We pet and feed the Sting Rays-

The boys rode the "Endangered Species" Carousel...and well, everyone else did too-

Most of us rode the Camels, but some of us didn't! (Tanner / Madi)

This bridge is entry of Zoo- my kids have always remembered it because there are a lot of turtles & ducks on rocks and logs just below you off the bridge. Then back to the hotel for some...you guessed it SWIMMING! Then later Wednesday night we went & picked up Grandpa & Rachel at the airport and back for some more swimming w/ everyone and Sara and her kids.

Thursday morning we headed to "the Orange Patch." It's a large Fruit stand that we've gone to for years- when my parents lived down in AZ, and we visited when visiting Grandma Iona. The best part- they have samples YuMMy samples! Fresh OJ, and Oranges of all kinds.

Madi reading the plaque on the Arizona Temple grounds. We toured the Visitors Center, watched a movie or two and saw a awesome display of Book of Mormons in all kinds of languages.

This is our TOUR GROUP- This is the day the boys (Dayton, Tanner & Garrett) stayed behind and went to Fiesta Mall to look for "hotties"- they even had a bet going of WHO could get the most numbers from girls. I asked "Cute girls numbers or just numbers?" Dayt said, "Cute girls numbers are worth 2 points, & other girls numbers are just 1 point." I asked "who won?", Tanner said "there weren't any, they were all at school."


Grandpa & Grandma Paskett (my parents Bill & Ann Bailey were married in the Arizona Temple originally-) It's ALWAYS been one of my favorites! You can see why-

It was a beautiful time to go, one of the sister missionaries said that the week after we were here they would be digging up all the flowers and replanting with flowers that would tolerate the HOT weather that was coming.

Madi 'holding' Grandpa's hat while we take pics-

After visiting the Temple grounds we were just around the corner to Grandma Iona's grave site, so we visited there.

And back to the hotel for some more swimming. Where we caught up with the boys and I took Day't & Tanner next door to the golf range. THAT was FUNNY! tanner has never been before, however Day't has been- he looked good- well, most of the time, however Tanner on the other hand had a bucket of 50 balls & maybe 5 were good hits. The 45 others NOT SO GOOD. They went no where, sideways, or maybe just over the hill- but one Tanner hit, it went directly sideways and far, so far that it hit the protection net for the golfers next to us on the golf course. Good thing for the net or Tanner would've taken out a golfer. Madi even tried a few swings, & hit less than that.