VALENTINE'S

We had a very fun VALENTINE'S DAY this year. We did the unusual & spent the day with my S-I-L Rennie & my nieces & nephews. (Unfortunately Luke had to work & we didn't see him until later that night.) We drove down to Sahuarita - it's a little south of Tucson - to spend the day & night with the AWESOME Hallow's family. It was so fun. We went to Madera Canyon to go do some hiking & exploring during the day. The kids were troopers while hiking a little trail. A trail that was skinny with some steep drops on the other side at times. Which, of course, gave me a heart attack thinking kids were going to go falling down the mountain. But, everyone made it safe & sound. There was snow on the ground at some spots which spawned some small snowball fights. Then, at the bottom of the trail we did some exploring around & just had a BLAST!!!

We were even lucky enough to have a visit from DOPEY!

And a leaping 2 year old! I can't even teach my 9 year old how to leap like that in dance!

And don't forget crossing the stream over a log. I was actually impressed our girls did it since they're so scared of EVERYTHING. But, upon looking at the pictures it looks like Erik was more scared than they were! Check out that balancing!

After all that fun the girls earned a well deserved tub full of bubbles.

Luke got home later that night & we spent the night just chatting it up. We woke up Sunday morning to some more hanging out time before we headed back home while the Hallows headed to church. We are so blessed to have such WONDERFUL family! Luke & Rennie are always so inviting & make us feel so welcomed. We love hanging out with them. THANKS again guys!!