MY VISIT TO ARIZONA - May 2009

Friday May 8, 2009 Meagan graduated from North Arizona University with a bachelors degree in Public Management. Woo Hoo Meagan!

Adrian & Anthony eating lunch in the back
of the car before the graduation ceremony.

The Lopez Family just before Meagan's graduation.
Don't you just love Meagan's purple lei?

The boys with Dad during graduation ceremony.

Something's wrong with my camera - the zoom didn't work very well at all.

Maybe I've dropped my camera one time too many.

Meagan, with her diploma in hand, is officially
a graduate from North Arizona University

What a beautiful family!

Time to celebrate with a yummy dinner at Red Lobster

The boys are pooped after such a long day!

The Phoenix Zoo has a mini water park.

It's a great place to cool off, especially since
the temperature was 103 that day.

Anthony & Adrian had a great time splashing around and getting wet.
Grammy enjoyed cooling off her feet in the water.

Anthony watching the giraffes from the giraffe tower.

Adrian's typical view of the zoo animals.

One of Anthony's favorite zoo animals - flamingos

Backyard Fun

Adrian playing in the sand.

Anthony playing in the sand with his digger.
Danali keeping guard.

Adrian wants to play up here too.

Fun with Dad

Pat and Anthony making ramps for their special motorcycles.

Adrian wants to help too.

COOL MOON THIS MORNING!

What was so cool about the moon was that it appeared as if a star or planet was right next to the moon. I've never seen a planet or star appear so close to the moon before. If you click on the picture to enlarge it, you can see it much better.

WILD ABOUT FLOWER MOUND FESTIVAL

Last Saturday we went to the 2nd Annual Flower Mound Festival. The festival promotes local businesses. They had a great petting zoo, and some rides for little kids. I liked the free stuff we got - seeds, a sunflower seedling, a trowel, frisbees, hacky sack, pens, magnets... We had a fun time.

CHOCOLATE EASTER BUNNY

For Easter it's been a tradition in our family to make a bunny cake. This year our bunny cake wasn't quite traditional as usual. Katrina at the time was on a special diet & could only use a specific chocolate cake mix. Jayson & the boys don't really like this cake, so I made a brownie for the bunny head, and used Katrina's cake mix for the ears & bow tie - everyone was happy!

MY NEW DO - hmmm

Had my hair cut last week - still not sure about it, though. It is a lot easier to deal with though, now that it's short - oh no! Does this mean that I'm officially middle age, now! Augh! I don't think that I'm going to be growing old very gracefully - it's just hard looking in the mirror these days b/c it's not me looking back. Oh well, I've got no control over it, do I?

LOOK WHAT BRADLEY GOT!

On the way home from church last Sunday, we pasted a portable basketball hoop with a "FREE" sign on it. Well, Bradley just had to have it. He had to pull the thing about 2 1/2 blocks to get it home. =)

TEDDY'S EERIE EYS

Teddy was on the ledge in the game room, and from below his eyes just glowed.

OUR TRIP TO SAN ANTONIO

Our first stop was the capitol in Austin, TX. It's a very beautiful building - a lot of the original architecture has been preserved including the desks the senators and state representatives use. Take a close look at the electric chandeliers, which are original (over 100 years old) - the light bulbs spell TEXAS. I just love the beautiful floor to ceiling shutters and the antique desks. When you stand right in the middle of the star under the dome, the acoustics are really strange to only the person standing on the star - pretty cool! Also, the beautiful brass hinges weigh 8 lbs each. We all really enjoyed the free tour, it's well worth taking the time to go.































After visiting the capitol in Austin, TX we visited the Alamo in San Antonio, TX. It was a lot smaller than I imagined it would be. But it's very pretty with the beautiful gardens. It definitely does possess a sacred and hallow spirit b/c of the tragic event which took place there about 170 years ago or so.
















Friday evening we went to the Riverwalk in San Antonio, TX. It's within walking distance to the Alamo. Along this riverwalk there are a ton of restaurants with outside dining areas. The waterfalls and gardens were really cool.


















On Saturday morning, we went to the Wildseed Farms in Fredericksburg, TX where they had a butterfly farm. The butterflies really liked Katrina and Jayson. Daniel enjoyed the butterflies, too. Can you see the butterflies in the pics?















After the butterfly house we went to the Enchanted Rock State Park near Fredericksburg, TX. We waited in line outside the park for 40 minutes before getting in, but the climb and view were very much worth the wait. I forgot my camera, so I have to get some pictures from Katrina.