The beginning of summer was marked by Tyson’s “Bridging Ceremony” (pre-K graduation – photos here). A casual affair, but I bawled none the less. I can’t even image how I’ll be on his first day of Kindergarten! Speaking of, he is still (#3) on the waiting list for our elementary school of choice, but we did go ahead and enroll at another school in the area. In the meantime, he is enjoying summer camp, which is basically pre-K with field trips. Travis and I have bravely volunteered to take turns chaperoning. There is nothing better than trying to herd 27 5-year-olds around the zoo to make you appreciate your day job…
We took our big vacation to Arizona last month. The first half of the trip was in Scottsdale, where we visited our good family friend, Lee. The very first morning, Tyson touched a cactus (his story: “I was just standing there and it moved towards me”). Luckily that was the only misadventure in our adventure. We explored Old Town Scottsdale, toured Taliesin West (Frank Lloyd Wright’s winter home/architecture school), went to the Musical Instrument Museum, and spent a day at a Ghost Town. There were lots of margaritas and trips to the pool scattered in between. Did I mention there was a record breaking heat wave while we were there – triple digit temperatures every day? The second half of the trip was in Sedona. The red rocks are truly amazing to see and Travis enjoyed a few photo expeditions. One day we took the Grand Canyon Train to…well, the Grand Canyon – that was definitely the way to go. On our final day, we went on a Pink Jeep tour – off road, 4 wheeling on the red rocks. I don’t think we were quite prepared for just how “off road” it was! It was really fun and the views were breathtaking. Tyson seems to have a new respect for the color pink and declared that his favorite part of the trip (along with eating fried rattlesnake). Check out the pictures.
For Father’s Day, I arranged for us to go on a tour of the Delta hangers at the airport (our friend Jeff is a mechanic there). He let us climb all around and inside several planes – the size of everything is quite impressive. Click here to see.
Stay cool!