Seeing Family and Travel Fun!

Beka and I left Phoenix on May 6th for

our 10 day trip to celebrate her completion of high school

and my completion of 23 years of homeschooling! 

Well ... actually it was a trip to Ohio to see

James' show...

then on to Boston to visit Beka's future school! 

We had a blast and made some great memories!

We first went to Cincinnati, Ohio

for James' Freshman Showcase at CCM!

Brother Steve and family live there.

Grandma and Grandpa Guyer came

for the weekend as well as Aunt Lisa and Aunt Annette! 

So fun having everyone together!

Cousins enjoying each other  in Uncle Steve's backyard -

the amazing pirate ship playground he designed and built!

Preparations for our wonderful dinner

of cheese fondue and grilled delights!

We all went to James' showcase performance! 

Wow, It was amazing!

So happy we could be there!  Check out videos here! 

Afterwards we went to the cutest Irish Pub for a great family time!

For Mother's Day James, Beka and I explored

some beautiful spots in Cinci

then went out for a great dinner!

Love my boy!  Sure miss having him around!

Cute Cousins!

Steve and his adorable family!

Next stop ... A visit to The Boston Conservatory!

As of now, Beka is planning to attend there in the Fall! 

Check out her link for details!

It's in a beautiful part of town!

The dorms are old brownstones...right next to the conservatory!

Just a couple blocks from the school is "Newberry Street" -

8 blocks of beautiful shopping and restaurants! 

Looks like a great place to hang out!

So cute!

A great place to study so close by!

We had lunch at an awesome spot!

We took a walking tour of old Boston...first stop an old cemetery!

Sam Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock

and others were buried here...amazing!

Paul Revere on his horse and the Old North Church!

Clam Chowder at this fabulous spot in Fanueil Hall!

This "Red Brick Road" was the path that lead us around town...

It's called the Freedom Trail!

More pics!

It's exciting to watch how God is opening doors and leading James and Beka in amazing ways I never could have dreamed up.  Just not so sure how I feel about it!  It's been hard enough to have James in Ohio these past 9 months....and it's even more difficult to think of my "baby" being so far from home!  But then again, I can't imagine Beka not pursuing such an open door! She is very excited to get started on some great training at an awesome school for Musical Theater!  This summer will be a busy one for sure! 

Springtime with family!

There is nothing better than springtime in AZ...
especially when having great times with family!
Easter morning at Clay and Rachel's!

Adah is not quite sure about this egg hunting thing!

She's pretty happy to have all her "balls" in a basket!

So adorable!

The News is out!  Baby McInturff (our 3rd grandbaby)

is due Nov. 3rd!!!!!

We couldn't be more excited!

Cousins Sebastian and Avery were here to visit!

Actually my kids' cousins! (But lots of fun for the grandbabies!)

My "baby" sister Carrie and husband Jorge stopped for a couple days

on their way to moving back east!  We loved seeing them all!

At Deb and Jonah's house!  Fun Times!

Three boys were captivated by uncle Jorge,

or maybe just his I-phone!

Then a picnic at Clay and Rachel's ...we all ate outside

on their beautiful new patio!

Didn't get alot of pics, but did get this great one of me with my 3 lovely girls!

Just had to put this here!!! 

My favorite of Jonah with growin Owen!

(Jonah has been such a hard workin guy...

he missed being in any of the above pics!)

I love my family!

Spring Break 2010!

A very special Spring Break as James was home for two whole weeks!

We made sure to have plenty of "family time"... and loved every minute of it!

St. Patrick's Day Celebration is tradition at our house!

Lots of green! ... redhead Irish people ...

Corned Beef and Cabbage...
and Guinness Extra Stout Beer!

Uncle James and Owie!!!!
Happy Little Shamrock...Adah Belle!

Tim is missing cause he's takin the pic!






We had a great idea to hike "our" mountain on a beautiful arizona spring day...
Got 9 of us together ... Jonah was working :( ...
All dressed for hiking, packed up the pick-up and cars...
drove 20 min to the trailhead... I think this took a couple hours :)

And "hiked" for about 45 min!
It turned out to be more of a nice walk ...
much laughing at ourselves and way more stopping for pics
that actually hiking!
This is about as close as we got to the mountain...
But we enjoyed the beautiful weather and wildflowers!
Hiking with babies changes the pace of a hike!

Adah and gramma traveled at about the same pace!

Great memories of a really great day!

Then a "Mexican Food Night"

and kids enjoying their favorite game of Dutch Blitz!

Zoo and Starbucks Day!

Beka was back at school, but the rest of us "packed up the babies and the old lady"
and had a great day walking the zoo for 5 hours!

Sooooo much fun! Wasn't it yesterday that James was in a stroller at the zoo?

Then we met Beka at Starbucks!!!!

What a treat to be with all my "babies" and grandbabies!!!

I'm a blessed mama!

Lots of lovin!




The day before James went back to school, he and dad took a real hike!

I think they got a little higher up the mountain!

We'll miss you James... but we have some great memories!

The joys of Grandparent-hood!

What a blessing to have time with our grandbabies! It's hard to call it babysitting...it's more like pure joy-time! We recently had time with Adah at our house and Owen at his, as their parents celebrated Valentines Day! Tim isn't in the pictures...but he's equally thrilled to spend time with these darling little ones! He's the one that gets the camera out and takes all these great shots! Life doesn't get much better than this! Exploring new toys (well, Uncle James and Aunt Beka's old toys!)
Exploring the yard!

Adah was so happy!

Grandma was so happy, too!

Darling little girl didn't want to hold hands any more!

So thrilled to hold two grapefruits we picked!

Quite the face ... grapefruit are pretty sour!

Owen is growing up! Sitting and looking at books!

Camera's are pretty exciting, too!

A perfect place to stand ... with a little help from gramma!

Such a happy little guy!

So proud of his sweet skills!

Grandma and Grandpa had so much fun...we're so blessed!