Rock climbing

Seeing balancing rocks, climbing over boulders, finding caves - all fun things to do on a hike in Echo Canyon at Chiracahua National Monument. 


 

Kevin's family.


So many balancing rocks. 

They found a little cave.  

 It's a long way down.  The kids loved hearing their own voices echo...echo...echo.

 

 More AZ fun to come.....

Tombstone

Two posts in one day - this was a busy weekend.

Here we are in Tombstone. 


We saw Indians....





and cowboys...


and horses.




Here's one little guy in the saddle, without the horse.



Almost got the whole group here.  The kids will soon outnumber the adults.




It's not the wild west without some target shooting fun.



After a long day in the sun and dust, a bath seems like a good idea.

Baby Q is not so little anymore, but he still has those amazing blue eyes.

Cupcakes!

All dressed up in her pink princess dress, with shiny earrings and necklace, it's a 5th birthday party for Princess B.  Pink is the color of choice for this party and there must be balloons and cupcakes.

Welcoming her guests at the door.

Cupcakes and ice cream for everyone.

 Games and general chaos.

 Presents made her the center of attention.

 Dancing princesses.

 Decorating crowns.

 "I love birthdays"......

Sometimes this is the best you can do.

All 7 g'kids together. At least most of them are smiling.  Sometimes this is the best you can do.

Water babies in the community pool.

Catching some rays in the Tucson sun.

More water fun in the blow up pool in the backyard.  Notice my ingenious solution to for shading the pool area without having the umbrella blow away in the slightest breeze.

Can't get this picture to rotate.  Can't get the colors right.  Sometimes this is the best you can do.

New house

Suzy & Casey are having a new house built for them.  It's not in a big subdivision but is a unique one of a kind house being built just for them.  It seems to be going up quickly and it should be ready in 3 months.  I'm glad they will be getting just what they want with everything shiny and new!   Here are some photos of the house in progess.

 

And for something completely different, this is my photo of the sunset from our deck.  If only the neighbors would cut down those trees, we would have a perfect view.

Race Day

 As mentioned in the previous blog post, Suzy and I did the 5K and Ken did the 10K race at the Farmington Days events last Saturday.  I pushed the two kids in the stroller while walking/running the race, but fortunately I'm not in this post-race photo. 

Here's Ken with his 3rd place medal in his age group, with two of his race day fans!

Coasters and Copters

The long weekend started out with a day at Lagoon with Suzy and family.

Kiddie roller coaster ...

 
 Sorry you have to turn sideways to see us on Puff.

Then later a little bit larger one.

This roller coaster makes us look like we have huge shoulders.

2 yr old wasn't quite sure about this helicopter ride, but he did great and didn't even cry.

 

4 yr old didn't like this ride much.

Cute couple on the train!

This photo was taken by 4 yr old.  Suzy looks great, but what's going on in the background?

 The next morning was the Farmington Days run.  Ken did the 10K and took 3rd place in his age group. (yes, there were more than 3 in his age group).  Suzy and I did the 5K. No medals, but we had fun.  After the run and the breakfast, it was time for the Farmington Days parade.
2 yr old knows what to do when the American flag passes by.

It was a little rainy, but 4 yr old still got a bucket full of candy and other goodies!  So exciting for her!

And then we went to a fun picnic with some of the Jamison cousins.

It wasn't too long ago that these cousins were kids.  Now they have kids of their own!
Fun weekend!