Happy 95th birthday!

On the 1st, we celebrated Bob's mom's birthday with his side of the family. It was great to see everyone! Missed those who couldn't be there tho'. Bob's mom lives in the same retirement home as my mom, so we were in the same library as before. Didn't get pics of too many, which was disappointing, but did at least try to get those important generational pics. Tried some without flash in that dimly lit room, which was a mistake. The color cast was so terrible I had to convert to b/w. I'm just glad to preserve some memories!

Hannah wasn't too sure about meeting her great grandmother, but she did pretty well...just a few tears...

Four generations on Bob's side (color's better, but still not right):

Four generations on mine:

Long time friends...

Notice my careful choice of words...I didn't say "old friends"! :) We used to double date with Brenda and Greg...got engaged and married around the same time too. Brenda was my maid of honor. :) And Dick and Peggy taught our Sunday school class at the time. It was great that both couples were available on the same afternoon so we could all visit together! Fun!

Hummingbird aviary...

One of the cool places at the Desert Museum. Again, I had to learn to just stand still and wait and watch. These guys were fast and SO much smaller than I imagined!
The last 2 shots are actually the same bird. He would occasionally "light up" like this and show us his fluorescent neck. At one point, I was standing next to an official museum photographer with her fancy equipment. :) It was obvious she does a LOT of waiting. Guess you have to be patient to be a wildlife photographer! Would love to see what she got that day...

Sonora Desert Museum, pt. 6...

Kara could have spent all day watching the bobcats! :)

Sonora Desert Museum, pt. 5...

Prairie dogs probably rank right up there with squirrels for Lisa, but I found them entertaining...Some do not play well with others! :)

Sonora Desert Museum, pt. 4...

I really enjoy shooting birds. Just wish I had a longer zoom to do them justice. Don't want to pay the money or hold the heavy thing tho', so that's not gonna happen. One of these days, I should get a natural looking bird feeder for our front yard. At any rate, I had forgotten how much I love native Arizona birds...

The adorable cactus wren...thought he was SO funny, climbing this century plant...

Sonora Desert Museum, pt. 3...

So strange to see everyone bundled too! Thought it was hilarious that they gave us coupons for free hot chocolate at the admission counter!

And Hannah looks like she's auditioning for the part of the Michilen Man. :) Her little hands and feet were red and COLD!

Had to take at least one landscape of the Tucson mountain range west of town....love the pastels.
Must complain one more time about the weather tho'....I really wanted to shoot some desert silhouettes, but didn't see a single sunset. Ironically, a few days after we returned, a friend posted gorgeous sunset pics from Dallas. Somehow, I missed that opportunity too! :(