{arizona trip}

We're back from our trip to Arizona. I only took about 500 pictures, so I narrowed them down to about 60 and made a slideshow. (Actually, it's 2 slideshows -- I couldn't have more than 30 pics in each.) I hope you don't have trouble viewing them.

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We had a really nice time. The kids were both great on the airplane. The 3-hour time difference was a bit much, but they finally adjusted to it and slept past 5 am the day before we were leaving. Oh well.....

We went to a Diamondbacks game, we went for a "hike" because little Gerard really wanted to hike in the desert, and both Gerards went to a Nascar race. We also went swimming and had lots of fun with Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Debbie. Gerard loved getting to have a sleep-over with Aunt Debbie each night. I'm not sure she loved it as much as he did, though! [SNORE, SNORE, SNORE!] Gerard and I got to go out for sushi one night while Grandpa, Grandma and Aunt Debbie babysat. Thanks! And I got to see Nadine for the first time in TWO YEARS. Yikes. We can't let it go so long next time! We had a lot of fun catching up... Thanks for a nice night, Nadine!

In other news, Morgan is walking! Her balance is getting much better and she can even stand up without holding onto anything. I took some video but haven't had a chance to upload it yet. I'm working on it, I promise.

Gerard started t-ball last week, too. He bats beautifully, off the tee and when he's pitched to. You can call him Nomar -- he slept with his batting gloves the last few nights. I'll post those pictures later. I think he needs to sleep with his mitt now, because his fielding needs some work. His first game is Saturday.

That's about it for now. I've got lots more pictures to go through and videos to watch.....