Wednesday, March 9, 2011

G'ma and G'pa Sand Visit!

Grandma and Grandpa Sand were our first visitors to sunny AZ!  Turned out to be a wonderful week too!  The weekend they arrived and we met them in Phoenix, it snowed here at home.  But by the time they got down to Sierra Vista after visiting Sedona first, it was in the 70s and sunny!  Of course you see we went to the rodeo while they were here, but here are some pictures of what we did the rest of the time!  Of course we ended up going to the park by our house.  Grayson had to show Grandma how he can go down the slide by himself on his belly.  He went down the rolly slide for the first time by himself and would giggle because of the bumpy feeling on his tummy.  He ended up doing that over and over again until Mommy got tired of picking him up and putting him back on the play structure.  

Grandma did a great job keeping him entertained in the backseat!

We showed Grandpa and Grandma what a Hibachi grille was like.  It was Graysons first time too!  He thought it was pretty fun to use chopsticks and eat his avocado from Daddy's chopsticks.  Grandpa Sand was daring enough to try Saki, while the rest of us declined!  

Of course Grayson's favorite part of the day is reading books before bed.  Usually Mommy reads to him, but he got a special treat and got to read with Grandma too!

On their last day here, Grayson and I took them to Tucson to catch the shuttle to Phoenix.  We were supposed to go to the zoo but it was so windy that dust kept kicking up.  After a failed attempt at going to the Children's Museum we saw an old cathedral by the museum and stopped there to look inside.  Outside the church there was this arch with metal flowers all over it.  Grayson of course needed time out of the car to move so he enjoyed climbing up the stairs and playing on the "stage". 



After many attempts to get a picture of Grayson with Grandma and Grandpa we finally got a good one!  Thanks for come to visit!!  We miss you already!

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Rodeo

This weekend Grayson went to his first rodeo!  Here on base there was the college rodeo.  Grandma and Grandpa Sand were in town too!  Grayson noticed the horses, but didn't pay much attention to what was going on.  He loved to just play in the dirt.  He's such a boy! :)  Before the rodeo started they had kids activities and one was getting to ride a horse.  We figured Grayson wouldn't really ride it, but we wanted a picture so we waited in line to set him on the horse.  He had pet a horse before and liked it.  Sitting ON the horse was a different story as you can see in the pictures below.  After Daddy took him off he was much happier and would pet the horse. 



We left and went home for a little while so Grayson could take a nap since we discovered the rodeo events didn't start for a couple hours.  It was a wonderful sunny day with a slight breeze.  Perfect for sitting in the sun! :)


Grayson even got his own foam cowboy hat at the rodeo.  Of course he wouldn't keep it on, but I managed to get a picture with it on before he pulled it off again.  Even Daddy wore his hat!  Mommy made him for a picture and then he pulled it off of course!  Grandpa Sand ended up wearing his hat to keep the sun out of his eyes most of the time.  




The bucking Bronco





Rodeo Clown
Trying to get Grandpa's glasses

Will and Mike

When Grayson wasn't eating... which is all the time these days!... or trying to get Grandpa's sunglasses you would find him playing in the dirt.  He definitely got a bath that night!



Goat Tying

Putting panties on the steers
Barrel racing
Bull riding

It was a great afternoon at the rodeo! Wish you all could have been there!


Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Fun in the sun!

Spring may have arrive for us here in Arizona!  (Although it feels more like summer time!)  We never know though since over the last couple months it will get warm and then next thing we know it snows and drops below freezing.  Crazy weather!  Today it's near 80 and beautiful out!  Two friends came over with their girls (both who are nicknamed Juju!) and we took the kids to the park.  It soon became lunch time so we came back to the house and the kids had a picnic lunch out on Grayson's little table that is connected to his sandbox.  Both Juju's eat like mice whereas Grayson pretty much cleaned his plate while also having extra peaches!  The kids then played in the sandbox for a bit before it was naptime for them all (all except for little Briea who had taken her nap in her carseat while the "big" kids played at the park!).  Here are a few pictures from our sunny morning.  Enjoy!