Some pics from our fun times with cousin Ian! Ryan has mastered the art of singing Twinkle twinkle or The Wheels on the Bus any time Ian starts to fuss. It works like a charm...Ian stops fussing, swivels his head around to look at Ryan and for the moment is fascinated (until Ryan stops). :-) Jack loves playing peek-a-boo in one of our tunnels with Ian. Ian LOVES books!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Haircuts!
Cub Scouts to the UA baseball game
One of our requirements to earn our Tiger badge was to attend a sporting event. Due to the generousity of some friends (who happen to be one of the baseball coaches), the den was able to get into the game today for free!
It turned out to be VERY warm in the stands, but it was a good game none the less...at least for
as long as we could stay. The boys enjoyed the atmosphere of the game...you know...rolling down the grass hills, eating hot dogs, peanuts and sody pop!
Here are a few pictures of my crew! :-)
Mother/Son Sports Night
Jack's school has a father-daughter dance and a mother-son sports night (formerly mother-son dance, but trying something new, due to low turn-out). It was our first time attending and Jack and I had a GREAT time. 10 different sporting events, mother/son teams organized into larger color teams...very well organized and allowed us to meet mothers and sons of different ages as well. We came home super tired after 2 1/2 hours of fun Friday night! :-) It was the perfect night for the event...it had been an 80 degree day - but cooled way down once the sun disappeared behind the mountains.
The funniest part of the whole night and probably a lesson the organizer will never forget...after 30 minutes...the sprinklers came on and every 10 minutes was going to move to a new section of the outdoor area we were playing in. the organizers were scrambling to find out how to turn them off. The first 20 minutes were fine - no activities there...but the next section doused our friends on the hippity-hoppity balls and sack races! The screams were hysterical - especially since we were a dry distance away! hehe I bet next year, making sure the sprinklers are turned off will be the first thing on her to-do list!
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Look at what we did...
Well, it's official...we own a little piece of country. :-) We purchased 4 acres on the back side of Mt. Lemmon. It is at 4300 ft elevation. We are super excited...we plan to make it our weekend getaway. It is about an hour out of Tucson. We have seen a small herd of cattle roaming through the property, white tailed deer, jack rabbits along w/many other desert creatures. It makes for fun sightings!
Our plan is to build a garage w/loft apartment for now and eventually build the cabin home we have envisioned. Here are a few pictures. Keep in mind...we live in the desert...so no pine trees, no grass, just lots of cacti, dirt and scrub trees, that we've heard turn beautiful this spring. The flat mountains in the distance remind us a little of the Grand Canyon. The sunsets from here are beautiful...pink and purple colored mountains!
We may get snow and it will definitely provide a little temperature relief in the hot, hot Tucson summer. We are 3 miles from Peppersauce Cave, Oracle State Park, the Arizona Trail and about 20 miles from the top of Mt Lemmon (and pine trees, camping and fishing).
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