Tuesday lunch

Drew and I were invited to the Marriott Canyon Villas for lunch yesterday. Arne's two cousins, Marge and Eileen, a.k.a. Thelma and Louise were in town for a week's stay at a time share and invited us, Sharon and Arne and Lisa over for lunch. It was just a gorgeous place and they are enjoying their week there. Drew was absolutely perfect the entire three hours we were there. If Megan and Andy can have another like him, it will be a pleasure watching two. But, can that happen twice?!?!? :-) Here's hoping anyway!

Some pics from the Villas and our afternoon.

Memorial Week-end

I flew to the Iowa farm over the holidays for a quiet week-end with Mark. The weather wasn't the greatest but did shape up enough for me to get on that lawn mower and to dig in the flower beds on Sunday. The place looks really good and very, very green thanks to lots of rain. That same rain is keeping him from getting the soybeans in the dirt, but it will happen eventually.

I spent a day back at Ogden Schools visiting with old friends. It was so great to see them....it had been close to two years since I had been back. Wow. Time really does fly. Sue brought me lunch so I dined at the middle school with her and thoroughly enjoyed it! Had a good visit with Kris and Pat, too. I do miss the people immensely, just not the "other" stuff. :-)

We also spent an afternoon visiting Jan and Clayton. That always brings back good memories and lots of laughs. There new place in town looks fantastic!

Mark and I had a great time, even cool enough to head to the basement and build a fire and catch up with each other! It was finally getting nice but then it was time to head back to Phoenix. Oh well, I didn't come home for great weather. Sorry, not one picture to post from this trip.

Stepping down

Drew has been spending a lot of time practicing stepping down off of the patio unto the grass. He is most pleased with his accomplishment!

Serenading Grandpa

Cannas in the desert

Last fall when I dug up the cannas that Mark had planted on the farm I shoved several in my suitcase to try to plant at the town house in AZ. I put them in a pot in October, they were slow to grow over the winter even surviving a couple of frosty nights. They are finally getting into their full glory now. They aren't as tall as the ones we grow in Iowa, but they are just in pots so that limits their size I think. My geraniums are doing exceptionally well here, too. I love flowers!

A future UNI Panther

Celebrity Golf Tournament

Last week-end Mark and I went with Megan, Andy and Drew to a celebrity tournament here in Phoenix. It was mostly athletes but a few actors were also there. I was a little disappointed when Kevin Costner didn't show, as he was on the list! Anyway, it was a beautiful day on the course watching the rich and famous do their thing!

A fun day in the park

I took Mark and Drew to the McCormick-Stillman RR park today. Drew has been there before but Mark had not. We had a great time!!