Arizona

I had an absolutely fabulous time seeing my family in Phoenix, even though I acted like a chimp on the plane ride out there. I know there are a lot of pictures, but there were so many that my mom and I had a hard time picking which ones to put up.

The whole gang

My cousins giving themselves big hugs

My cousins giving me big hugs

The three amigos

Amy at the Desert Botanical Gardens,
in front of a sign explaining "What is a Cactus."
If you look really closely, you will see that it says
that a cactus is a member of the cactus family. Smart, huh?

More big hugs at my cousin Joe's house

At the Desert Botanical Garden

Making 'cornmeal' at the botanic garden...
right before Teddy bonked Joe on the head with the pestle

Teddy and his Happy Feet cake

Me meeting Carlos for the first time

Feeding the giraffe at the World Wildlife Zoo

Anotehr zoo shot

Teddy longing to join his brothers...the baboons!

The boys feeding the birds

Teddy and his new train

Joe and an ocelot

Most of the gang at the zoo.
We stayed until they kicked us out

This was as close to the pool as any of us got.
It was about 30 degrees outside.

A couple of cute shots of my cousins

Teddy climbed the playhouse but then got stuck
and needed Amy to get him down

Another shot of the boys together.

Joe and his candle. He told me that when it burns, it makes juice.