Old Tucson Stagecoach

Okay, we really have been remiss in posting about all of our travels over the past couple of months, but we have an excuse . . . . our ISP is acting up, making it difficult to download pictures and especially videos, which we try to make because we have so many pictures. Anyway, here are some pictures of our recent trip to Arizona. the last day we were there we all loaded up and went to the Old Tucson Studios. What a great adventure! TVH was in his element, loving pretty much everything about the place - particularly the trains. I have broken up the day into smaller blogs in an attempt to bribe myself to get it done by breaking it up into smaller pieces.

Obviously the greatest thing for the MT grandparents & us was to see the delight in our grandson's face as we did various things. He loved everything, but really got excited when we went on the stagecoach ride: "bumpy bumpy bumpy". Here's the evidence of our joy.

Petting the horses.
Pre-boarding photo op.

All aboard!

The gang's all here.
Another stagecoach, not attached to horses. Who is that man in the straw hat?

Inside. Don't be fooled by those padded seats, it wasn't all that comfortable. But surely better than buckboards, as you can see by the smiles on the passenger's faces.

Here is a video of TVH on the stagecoach ride. I don't think it downloaded correctly, so I may have to redo it later. But better to have 1/2 a blog than nothing . . . since I have been working on this for days already.

Blessing ME

This past week we made the journey to the Sonoran Desert to witness the blessing of our 3rd grand-daughter, and to hang out with some really fun folks. Here is the beautiful ME, showing off her stunning dress, with a really cute matching bracelet from her aunt. It went beautifully with the outfit.

Before things got started that morning, she took the opportunity to relax with her Montana Papa.

Did I mention that her mom made her some special slippers for the occasion? To show them off, she pointed her toes right on cue.

And here are the stars of the day - the pretty little ME and her gorgeous mother.

And one with the dad, of course. With all of the paparazzi hanging out that day, ME appeared to get a bit bored with the whole thing.

Three generations of smiles.

The Crew.

The softer side of the Crew.

And TVH held still a couple of times and was caught on film; here with the CA grandparents.

I had to include this one to prove that she is already learning the fine art of rolling her eyes (particularly when listening to CA papa tell his stories).

At the end of the day, when it was time to change into her nighty, she howled like a banshee. I think she really got used to being all dressed up and liked it pretty good. She did look great. But the next day as we prepared to go to the Old Tucson Studios she was stylin' again with the blue hat.