"Spring Break" with Panichi

Panichi, one of my college BFF's, is on her final spring break and decided to come out west for some fun in the sun. I decided to take a spring break too in honor of her visit.

She got here last Tuesday and we spent Tuesday and Wednesday going for walks, going out to eat, hanging out at home, and laying out at pools. Very fun and very relaxing!

Thursday we began a roadtrip of the state of Arizona. We drove to Tucson so she could see my sister and her kids and where they live. We basically hung out at their house and pool. Ellie was VERY excited to have someone new around and loved that Panichi let her play barbershop the whole time. Panichi had about 50 bows on her head and about two bottles of detangler the whole time we were there.

Friday evening we drove to Phoenix to meet up with Panichi's dad and brothers. They were there for Cubs spring training and were staying at a really fun resort. I basically just stayed to go out to dinner and hang out for one night then left early Saturday morning for my long (boring) desert drive home.

It was so much fun having Panichi around for the week! Hopefully next year (even though she'll be done with school) she'll make it out here for her third annual southwest spring break!

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