The Bird Boys from Spring 2012

Thanksgiving 2012

Lars arrived from Detroit about 11:00 am, so we all had to pitch in and cook to get it all ready for dinner.

Miriam, Shelby and Grandma came over from Albuequerque

Sarah is such a good sitter!

We used Grandpa Beaver's China for the first time.

We brined the turkey the night before and Lars stuffed it with three meat stuffing.

The turkey turned out deliciously moist and tender!

With the turkey, we had stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, broccoli and cornbread.

We had a great time playing with Shelby!

My new hairdo.

Ev's Halloween Party

Queen Bee

My friend from ASU Evelyn and her husband Mike has a Halloween bash each year

Evelyn's sweet pea - Alyssa, her first grandbaby.

Another friend from ASU, Carmen and her boyfriend, Michael.

Evelyn's house is completely decked out for Halloween! Here's just one example.

Rawhide Western town with Sarah

Sarah trying to climb the rock wall

 Sarah and I went to Rawhide Western town, which is close to our house. Erik had to work and Lars was sick, so it was a girl's only night!

Sarah's first ride on a mechanical bull!

See the video of it at the end of this page.

Steak dinner was good!

It was Halloween time so this hurst greeted everyone.

Happy Halloween 2012!

Out of Africa

We wanted to do something for the kids' fall break, so decided to go to Out of Africa in Camp Verde. It's a safari and wildlife preserve.  We got to feed the animals right there from the safari truck. It was totally cool.

Lemurs

Grizzly

The bengals were chillin'.

It's a girl grizzly.

They had a lot of Bengal tigers.

Hyenas - never saw any before!

They had a new toy in their pool and weren't sure about it.

They would touch it and then jump and run when it would move.

Python

Sarah got to carry the python around.

Feeding the white tiger was cool!

These guys are nuts - trying to get the tiger to chase them!

The tiger likes her toys!

Gorgeous animal!

No two zebras have the same stripes - like fingerprints.

This animal is endangered with less than 300 in the wild. Will be extinct within 20 years.

Camels don't spit on you unless you are being mean to them - and it's not spit, it's throw up!

The lioness and the white bengal tiger are best friends. She was upset that her roomie was at the splash pool.

The giraffe was definitely m fave!

Pilgrim loves carrots!