We started the day with a little school and then were off to the Outlets in Anthem. What a beautiful place Anthem is! You can imagine how Joshua felt about shopping {again} so he & David brought their bikes along and after a little look around and some lunch, they ventured out and explored a nearby park. After a nice ride, they came back to pick us girls up at the mall. We found a darling little baby shop, and the girls helped me pick out a couple of little things for the baby. We also came across the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and after the boys joined us we purchased {and enjoyed!!} a couple of amazing chocolate caramel apples! After our treat, David drove us over to the park that they had biked around. It was one of the most beautiful parks we have ever seen with so my activities available to the community residence: basketball, beach volleyball, soccer, baseball, tennis, roller hockey rinks, huge playground, catch-and-release fishing pond, water park, train (similar to Stanley Park) for the kids, skate park - it was incredible!! We got back to Goodyear and started supper while the kids played with their new friends in the neighborhood. It’s amazing how quickly friendships are formed. After gobbling down their dinner, they were back out until the sun was no longer visible, stars were out and the streets were dark. Joshua called over the walkie-talkie “Mom, can I go scorpion hunting with Justin?” HA, not something you get asked every day! After seeing a scorpion on the doormat this morning I was quick to answer no! Apparently these kids have a black light that they use to shine about and a glowing green means there’s a scorpion. Their technique is to grab the scorpion by its tail and then they collect them in jars which they were quite excited to show the kids, claiming that they’ve really only been stung or bitten once. Once the kids were back home they helped as we continued to pack up the house for our last night - it was a late night for everyone as we had to be out of the house by 10am the next morning. We’ve had a great stay again in Goodyear and wish we had more time. Next time we’re down we’ll plan more than the one week we had this time.
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