Happy Mother's Day to All Those Mothers Out There!

We celebrated Mother's Day in style this year!!  Here are some photos from the momentous affair!

Happy Mother's Day wake up call!!


We Love Mom!!


What better way to celebrate than to get some ice cream and throw rocks in the river?!


Stay away from the water...


OK, you can put your feet in, but that's all...


Oh well... Happy Mother's Day!!


What better way to remember Mother's Day than to take a bunch of pictures of a locust molting!  Well we took FOUR!!

Scenic Desert Pictures...

Here are some front yard pictures from our last day on vacation!  Thanks for having us stay, Gaga and Papa!

Papa, Alyssa, Gaga, and Joshua by the ocotillo...


A saguaro posing with Joshua and Alyssa...


Joshua and a family of saguaros...


Family picture!


Cute!


Action shot...


Posing on the rock...

Morning at Udall Park...

Here are some pictures from a relaxing morning at the park towards the end of our visit...

Playing in the sand...


Sandy hands...


Action shot!


Gotta love the park!

Dinner in the Throwback Highchair!

Just can't get enough of these pictures!

Sabino Canyon Tram Ride

One morning we drove out to Sabino Canyon to take a tram ride and enjoy some of the desert landscape.  Here are some pictures from the journey...

I can't believe we're actually here!  I've been looking forward to seeing Sabino Canyon for the last/first 18 months of my life!  I can think of nowhere else I'd rather be right now...


Five minutes later...


And she's back!!


Alyssa, Gaga, Joshua, and Uncle Mike!


Joshua and Uncle Mike at Sabino Canyon!


Canyon wall with plenty of saguaros!


Saguaro cactus in bloom...


Prickly pear cactus in bloom...


And one final close-up!

Million Dollar Resort? No, Just the New and Improved Tucson Country Club Swimming Pool!

Things have changed since I was a boy!  This new Tucson Country Club Swimming Pool is awesome!!  Check out these pictures!

Relaxing in the shallow end...

That hat's not doing it's job!

Fun in the pool!

This is a great slide!

Josh's point of view before he takes the plunge!

I just can't get enough of this slide!

Action shot!

So much sliding he couldn't even walk at the end of the day!

1, 2, 3...

Jump!

I believe I can fly...

Nice picture, Uncle Mike!

On your mark, get set...

Run through the sprinklers...

Just don't get wet!

Looks like fun!

Happy 33rd Birthday, Uncle Mike!

Watch out, Uncle Mike is catching up to Dad!!  He's only a year behind... at least for another 10 days that is.  We celebrated with some yummy ice cream cake!

Happy Birthday, old man!

Mmmmm...

Too much weight lifting and not enough cardio, Uncle Mike!  Good thing Joshua was there to help you out ;)

You can have your cake and eat it too... where's my avocado?!

If you're still looking for a gift for Uncle Mike, he seems to really like balloons!

That Alyssa is crazy!  More ice cream cake, please!