Tucson

Last weekend, we took Gavin on his first airplane ride and spent 4 days in Tucson with Pat, Shelley, Charlie, and Eilise. Since Saturday was my birthday, I had a chocolate cake and oreo ice cream waiting for me, as well as a cool sign, all made by Shelley & the kids. We also spent time outside at the park and at a place called Pinnacle Peak (a little replica of an old Western town). It rained on Sunday, so the guys took the kids to the Children's Museum and Shelley and I went to see a movie. Gavin had a great time playing with his cousins, and we were so proud of how well he did away from home and on the plane (thank goodness for portable dvd players!).
Here are the highlights...

Gavin finally giving in to exhaustion, and poor air circulation


belly






Sunset from the patio


Eilise helping Gavin


Star Wars reenactment

Driving a fire truck at the Children's Museum

flashing the lights & honking the horn

Lady Eilise

Eilise the fortune teller (she told me I would have a daughter someday :)

A little un-PC, but cute

We actually had 4 really good pics to choose from in the shot below (which is totally unheard of with Gavin, usually). He was just so happy to be sitting up there with his big cousins.

This is the face of a toddler who is up 2 hours after his bedtime