Tucson Visitors

Suzy and Claire in Tucson.




















Fun at Ryan and Ashley's house.
















A walk with Pampa.















The two girls with Yaya.





















It's really hard to get all 4 kids in one picture - just too much energy going on!
















Claire was just taking her first few steps this week! So adorable!
It was fun having all the cousins together here!
Thanks for visiting, Suzy! Come back again soon - we miss you!

Cruisin' Mexico

Here's a few highlights of our cruise to Mexico with Keith and Caroline. The weather was not the best, but you can't really complain, it's still a cruise after all.















Walking along the harbor and seeing the sites in Cabo San Lucas.

Sitting on the beach in Cabo, looking out to where our ship was anchored. (No, the ship is not leaving without us.)
















On an "At Sea" day, Ken climbs the rock wall on deck 14 of the ship.
















The beach in Mazatlan. Not good weather for snorkeling or sailing this time.
















On a whale watching boat off Puerto Vallarta. Up close and Personal with the Humpback Whales - mom and baby.



















Cruising: It's a hard life, but someone has to do it.















Dinner with a view.

Happy Birthday Claire! Balloon Trauma?

Happy First Birthday!

Claire is one year old today.















Here's a photo of her standing on her own. This only lasts a couple of seconds until she realizes she isn't holding on to anything solid, so I'm lucky I got this picture.
















Birthday cake and other festivities will come later today. She had a traumatic incident with a balloon yesterday. I thought it would be fun to blow up a balloon and then let it go flying around the room. (The kids in Tucson thought this was hilarious when we did this with them on their birthdays.) However, when I let her balloon go, it spun around and headed straight for Claire, making some very strange sounds. This just resulted in scaring her and causing her to scream and cry. Oh no . . . it seemed like a fun idea at the time. Now she is very wary of the balloons and will barely touch them. I hope I did not cause a lifetime balloon phobia for her.

PS - Happy Birthday to my sister, Carolyn, who also shares this special birthday!

Some photos as promised in the last post.
From Coke World.















From the Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama - Civil War museum. For more pictures, see Suzy's blog.