Vacation to Arizona in July??

My three brothers and their families all live in the Mesa area, so when my parents go there it's easy for us to drive out and have a little family reunion. My baby sister and her cute hubby, back in Michigan were greatly missed, but we still managed to have a good time. Although this makes the second reunion where someone arrives sick and manages to pass it to half of the rest of us (thanks Dad!) :-) I guess it's not a party until someone's puking, right? :-)
We had fun hanging out with all the cousins, playing at a cool indoor play place in Chandler and swimming in Chris & Matt's gorgeous pool. Then we drove up to a little town in NE Arizona called Pinetop. So fun!!! It was 20 degrees cooler up there and we were in a beautiful pine forest. We hiked, swam, watched the woodpeckers, squirrels, and 2 rattlesnakes! played horseshoes and spend many quality hours at the playground.

Hiking

Smores!
The highlight of Pinetop though, was the bonfire and the Smores! Yum! Yum! Yum! We found out that Shea is a big fan of fire. (Hope that's nothing I need to be worried about. :-)


Then we headed back to the valley for baby Tagg's blessing, which was beautiful. We LOVE our aunts, uncles, cousins and Grandma and Grandpa. Although, thanks everyone, for ruining Clare for me. She was VERY upset upon arriving home to realize that she wasn't going to be held every second of every day any more. Poor girl! She misses her grandma & grandpa!


Thanks for letting us come play everyone! We had a blast and we love you!!!