Spring update

While the cacti were blooming and the owls and doves were laying eggs, the Inadas visited us for a week in the spring. Here are some highlights.

Great horned owl tending a nest in a saguaro cactus

Flowering hedgehog cactus in our front yard

Flowering saguaro cactus

Two eggs tended faithfully by a pair of mourning doves

The Inada parents faithfully tending our growing grandchildren

Bob & Sue with Gus & Mia on the golf course

Mostly they like each other

Gus' annual run across the swinging bridge

The Inada family

Mia likes making golf ball pyramids

Holiday Fun with Grandkids

It is January 20 and it feels like we have been partying for a month with grandkids.  We left for New England on December 16 where the fun started in Vermont.

First we got to play with Charlotte who just turned 9 months old and is seriously into crawling.

Then we got to show Bridgette what we had been doing in Tucson.  

A tea party with the twins!!

Then a family ski day at Stowe.

We moved on to Newton, MA to celebrate Xmas with the Inadas.

Mia is getting ready for Santa.

She is so lucky to have Gus to read to her now.

It was such a beautiful day.  

We headed back to Tucson for a rest and then moved on to Boulder.
Millie Grace had grown from a small puppy to a big one!!

Beckett had grown into a serious Lego master.

Believe it or not, he was not feeling well today.

Kelan has been into Legos for some time and also is a great reader.

Sue reflected on  the nice tea parties in Vermont after a day of dinosaurs with these two.  

Fall trip to New England

We were off to New England for the Fall color, to visit family, and to attend Sue's 50th high school reunion.  I was determined to look like Tucson and managed to pull it off with all this color.  Bob thought I looked like a butterfly.  

We saw many good friends.  Someone assembled the Class Officers for this shot.

Then we had some beautiful weather to get an outing with the Inadas.

Mia is learning to pose for the camera.

Elizabeth Gable let us use one of her houses in Rockport for a few days.  Unfortunately, Hurricane Joaquin was coming through at the time.

Bob's brother Phil joined us anyway with son Nate and wife Martha.

The St Pierre family in full color.

Gus was off to second grade this year.  We had fun walking him to school in the mornings.

Bridgette, Charlotte and Annabelle immersed in autumn.

We also stopped by Loon Mountain to travel some familiar paths.

The Pemigewasset River.

With the twins on the Stowe gondola.

Then on to Newport RI on the way to Cape Cod.

And another reunion with our neighbors from Lexington who all moved this year to Falmouth MA.

Summer trip

By June, it was getting too hot for Tucson, so we packed up the car and started driving north.  

We stopped in Page Arizona to see Lake Powell again.  

This is a portion of the Grand Canyon not far from Page.  

Then off to Arches National Park for a long hike to the Delicate Arch.  

 And finally back to our beloved Rocky Mountains where it was cool and comfortable again.

Back at the golf course at Cordillera.

We really feel at home here.

Then the Inadas joined us from Boston.  It was the kids first trip to Colorado.

 The many moods of Mia.  

The family at the top of Lions Head.  

Gus and Kelan get into the zip line  and ropes course.  

Kit and Jess came up from Boulder.  

The boys really hit it off.  

And what fun it was to have the whole group together,  even the Connolly's new dog, Millie Grace.

We could not forget the St. Pierres, so we flew from Denver to Stowe VT for a reunion with Charlotte who is growing so fast.  

What a cute growing family--Bobby and all his girls.  

The twins are getting very adept at the playground.  

And they all love the pool, even Charlotte.  

 

Susie and Tetsu acting their age.  

At the Stowe balloon festival.  A great finale for our family trip.