Dee's Parents Come to Visit -or- Exploring the Desert

We spent this week with Dee's parents. They ventured all the way from Idaho and made it here the perfect week. It was beautiful weather, great for any outdoor activities you could want. We took them all sorts of places.

To the Sonoran Desert Museum:

Dee's parents in their appointed sun avoidance hats and sunglasses. Yes, even though it is still technically winter, we are in short sleeves and lots of sunscreen

Here is a great picture of a Harris hawk during the raptor free flight. It's fitting that it would perch on a statue of itself. 

To Kartchner Caverns:

You're not actually allowed to take pictures inside the cave, so we just have the memories, but it is pretty amazing. 

Dee's dad had a great time squeezing through the "cave openings," and hopscotching across the pathway.

Dee also managed to climb through.

We also went to the airplane bone yard on a Pima Air and Space Museum tour:

 We saw lots of planes. It is amazing how many they have stored here.

Dee also took his dad hiking and biking. The weather here changes frequently. This day it was raining. And only two weeks ago we had snow.

We had a fun week. Sadly Dee's parents had to leave to make it back for work this week. You lose track of time when you are off of work. I cant believe it's a new week already. Hopefully everyone survived without us while we were gone.

Labor Day

This last weekend we spent at Carrie's brother and sister-in-law's (Bill and Laurel) cabin. We didn't take too many pictures, just of our bike ride on the top of the mountain and our little hike on the side of the road. Their cabin was great. The weather was cool and it was fun to play with their 3 girls in such a country environment. There was no TV, internet, or other distractions of the world, just quality family time. We picked fresh blackberries from the bushes, ran down and up their hill, played games, read books and relaxed.

Biking Along The Provo River

After a few days in Idaho, we met up with Dee's family in Provo, UT.  We stole away one morning and headed out for a bike ride down the Provo river. It was a beautiful day for it, perfectly sunny and a little breeze. The path was shaded and surrounded by trees. What a great day!

Come with us on the trail.

Through the tunnel,

Down the pathway,












Past the field and the view,

To feeding the horses,

To the field of "snow" from the trees,

To the picnic table where we could take a couple photo, 

And then the fun ride back, 

To where it all began: