Day 3 Tombstone and Bisbee

I think we had the most fun on Friday. It was just my boys Tyler and Hunter with me that day. My girls stayed with Nana and Bumpa. We got to go to Tombstone first.

The boys got to meet some of the actors from the duel at the OK corral.

 They enjoyed it more than their cousin Hailie.

 This was the boys watching the show at the OK corral.

 Here is the end of the show. I felt so bad for the actors in their black trench coats. It was a warm day down there. It was right up my boys alley.

In the afternoon we drove down to Bisbee for the mine tour. This was my favorite thing we did. It was really neat to travel down into a mine and see what it was like for the workers. We all had to wear these larger coats.

 Who knows what they are looking at.

 Then we were outfitted with helmets and lights. It was a little heavy with it all on.

 These are the carts you ride down into the mine. You ride it like a horse. It felt a little weird. If you weren't by the front you don't have anything to hold onto.

 Here we are ready to travel down.

 I didn't get a picture of it but on the tour they showed all about working down in the mine. They had a cart for potty breaks. They asked does anyone want to sit on it and of course my boys were like ME ME. They run up there and sit on it. Yucky!! At least it was in those huge yellow coats...

 Tyler and Hunter were hanging on every word of the tour guide and maybe he felt bad that they sat on the toilets, but on the way out he let Hunter drive us out.

 Here he is driving us. Look at the excitement on his face!!! He was in heaven.

On last funny part of the tour. They have a bike that would go on the tracks and the tour guide asked Hunter to go climb up on it and try it out. So he was sitting there while the guide was telling us about the chutes and such when Hunter falls of the bike. It was so funny. I don't know what he did to fall off but we all got a good laugh out of it.

Day 2

We moved on the next day. We headed towards Tombstone AZ. We found this cool RV park. It had nice bathrooms and open spaces. I really liked the old town store front look. After we parked to Trailer we headed to Sierra Vista. I forgot to mention Travis went to Mountain Men so he was not with us. He was sad to miss out on exploring AZ. He loves that sort of thing.

 We went on a hike at the Murray Springs. I said their were fossils there, but we didn't see any.

 This was their favorite part. They spent at least 20 minutes going back and forth.

 We got a bit hot out here.

 Lucy was really tired. She doesn't like to be hot.

 I did get on picture out of her where she smiled. The rest of the pictures she looks beat.

 They kept going back to the unfinished bridge. I should put on in the backyard.

Spring Break Day 1

On Wednesday for spring break the kids and I headed out with my parents, Weston, and two foreign exchange students to southern AZ. Our first stop was Patagonia Lake. It had this really neat bridge across it. 

 Weston was the gate keeper. He was trying to keep them out which only made them want in all the more.

They had to go up and down this bridge. It is hard to tell, but it is really steep. My poor Gracie was getting a bit scared up there.

 It stunk because the camp grounds were packed so we had to sleep in the parking lot. Is was crazy steep so to get in the trailer my Dad improvised with his tool box as a step! We are bit red neck!!!

MLK

 We went to Usery Park for MLK day. We went on hikes. We had a bbq and just enjoyed being around family. Lucy and I tried to hike up to the wind caves but this is as far as we made it. Maybe next time...

 Travis and the boys made it all the way to the top. They had a wonderful view.

The rest of us hung out around the fire.

The kids were being so funny and kept taking their chairs off in the desert among all the cactus. Thankfully no one fell into any of them.

 Hailie loves those Cheetos.

 Love these pictures. Kate LOVES her Grandpa.

 I think we have the best sunsets.

Az Museum For Youth

We were lucky enough to get some passes from the library and go to Museum for the Youth in downtown Mesa. It is really neat there right now. It is right up my girls alley. It is fairy tale them. Here are my Red Riding Hoods and Alice in Wonderland.

 We had to try on all the dresses. I love Gracie in this dress.

 Lucy was being Cinderella here.

They even had a fairy room.

I am not sure how much longer it will be there, but these kids had a blast.

Snowboarding

 We were so lucky to be able to get away from the kids for a day and play. Conan talked Travis into dusting off the old snowboard after its 11 year hiatus and hitting the slopes. It was a beautiful day and he didn't end up on a stretcher so I say it was a successful day. I haven't been skiing in like 15 years so I decided that it would be best for me to use the time to finish one of the books I was into at that moment. It was nice to just sit and relax without having anything to do or anyone bothering you.

Travis is growing out this beard to go to mountain man rendezvous. I can't wait till that is over so I can have a clean shaven man again. I am not a fan of kissing poky hair.