Arizona Trip - March 10 - 14, 2023

 John and Kathryn Ann visited our children Melody and Brandon in Arizona along with our granddaughters twins Charlotte and Kate (9) and Victoria (7).  

Victoria loves to play in running water in her new swimming pool.

Victoria

Charlotte and Kate 

Water colors--Charlotte, Victoria, and Kate

Charlotte's quiet corner in her closet

Charlotte loves arts and crafts 

She has her treasures laid out on a table in her bedroom.  

Victoria and Grandpa playing with soft ball gunes.  

Victoria loves the boar Charlotte created for her.  

Victoria's room

Victoria's swing 

Kate's room

Kate's stuffed animals

Brandon's work area

Kate is learning to play the guitar

Brandon and Kate are playing a duet with Kate doing the strumming and Brandon adding lots of special touches.  

Brandon had six guitars--3 acoustic and 3 electric

Giant Chess Board 

Schnepf Farms 

Melody, Charlotte, Kate, Brandon

Ropes course --Kate, Charlotte, and Victoria in pink in tunnel

Baby goats

Train rides are always fun.  This one took us around the working area of the farm including the vegetable  gardens and peach orchards.  

Victoria 

The oranges from their orange trees were delicious!

Sunset

Victoria

Goats

Kate and Melody

Victoria is reading the book she wrote and illustrated to Grandma.  

John and Melody 

Brandon

Kate

Grandma, Kate, Melody and Victoria

The gold poppies were amazing along the interstate.  

Grandpa went for a "walk" with Charlotte and Kate.  

The Mesa Temple Vistor's Center had a wonderful children's area.  

We enjoyed the puppet show of Daniel in the Lion's Den.

The model showed the interior or the Mesa Temple.  

 The Mesa Temple

Looking at their family trees!

Melody and Brandon

Victoria loves playing the the water, especially if it is running water.  She got a new little swimming pool that she put on the trampoline.  

The desert plants were in bloom.  

Sunset 

Oasis Park in Queen Creek, Arizona.  

Victoria on her scooter.  

Grandma and Grandpa with Charlotte and Kate in Oasis Park.