Blake turns 4 years old!!

Blake's birthday was actually Aug 15th, but we didn't have his party until the 19th!  Tami waited for me I think because I had a catering job that Friday and Saturday. On his actual birthday she made him special pancakes with sprinkles and had some balloons. I think he loved having lots of birthday fun over the several days of celebrating his birthday! As you can see, he is definitely a 

SUPER HERO!

They were all decked out for his 'super-hero party'!

Batman, Hulk, and Superman, they were all there! 

 Thanks to Uncle Chad, we had some great costumes for the party!

Captain America (Ryne) and Batman (Ryne's little brother Dallin)

 Ryne & Tami set up an obstacle course for the kids and they loved it!

Blake and his best little friend, Mason  

 Getting ready to blow out the candles

Now here's a SUPER FAMILY! 

The birthday gang! It sure was a SUPER FUN party!

August 14th, 4-wheeling with friends

Last Thursday some of our friends at the temple wanted to come and go 4-wheeling in the mountains. Ross & Pam Carpenter and Jim & Marilyn Downing came and we all met at Glen & Rachel Finch's house. Glen wanted to take us up by Big Lake to follow the old railroad. It was a beautiful day for a ride in the mountains.

 Can you see these pictures drawn on the bluffs down by the Finch's house?

 This one is called "Dancing Man" and has been

photographed more than any other picture for magazines

because its the only one like it!

 We trailered about 20 miles to where we started.

 Jim & Marilyn have a really nice quad! It even has hand warmers!

 Ross & Pam had a nice little rack on the back to hold stuff.

 We went through lots of puddles of water, due to all the rain!

 Glen & Rachel.  He took us all over that mountain and never got lost!

 It was beautiful and green in most places.

 Then we'd go through places where the fire was and it was brown and ugly with all the dead trees. So sad!

 Lots of water flowing from all the rains.

After a full day of riding, we all went to Avery's for some good BBQ! Its great to have friends to go have fun with!

July 24th weekend in Tucson!

We had another Crosby sibling family get-together the 24th of July weekend. We all met in Tucson and stayed at a pretty fancy place called Loews Ventana Canyon Resort. We worked out in the exercise room, sat in the Jacuzzi- hot & cold, walked the trails to the waterfall and butterfly sanctuary, explored the shops and slept in a huge, comfortable bed in a gorgeous room.  All that and I didn't get one picture! 

 Rick found this historic steak house to eat at.

Paula and Rick 

 Dave & Mary

 The whole gang!!

After dinner we went to the Gaslight Theatre for 
some great entertainment. "Ghostblasters" was 
playing -its a spoof on the movie, 'Ghostbusters'. 

 Playing games is always part of the family fun. Notice J'nets smile, she was winning!!

Saturday we toured this old mission called San Xavier del Bac. It was SO HOT and no air conditioning throughout the building which made touring it pretty miserable. 

At this point, J'net & Bryan are not with us. He
got into the pool with his phone in his shorts, so
they were off to a Verizon store! 

 Mass is still held here on Sundays. The building
is still under restoration.

 Its was all pretty ornate artwork inside

 I felt like I was in Europe seeing some of the churches Reed & Natali saw! (well, not quite)

This was looking up at the ceiling.

It was a fun 2 day trip. LaVerl was glad to get away, he's been working hard and steady for the past month. Getting with his brothers and sister is always a good time!