here's a shot of the rillito river on our favorite bike/multi-use path. when we first got here it was raging bank to bank with all the run-off snow from the mountains but has since slowed to a trickle. we hiked down into it on friday while we were at a BBQ at the tucson raquet club with the barrys. pretty cool to have such a big seasonal river in the middle of the desert.

well week #4 is coming to an end. gma tenley made it back to manitoba safe. we had a great visit. mum and dad were especially grateful for being able to ride their bikes together three straight days. the boys loved just having their gma around who is "way nicer than dad".

yesterday we spent the whole dad at himmel park to take in the "solar rock" festivities, tucson's first all solar powered musicfest. pretty fun with lots of kids activities and booths promoting sustainable/renewable energy. boys liked the wormfarm the best while dad thought sonar and run boy run were great bands and sounding awesome despite the gusty winds.

big day today with our weekly Sunday trip to mcdonald park this morning for mum/dad to ride up mt. lemmon then back here to go lucas' 4th bday party and then to a dinner party at the woertzels, whew! this holiday is exhausting!