During our stay in the great state of Arizona, we took a day trip to Scottsdale and Phoenix. Our goals were: Go to Trader Joe's, eat at In-N-Out Burger, visit a park that we'd been to before in Scottsdale, and visit my cousin Joe and his family. I'm pleased to say that we did it all, folks.
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| Scout standing in front of the train car she sat in while on the train ride at McCormick Train Park in Scottsdale |
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| Scout, Ruby and Mia (Joe's daughter)--these are just some of my grandma Rosie's great-grandkids |
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| Ruby really enjoyed the toy car in Mia's room |
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| Ashley, Joe's wife, feeding Mia Rose |
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| Playing outside at Joe and Ashley's |
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| At McCormick Train Park |
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| On the carousel |
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| Dad helped Ruby on the Carousel |
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| Waiting in line for the train |
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| It's coming! |
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| That's the boxcar Scouty sat in |
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| Cory and Ruby in the watchtower |
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| There's my girl in the mini-cattle car |
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| In front of a pot full of blooms at the park |
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| Before she decided to switch seats to the cattle car, she posed for a quick photo with her dad |
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| Catching some breeze on the train ride |
Our return trip from Sedona back to Fort Collins was cut in half. We spent the night in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I have to say, I was charmed. The city center is absolutely fantastic--different from anyplace else I've traveled to. Well, if truth be told, it kind of reminded me of Antigua, Guatemala--I never get to reference my life BC (Before Children)--with all the Spanish architecture and narrow streets. There is a big open plaza downtown, and we got there in time to see the outdoor market, but we weren't in the market for jewelry or other indigenous handicrafts so we did not pay it much attention. I hope that life brings us back to Santa Fe another time.
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| A statue of a burro |
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| Scout admiring the "beautifuls" |
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| Dining "al fresco" (As Fancy Nancy would call it) |
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| Me and my charming little girl |
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| After spending about 20 minutes at the Georgia O'Keefe museum, Scout found this "sea" of granite fish |
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| Ruby and Cory at the restaurant |
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| Scout really wanted to take a photo of me on the fish as well |
That concludes our Spring Break trip of 2012. With any luck, Cory got a few good ones of the girls on his camera. We might be able to make a couple 8 x 10s to hang on the wall, thereby improving on our family photos. (Ruby's last framed photo is of her in Maine at 6 months! Yikes!)
1 comment:
Ok, so I actually saw all of your posts shortly after you posted them and never commented, but actually think I can handle typing a few sentences tonight. So even though we've talked about your trip, let me say how great you all look and how much fun the trip looked like.
(I particularly like the reference to your BC years)
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