a girl's weekend

Usually, when I blog about a girl's weekend - it's about me and some friend's stealing away to a beautiful location for some relaxing, time away from life.

This one was different.

My first Hannah & mommy - girl's only - trip.

Hannah and I left Daddy & Peter to their own devices to go on a camping trip in the Sierras
(don't worry they both survived)
 while we boarded a plane for Arizona.

Hannah's favorite part of the trip was both plane rides, she didn't want to miss a minute.

Now, Arizona is definitely not a luxurious vacation spot in August when it's 115 degrees outside.

 But it is where my beloved grandparents, Hannah's great grandparents, live and so we went for a visit and to help with some moving details.

We lucked out with "Auntie Lulu" (my aunt Lucinda) being there for the weekend also.

And of course, where we stayed had a gorgeous indoor pool that Hannah and I spent the afternoon in cooling off.

this was the closest I could get to Hannah taking a picture with great grandpa (note his arm in the background),
4 year olds definitely have strong opinions about everything

By the end of the weekend we were both pretty worn out, but I was very proud of my big girl.

She shared a king-size bed with me and kept her promise to not wake me up at 4am and tell me how much she loves me (oh yes, this is sweet, but after a few nights of it in a row, I get sleepy and grumpy) - please note that this is a true story that happened the last time we shared a bed.

She was amazingly patient while the adults talked, food took a long time to arrive and errands had to be run.

She even wore her backpack - stuffed with toys and snacks through both airports - and did all of the pulling of her adult size suitcase.

Wow!

I love my big girl and look forward to more girl's weekends with her!