Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Happy New Year 2014!

 Happy New Year! It's 2014 and we're off to a great start! We visited the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson for two days and partied at the hotel on New Year's Eve.

 
Jumping on the beds? Who...us?

Never!

We enjoyed seeing the animals, plants, and the lovely weather. We actually heard what the fox says. He whimpered like a puppy.

This ram provided some laughs ("What? Why do they sniff each other?") and then some education and more laughs for our children.
 Our purpose for the trip was actually for Aaron to shoot a friend's wedding at the Desert Museum. His wedding photos were warm and enchanting.





Aaron and Lily took some beautiful photos on our trip.

They have a really neat raptor show where the birds fly right over your heads in their natural setting. It's more natural and less choreographed than other bird shows we've seen. We really enjoyed it and Aaron and Lily got some incredible photos.



I think this is the most incredible photo! The bird is flying directly toward the camera! It's keen eyes and sharp beak look intent on getting us! And look at the shape of those wings. Who knew their wings took that shape in flight? Cool.

  
Lots of fun. Happy New Year!

2 comments:

Melinda Ford said...

That is so so cool! J.J. will be so jealous! I'll have to have him take a look at the pics you got. He already votes for Arizona as our place of residence after our time here. He wants to be by Lily, enjoy warm weather, and see all the cool animals you guys have in the desert. This will confirm his decision, I'm sure! :) Looks like so much fun!

Kristy's Garden said...

All of your pictures are incredible. Aaron is a fantastic photographer and he has taught Lily well. I really enjoyed looking at all your pics. So glad you had fun! It is a wonderful new year.

My 2 cents worth ..... hey the more of you kids that live close to each other, the better.... it will make this traveling Grandma very happy! Arizona is very beautiful, I'm even getting a little use to the gravel front yards.