Becoming a DBacks Fan..................

Being a trasnplant to the desert has brought many changes in our lives and after nearly three years we ventured to the other side to watch our first Diamondbacks game. Okay, we happened upon this quite by accident - I won tickets! Yes - last week I answered the "time-line trivia" contest on our local radio station correctly and won four tickets for last night's game. (They give clues to the year and while I don't rememeber the clues I do remember the answer was 1961!!) We took Jacob and Mandi and had a great time. Welcome to Chase Field!

I have to say that the stadium is fantastic - with airconditioning that kept the temp at a very comfortable level! There is a sliding roof that stays closed most days in the summer!

Thinking our seats wouldn't be THAT great we were pleasantly surprised to see that we were three rows up from the DBacks bull pen!

Baxter is the mascot - not really sure what he is or why they chose him but he seemed to have a great rapport with the crowd.

From our seats looking toward home plate.

Duchess is 10 months old.....

Duchess now fits her crate! She is 10 months old and weighs about 45 lbs. She has calmed down considerably and is really doing much better with Snickers (our cat). No more cat chasing around the house. And all because Duchess is calmer! Duchess crates up at night but has the run of the house during the day whether we are home or not. We leave our bedroom door closed because she previously did some damage to my pillow - probably because of my scent - while we were away for a few days. Our neighbor was watching her and felt really bad about the pillow. I was able to still use it so no big deal! Notice she doesn't have any bedding? That's because she used to chew it up and we haven't given her any to sleep on lately! Maybe for her first birthday, who knows? We'll have to see how generous we feel.

The Washington Adventure..........

My visit in Washington has come to an end but the photos and memories will last forever!!!!









Here we are at the movies - actual proof that you can take three adults, a nine-year old, a two-year old, and a two-week old and enjoy a movie together! We certainly did! (Even the youngest were so quiet no one knew they were there!)


Kirsten's dental visit. Her only dentist has been Marlin and she travels 2410 miles for her checkups!!!! Look Ma, no cavities!!



















Rowen getting some one-on-one time with Nana.

















Rowen with his great-grandma Gwen (Larry's mom)



















Mandi and Jacob with their nieces and nephews - Kirsten (9), Taunie (15), Mandi, Rowen (18 days - check out that yawn!), Amy (12), Matthew (10), Jacob, Tierra (17), Tenajha (11), Taleah (9), & Aleana (2).

Family fun................

Family is everything!!! Here I am with nine of our 13 grandchildren - Taunie, Kirsten, Rowen, Amy, Matthew, Tierra, Tenajha, Aleana, & Taleah. We had a great time together! Everyone of them has changed so much since I last saw them!!!