Hiking in Sedona

After a few days of rain/snow the sun came out again. We walked the "Bellrock Trail" today. It was muddy in places and somewhat cool, but sunny.

Luca's Birthday

We took our grandson Luca for a ride on the Phoenix Light Rail, from Main/Sycamore in Mesa to the 3rd St/Washington stop. Then a short walk to 7th Street to the Phoenix Children Museum. There were all kinds of fun activities for Luca to  enjoy

After a ride home by rail and car, we had a nice dinner (Uncle Teejay was there too) and Luca blew out his candles and opened a few presents.

One family cake and cheesecake from Oma

Christmas 2009

We had Alexis and Luca visiting for a few days.
We took them to the Casino for lunch at Johnny Rocket,
 bowling and some fun time at Kid's Quest.
 Origninal plans were for some snow fun at Flagstaff,
but the weather was too snowy with slick roads on I-17 and I-40.

On Christmas Eve we took them back home for a nice dinnerof cold cuts and more. The kids were allowed to open a couple presents.

On Christmas Day they opened the rest of them. The we had a delicious dinner consisting of baked ham with all the trimmings.

Verde Valley Voices Concert

(A 30 sec excerpt)

The Verde Valley Voices together with the Cottonwood Community Band presented some Holiday favorites at the new auditorium of the Verde Baptist Church.

Cottonwood Community Band

Enjoyed the sounds of the band, playing in the newly renovated Mingus High School auditorium.

Fall colors
in Cottonwood,
taken this morning.

Thanksgiving

We had the our Chandler family at our house for Thanksgiving dinner. The turkey came out great, they all enjoyed it. Too bad they all had to go back home the next day because of other family visits.