4th of July trip to Tucson and Mt. Lemon

We had a great weekend. We drove down to Tucson on Friday for the 4Th of July celebration. Amy, my cousin, church was having a BBQ and games for the children. The plan was to watch the fireworks from the church and let the children play on the big water slide the church had. Mother Nature changed all that. As soon as we got to the Church, it started pouring. On one hand it was nice to see rain, since we never see it up in Phoenix, but on the other hand the kids were really disappointed. They were still able to have some fun. The girls had bracelet balloons made and face paintings.

The original reason we went to Tucson was due to Matthew, Amy's son, was turning 8 years old. His party was not until 4 pm on Saturday, so we took a day trip up to Mt. Lemon. It was so nice up there. 67 degrees was the temperature. Of course, Allie and Katie were cold, but I'll take that over the above 100 temperature off the mountain. They have a cabin that sales really good pizza and big cookies. YUMMY.

I even got to take a nap and read a whole book while we were gone. Amy, as you can tell in some of the pictures, held Sean most of the weekend. It was a nice break. Mondo, helped fix Amy's CD by banging on it with a hammer. It worked ! :)

Then it was off to Matthew's swim party. It was nice to see a lot of Amy's family, the other side, that I only see once a year.

Overall, it was a nice weekend, but it's always nice to come home.

We plan to go camping up at Mt. Lemon sometime in the future. We just have to get a waterproof tent, since it tends to rain there a little every day.