{our trip to phoenix}

"A" mountain in Tempe, AZ



Alan giving the kids the low down on all the landmarks seen from the mountain.




Photo coming down "A" mountain with the old flour mill in the background.  What is wrong with this picture?  Hud only has one shoe!  Alan had to carry him the whole way cuz his other shoe was hurting him. 

 


Alan's favorite lunch spot around campus....The Chuckbox.  Of course, we had to have lunch there!  I can't say it was one of my hangout spots.  I think it is and was a dude place. 

 


Kids at the hotel (Westin Kierland).  The kids loved staying there because of the pool, kids activities, basketball court, golf, scavenger hunt, bag piper, smores, and just about everything!  We definitely want to go back there.

 




A "secret"courtyard on the ASU campus

 






The kids loved the "secret" courtyard.  Alan took us there....he had spent some time there on "official" fraternity business (if you know what I mean). 



 

Watch out..... I can crush buildings with one squat! Like my hiking shoes?

We celebrated Alicia's birthday.  I took a photo of here basking in all her Vera Bradley goodness!

{bye bye black booties}

Porter then Lyla and finally Hudson wore these boots.  All 3 of them went through a phase were they would only were these boots!  Back in August of 2005, Alan took Parker (5) and Porter (3) to visit his parents in Texas. They took the boys to their 1st rodeo.  They couldn't go looking like they just came from the beach so Alan's parents bought each boy a pair of boots, wrangler jeans, and real leather cowboy belts.  It is sad to see the boots just sitting in the closet with no more little feet to wear them.