April was BUSY!
We kicked the month off with our annual trip to Arizona
(what seems like ages ago now)... and we had a blast!
Brook, Max, Jane & I spent one week catching up with family and friends and enjoying the amazing Spring weather in the Southwest.
Here are the kids anxiously awaiting our departure...
And contemplating a better life...
And then actually making a break for it!
HaHaHaHa...
Luckily we caught them just before our plane was boarding.
And once we made the long journey to the desert,
we had a fabulous reunion with the Odom & Zimmerman clans!
(Jane & Max with cousins Penelope & Laina)
(Penelope & Jane)
Next we caught up with our excellent friends the Ladners!
they were incredibly hospitable and shared lots of
fun toys with the kids...
(Jane with Harrison - busy at "work")
Max thought picking fresh grapefruit in the backyard was pretty amazing...
Then Papa Ric came up from Tucson to spend a day with us and take Brook and Max to the Diamondbacks Opening Day Game!
After a week of fun in the sun, poor Brook had to return to work...
Luckily, BB, KK and Grammie were available to take his place!
We went to the train park and swam in the pool...
BB & I hiked up Camelback Mountain...
and we caught up with Uncle Richard & Aunt Karen, too!
What an awesome and action-packed vacation!
(Luckily there was some of this going on, too...)
No trip to the Wild West is complete without a stop at Rawhide,
an "authentic" Western town...
Unfortunately, we had to do some time...
But when our good behavior sprung us from the joint, we had more fun!
Train rides, shoot outs...
And even this happened!
Finally, we had a chance to catch up with some of
Max's very first friends...
(Max with Conrad)
(Garrott, Conrad & Max)
and their wonderful moms...
(Sherry, me & Caren)
What a fun-filled and fantastic two weeks we had!
Click
here to see all of our Arizona photos,
and stay tuned for April Part II - coming soon!
