A Week or Two in Pictures

Here's what my camera caught in AZ...

We went to the cutest museum in Tempe! One day we'll be able to read more than one of the plaques that explained the history of Tempe, but we were too busy farming, throwing footballs in the mini Frank Kush field (the ASU football stadium), reading cute books about cowboys and cactus, riding police motorcycles and talking on the walkie-talkie (max kept saying "in n out" instead of "over and out"..so cute). Anyway, it was such a cute, totally uncrowded museum...I loved it. If you live near Tempe, go check it out, it's right next to the library!

Ivy did awesome in swimming lessons...here she is floating on her back all by herself!

Max was so great at sitting and not complaining that he couldn't get in the water. He was the cutest little cheerleader from the side!

Grandma made cookies for the firemen in Tempe...and brought us to the station. Umm, we've been to fire stations before, but this visit was top-notch...seriously. She musta put something in those cookies, but we got the best tour EVER...not joking.

The Firemen took anything and everything out of the truck, we touched the jaws of life, the axe, the poker thing that they stick through the ceiling...they told us about why their boots are in their pants like this...put on all their gear,

They let Max push the buttons to raise the garage door, let us try on their hats, took us up to show us where the beds were, showed us where the watch TV, took us into the weight room...answered ANY question we had,

yep, we slid down the stinkin' fire pole...sooo fun! not just me,

Ivy too! Holy cow, we love the Tempe Firemen!! Great idea, Grandma, to take us there. Max was busy playing fireman for days after. We also went to a restaurant in Gilbert called Firehouse Subs...yes, that did wonders for Max's pretend play...if you live near, go!!! so fun! The kids even got free fire-hats at the restuarant! We didn't take any pictures at the restaurant, but thanks to Becky and the girls for our special treat! It was PERFECT!

Anyways, we saw numbers like this: (very top center number is the temperature...feels like hot breath)

we partied with Grandpa in his coveted throne

Grandma gave the best chitchen tubbies in the whole world!

We got to play with my long-lost friend Brooke and her kids...we had sooo much fun with them, it had been waaay too long! I hate that, come over here, Brooke! Here's Max, Gracie and Parker...we couldn't get a good picture of all 5 of the kids.

and Max couldn't get enough of Grandma's pink beetle-bug car...in his fire hat.

Thanks for letting us come and stay with you for so long Grandma and Grandpa..as always, we had the best time!

love you!