charlotte's cupcakes had pink frosting and Kate's had blue.
Kate and Charlotte with their new dolls and Grandpa and Grandma.
Victoria walking with Grandpa
Kate, Charlotte, and Victoria in the double stroller
At this point Melody keeps very little in the lower cupboards in her kitchen because the girls use them.
Brandon loves his new grand piano. He plays beautifully by note and by ear.
The dogs were a favorite Christmas present. The girls play with them often and take them for walks around the house.
The artificial grass is delightful in the back yard. Brandon pushes the girls around.
They planted two kinds of orange trees last year. This one had 5 regular-sized oranges which were kind of dry.
This is a smaller, mandarin type orange which was very sweet.
The mountains near the Phoenix Zoo.
Victoria, Melody, Kate, Charlotte and Brandon at the giraffe enclosure.
The zoo is very large. We spent four hours there and didn't see everything. They have purchased a membership for 2018 so they can come more often.
Victoria is fascinated with the animals.
Notice how he blends into the foliage.
Zebras are favorites.
Picnic at the zoo.
Victoria loved this sculpture because she could touch it.
Grandpa and Grandma with Victoria, Kate, and Charlotte in the bamboo forest.
The elephant is a must see!
Brandon and Melody
View of the mountains from their back yard.
The "activity" (Nativity) with Melody (Mary), Brandon (Joseph) and Baby Jesus (Charlotte) was repeated several times during our visit with different people playing the parts. When they had Christmas Eve with Meri, Shane, and Molly, Molly said that the Wise Men brought gold, Frankenstein, and myrrh. They made gingerbread houses together.
View of the back yard and mountains from the upstairs window. The large open field will eventually be contain new houses.
A pensive Charlotte. The children are learning in pre-school that it is important to "find a new friend" and they are working on those skills.
Victoria thinks that she should do everything her sisters do.
Charlotte and Kate.
Melody
Kate and Victoria going down the slide.
Charlotte and Kate on a slide. We went to a park every day but Sunday. There are many beautiful parks in the area.
