My Phoenix Trip!!

haha so this post started out: The Phantom of the Lion King, but after I got done with my Lion King talk about, which was basically a post about my family's trip to Phoenix, I decided that these needed to be two separate posts. But I liked the name "The Phantom of the Lion King" so much i thought I'd share this little story that i know none of you care about ^_^

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My family and my dear friend Hannah went to the Phoenix way back around January 16. Actually, we went on a little mini vacation and then went to the show. I've just been too uh... busy (lazy) to post about it. So here now i am going to make up for it!!

We left after school on that Friday, the 16th, and drove to Phoenix. It was playing there on tour. When we got there we pretty much just chilled at the hotel. The next day we went to the Phoenix Zoo. It was pretty exciting, lol. We had a lot of fun, it had been awhile since I'd been to a zoo, and i don't remember ever going to one that wasn't the Hogle Zoo up in Salt Lake. It was a fun day.

Hannah and I:


Mace feeling left out, so joining Hannah and I:


The Tortoises...lol *these tortoises were kinda interesting... The fella tortoise started out on the wrong side. Luckily for him, he found his way around to the right side. It really didn’t look like the female tortoise appreciated him doing this, but I don’t think she had much of a choice.


Me Mace and my dad


Hannah and I again... I was kinda getting sick of the zoo by here.


By the cheetah’s they had this radar post thing that would tell you how far you were going. It was kinda funny, because people would walk by and be totally unaware that everyone looking at the cheetahs were looking to see how fast you were going. Or at least i saw many people (especially kids) doing this.

Hannah and i walking by, with no speed at all. haha For some reason it didn’t detect us right there...


Wanting to be detected, Hannah and I ran.


We only got up to 10 miles per hour evidently. I KNOW that Hannah can go faster then that though, she's a track and cross country star. lol My amazing brother Merrill got to about 14 miles per hour. Gosh...Always outdone by him ;)

We got to go into the monkey area, which is a confined place where you can walk in and not have any barrier between you and the monkeys. Although you have to walk on the path and cannot touch ANYTHING. And trust me, when they tell you not to touch ANYTHING it is wise to not touch ANYTHING. Because anything you touch the monkey's have peed on. The trip to the zoo was pretty fun; I was kinda let down by the fact that none of my top 3 animals were there. My top three favorite being the Polar Bear, Panda Bear, and the Penguin. And of course i understand why there weren’t there... Polar Bears and Penguins in Phoenix?! They would not last long!

After the zoo, we went back to the hotel. Rested at the hotel, then we went to a mall that was pretty close by our hotel. I think that it was the biggest mall I've ever been in. We didn’t have much time at the mall, but Hannah and I found this candy store that had the most bizarre candy ever. haha We got loaded up on little gummy candies! Especially the fried egg gummies. (which are really a lot better then they sound!)

When we walked into the store, these two guys who looked about 12 or 13 looked at us and asked if we had 5 cents. I pulled out my change and all i was a dime. I gave the boy who had asked for the money the dime and he turned around and slams it on the counter. The lady running the counter looked at him, took the dime and rang up his candy. He then took the change she gives him (a nickel) and basically runs out of the store with it. Now I really did NOT care about that nickel. But that really got me mad! Especially that he didn’t even thank me for the money. It’s the principal of the matter I guess. Hannah and I kinda laughed when they left, and commented on how rude they had been. We got our candy, and when we went up to the counter, the lady who had served those guys looked at me and said that since those boys had been so rude and didn’t thank me, SHE would thank me. It was good to be appreciated! But didn’t change the fact that a random little boy in Phoenix owes me 5 cents and i BIIIG 'thank you'. haha

We went back to the hotel after eating dinner at the mall and exploring a little. Then when we got back, after a little more resting, My mom, Hannah and I went BACK to the mall to go to Bride Wars.

I thought it was a pretty good movie...But I'm not sure it was a good enough movie to pay $10 dollars on! That’s waaay too much to pay to simply watch a movie. I like our simple Kanab Theater where it only costs $5 to get in, and snacks are very cheap as well. :)

The next day we went to the Arizona Temple. Which is beautiful.
The Temple:


My siblings and I in front of it:


I'm glad we got to go here, it was basically deserted there because it was Sunday, which helped made it a great experience.

Then....we went to LION KING!



Let me first say, if you haven't seen The Lion King, GO NOW! Or asap, whichever comes first. ;) I went way back a few years ago, when i was little, and I basically remembered none of it, except animals coming up the isles.

It’s an amazing show and i would not just highly recommend it, I DO recommend it. For all ages! Mace LOVED the show. It was pretty funny to just see him and how into it he was! I don’t think there has been a day since that we haven’t heard "Hakuna Matata" (although that may also be due to the fact that he's singing it in Expressions). But I've seen the Lion King movie and read the Lion King book quite often now... haha

Some pictures from the show...For those of you who have never seen it, to give you a visual of how it's done. :) And I just want to make this the longest post in history ;)

Mufasa, Rafiki (with baby Simba), and Sarabi:


Timon and Pumba:


Simba & Nala:


Zazu:


Rafiki *and the grass! I think it may be weird of me, but i love the way they did the grass! It was all those people, with the grass things on their heads. Then they would move so that it actually looked like grass! Amazing! =D :


OK I'm done boring you!! haha If this post was too long for you, I'm terribly sorry! Overall I had a FANTASTIC time! Thanks Mom and Dad for taking me!!