Yuma Trip – 7/25 to 7/27/08

Saturday we slept in. Had a morning swim. Went for afternoon ice cream! We topped the day off with a night at the ballpark! Yuma Scorpions 8, St. George Roadrunners 6.

Hayden was having a hard time hiding his excitement. OK. He was hamming it up for the camera! Still, he was having a fun time like the rest of us.

It was hot. Not bad by Yuma standards, but still 104 or something when the game started just before Sunset. The misters helped a lot with the heat. By the later innings they had to turn ‘em off because it was causing fog to form!

After the game the kids got to run the bases and get their free genuine leather baseballs signed! Here’s Nicholas and Hayden rounding third.

Here’s Hayden rounding third. He is a natural sprinter and already fast for his age. Great form.

On the way back to the van the kids posed for a, “Here we are by the cactus” shot. Very good for show and tell in Oregon.

The very first thing the next morning Nicholas and Anna and I set out for the desert hoping to spot some wildlife, especially roadrunners. We walked for maybe an hour and no roadrunners. We got close to a bunch of buzzards, scared up a jackrabbit, uncovered a lizard and saw a bunch of doves. On the way home we stopped by this cactus to pose.

After our hike it was coffee and conversation. Hayden was looking on as Mom was look for a plant name in her book o’ plants. I was taking the picture. The second coffee cup was mine, not Nick’s :-) Then we went swimming and even saved a bee from the water! That’s another story.

Hayden was a little upset that we let him sleep rather than take him hiking. We made up for it by going on another hike in the afternoon. Here he is trying to dodge the camera by the pool.