Sunday, January 18, 2009

Papago Park

One of our family goals is to go to the park each Saturday. Usually this means just visiting one of the local neighborhood parks, but yesterday we instead decided to go to Papago Park, a large park in Phoenix next to the zoo. We were glad that Grandma was still here to enjoy the day with us.

We first had a picnic lunch and then then enjoyed watching the ducks play around in the ponds.

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Amie took some portraits of each of the kids that turned out very nice…

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Next we visited Hunt’s tomb. George W. P. Hunt was Arizona’s first governor and served 7 terms. He built the tomb for his wife, and was himself entombed there after his own death. It sits elevated above the valley and offers some great views. Since it sits right next to the zoo you can see some of the animals.

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Finally, we ended by hiking up to “The hole in the rock”. The kids had a blast climbing all over the rock formations.

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6 comments:

  1. AWESOME PICTURES!! Amie did a great job on the kids portraits!!

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  2. You guys got some great pictures. Looks like a lot of fun.

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  3. It is insane that you are going out in shorts and short sleeved shirts!!! It is freezing cold out here!! I'm so jealous!!! Cute pictures!

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  4. How fun. Hey Amie, I am going to be in PHX this week, we will be there
    Sunday through Friday. Let me know if you will be around.

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  5. Amie -- it's Rebecca Parkin! I saw your blog on Tristyn Johnson's blog site. How are ya? Your family is so grown up!!!! Would love to hear from you! www.jrocdparkin.blogspot.com

    --Rebecca

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