On 7/18, I went to Tucson Botanical Gardens and Reid Park Rose Garden.
I went to the Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens on 7/19.
We went to see the Lion King at AMC on 7/21.
Paul went to Baltimore for work 7/29-7/31. Nathan and I went to Meet & Greet at his school on 7/29. We met his teacher and brought in his school supplies.
Nathan started 4th grade on 8/1. His teacher is Ms. Bareis.
I went to Tucson Botanical Gardens, Green Things Nursery and Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens on 8/2.
I went to Tohono Chul Park on 8/5.
I went to Reid Park Zoo and Reid Park Rose Garden on 8/6.
Nathan started back up with Taekwondo on 8/14. He is going on Wednesdays and Thursdays as usual. So far that is his only after school activity this year.
I went to the Desert Museum on 8/19.
I went to Pima Prickly Park and Maeveen Behan Desert Sanctuary on 8/21.
On 8/26, I went to Tucson Botanical Gardens, Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens and Pima Prickly Park.
I went to the Reid Park Rose Garden on 8/29.
We went to see the movie Overcomer on 9/2. It was a great Christian movie.
I went to the Desert Museum on 9/6.
Paul and Nathan attended a mosaic glass making class on 9/7.
I went to Tohono Chul Park and Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens on 9/13.
I went to Reid Park Rose Garden and the Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens on 9/17.
I went to Sweetwater Wetlands on 9/18.
I went to Reid Park Zoo on 9/19.
Paul turned 49 on 9/20. Paul actually wanted to have a lunch date with me at IHOP. We went to dinner at Oregano's.
We tried our hand at painting on 9/21. We attended a painting event at On the Border and painted Sea Turtle Sunrise. I don't think my artistic skills as a photographer carry over to painting, but it was a good first attempt.
I went to the Desert Museum, Saguaro National Park and drove through Picture Rocks on 9/26.
We went to Funtasticks on 9/28. I won at miniature golf, but that isn't saying much since we were all pretty terrible!
I went to Tucson Botanical Gardens 10/1.
Nathan had a field trip to Tubac on 10/3. They were reenacting the Pioneer Days so he dressed up in period clothing.
We went on a road trip for Nathan's Fall Break. We tried to go to some National Parks since we get in free this year with Nathan being in 4th grade. We drove through Lake Mead National Recreation Area on 10/12 on the way to Valley Of Fire State Park. The next day we went to Death Valley National Park. We went to Yosemite National Park on 10/14 and part of 10/15. We stopped by Mono Lake on the way to Lake Tahoe that night. We drove around Lake Tahoe the next day before heading to Fairfield. On 10/17, we went to the Jelly Belly Factory to get a factory tour. Then we headed to San Francisco. We took some pictures of the bridge, the painted ladies, Lombard Street, the cable car and the Wharf. We went to the Japanese Gardens, but it wasn't as nice as I remember it from years ago. We also ate at the Stinking Rose. We went to Monterrey on 10/18. I went to the Monterrey Bay Aquarium which I absolutely loved. It is probably one of the best aquariums I have been to. Then we drove the Pacific Coast Highway. We got to see Bigsby Bridge and the elephant seals. 10/19 we went to Santa Barbara and had lunch on the pier. 10/20 we took the tram in Palm Springs to conclude our vacation.
As soon as we got back from our vacation, Paul left for Dallas for work. Then his flight back got cancelled so he didn't get home until 10/25.
Nathan made honor roll the 1st quarter! He had a 93 average. He had a 94 in History/Geography, 84 in Reading, 100 in Recitation, 92 in Science, 95 in Math and a 93 in English. He had his honors assembly on 10/29.
Nathan dressed up as an Army man for Halloween. I got camouflage outfits for the dogs, too. They had their costume parade at school. Paul took Nathan out trick or treating that night.
