Places Where Everything Is Good

My Mom came to visit for a few days! She dropped Breezy off at BYU-Idaho for her first year, then found a cheap flight down to see us before flying home. 

Elliot was not successfully potty trained during the 3 day visit. We weren't really trying.

Mom messed up her ankle pretty bad the month before, so we tried to have a lot of less-walking activities. Like multiple trips to watch Elliot at the splash pad. 

Best Buddies

Photo cred to Lakin

Mom opted to sit in the back to maximize her Elliot time. Many songs were sung. 

Aaron and I hardly ever go out to eat. We break that rule when Mom comes to town looking for authentic Mexican food. This trip's destination was Manuel's in Green Valley. Mom liked it so much that she talked us into going again the next day! We hadn't been since the first night that we moved to Arizona and had forgotten how good it was. It was dominated by older clientele in standard Green Valley style, which meant that Elliot got lots of attention from his fellow diners.  

Manuel's fans

I like this sequence of pictures of Mom and Elliot playing peekaboo with the chip basket mostly because of the progression with the guy in the background. Elliot's giggles caught his attention and won him over!

While trying to convince us to order desert after our filling meal on day 2 of Manuel's dinner, Mom whipped out my new favorite obvious Mom quote: "The thing about places where everything is good is that everything is good!"

She meant that the Flan was likely to be really good (it was), but I enjoyed taking it out of context and applying it to life in general. It really does seem that most of the time, everything is good around this place.

She texted this picture to Aaron when he accidentally locked us in the backyard after leaving for Scouts.
We are equally sad to see her go every time!