Cox Family: We Are Back! ( VERY Long Post)

Well the boys and I are back from our trip to Indiana! Can I just say that this trip completely wore me out!! Indiana now does day light savings so they are 3 hours ahead and a week is not really long enough to become used to the time difference. There is a big difference between 9 pm and 12pm so I tried right away to get the boys on Indiana time but it was rough. By the end of the week we were all finally adjusting only to be going back home and have to re adjust to Arizona time. Plus we wanted to fit a lot in to one week so we were on the go non stop, but it was a ton of fun! The airplane ride there was HORRIBLE!!! This was Hudson's first flight and he would not sit still and would scream off an on and by the end of the flight my mom and I were exhausted. Preston has flown many times and even flew 7 hours to Hawaii when he was 18 months so he was his usual good self. On the way home Hudson was a perfect angel! He slept half the time and was much more at ease which was such a relief! The first day we spent the day at my Grammy and Papa's house since we had gotten in at 1 am their time we all just took a day to relax and hang out. Wednesday we took the boys swimming at my Uncle Jeff's pool. Preston had a blast but Hudson had a hard time swimming with out Daddy or Papa.

Thursday we decided to take the boys to the Indianapolis Children's Museum. They have an awesome museum and I can remember going there as a little kid so it was really cool to take the boys there. They both had such a great time and got to see a lot of new things. Thursday night my Aunt Larissa took me out for a night away which was a blast. We walked down town Indianapolis and went to dinner. After dinner we went to this place called the Chocolate Factory and got this insane piece of chocolate cake to share. We then walked to the war memorial and ate it on the steps. It was a nice little taste of city life!

Friday we went to the Indianapolis Zoo which I was very excited for! My boys have never seen ocean animals so they were just in awe of the dolphins, penguins, sharks, polar bears, and so many more animals. Preston would have stayed there all day! He told us his favorites were the dolphins, penguins, and the sharks. Him and I even got to pet a shark. They also have a dolphin show where my mom, Papa, and Preston sat in the splash zone and got to see the dolphins practically in their laps. Preston loved it! We had a really great day that day!

Saturday we did what we of course all do best and that is shop! We went to the mall and walked around pretty much all day and then that night we celebrated my cousin Josh's 11th birthday with spaghetti and cake! Sunday morning we had a nice big breakfast feast and my Great Aunt and Uncle came to visit. Later in the after noon we went to Josh's championship baseball game which his team won the tournament. Preston loved going to all the games because my Uncle Jeff and cousin Joe pitched to him and taught him to run the bases. His favorite part of course was to slide in to home. Hudson pretty much ran around and ate the whole game!

We has such a great trip and it was so good to go back and see family that I have not seen in 2 and half years (we went back when Preston was 6 months) We will hopefully go back next summer so my Dad and Seth can both go! I do have to say it is good to be home though. I missed my bed buddy and my bed! Although the first morning we were home we woke up to a swarm of 5,000-8,000 bees on the side of our house. We had to call some one to come out and kill them. He said we had honey comb in our wall and that we needed to get it out. SO Seth's Grandpa came over and I was not expecting what we found in the wall...