Oro Valley, United States

... with grass and made a park on top of it?  Except there's no grass on it.  It's like that.  Kinda weird.  Closer to Oro Valley the mountains become more like mountains the way I think of them.  Really starkly pretty. After visiting with our friends for a while ...

I left for Atlanta and then Tucson.  Colin picked me up at the airport and we drove 30 minutes to his place on the other side of Tucson - Oro Valley.  He and Mel have a great house, but we woke her up coming in.

We walked in the park and met neighbors with kids the same age as Maddy and Hailey.  Then we went to a birthday party for one of Madison's friends at a Peter Piper Pizza.  I held each girl on the merry-go-round.  They were enthralled with ...

Sunday was the day for Melissa's soccer game and the Pumkin Patch visit.  Mel scored a goal, but they got beaten 2-1 anyway.  I spent much of the time spoiling Hailey while Colin chased Maddy.  The sun was bright but it was cool and breezy. ...