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!

The 4th of July--#3 late post!!

So finally I will post about our fun 4th of July together! Not all our kids could come home for the 4th, but we still had fun.

Now this is one cute baby! Ivory is as happy and

sweet as she is adorable!! 

 Bret & Becki's kids all dressed up in their red, white and blue!

 Since candy is the main reason why the parade is so

much fun, I made each one their own candy can!

On the curb, waiting for the parade to start. We had a perfect day, just a little over cast to keep it nice and cool, but no rain! 

 My three beautiful daughters!

Gpa and Ivory both enjoying a little snack. 

 Bret & Becki

 Barry & Lisa

 Oh, another picture of my girls!!

Our bunch waiting for the parade to start!

Elijah with his can and...

  ....with his sucker!

Rivers, not so happy! 

 Waiting for more candy to come their way!

 Dempsey ate hers as fast as she got it!

 Tami & Colter

 Bret & Ivory.

After the parade we all relaxed and played games. Later that night we all went to see the fireworks. While sitting in the back of 

Barry's pickup, Bret & I both got stung by big black ants! One got me in the eye and got Bret on the arm. He had a reaction and his whole arm swelled up huge!! 

Saturday we all headed over to Pinetop to Lisa & Barry's house and ate some really good BBQ ribs and then made s'mores!

Enjoying all the GOOD food!

 They got a bunch of outdoor furniture which all looks really great!

 Kingston enjoying his marshmallow!

 Rivers LOVES S'mores!

 It's serious business getting your marshmallow just right!!

Gpa with these 2 little cuties!

Cute Elijah!

Gma sporting her swollen, black eye, but still enjoying

holding Dempsey and Elijah!

Their favorite Auntie Lisa!

It was great going over to spend time in Pinetop and seeing all the improvements at Lisa & Barry's new place. It was a fun 4th!!

Oops, I just found more pictures!!

 Tami made her famous french toast!

 London covered Ivory with lots of stars!

 ....and of course--Saturday morning exercises with Aunt Kari!!

The next late posting--#2 Fun at the lake house

So after Zallen's party in Mesa, LaVerl & I headed to Roosevelt to get ready for the kids to come. Kirk, Kari & kids and Mark & Holly and kids arrived on Thursday. We had lots of fun. Lisa & Barry came later and were able to bring Bret's 3 oldest kids so they could play with cousins. 

We had fun on the boat.

Elijah having fun driving the boat!

 We always have fun playing games!

Zallen & Bolden having fun?? 

Kaemon eating Oreos, that's always fun!! 

 Kirk having fun and showing off his slalom skills!

 Mark has skills too!  LaVerl showed everyone he still has skills, but I didn't get a picture.

 My two precious little grand-daughters, London and Milea.

 The grandkids LOVED the tube! Its like a giant raft!!

 They even had fun in this little pool!

 Of course, eating is always fun!!

And helping cook is even more fun!!

Navajo Tacos, always way yummy!!

 More game playing.

And FUN on the 4-wheeler!!

Going to the Lake with family is always FUN!  Its great when cousins can play together and make great memories. I love this quote I found-  "Grandma's house is where cousins learn to be BEST friends!"