Saturday, February 28, 2009

Ian's here and we're LOVIN' it!











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!




Sunday, February 22, 2009

Haircuts!


Phew - finally today we got a minute to cut the boy's mops off! Their hair had gotten soooo long it was rediculous! Jack swears it made him run faster though!?! :-)

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!

Sunday, February 8, 2009

More pics...snow capped peaks!




Here are a few more pictures...it snowed over night. We're expecting snow down to property level Tuesday night...Woohoo! Today a 4-point buck was grazing on our property and when we drove up, he leaped the fence and onto Nat'l Forest land. More cows...the kids loved it!

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Can you say....

P is for Pajama Day












J is for Jack-o-lantern teeth!

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).