Maternity Shoot

Our photographer friend Melanie spoiled us again.  Sahara and Jared had maternity photos taken. 

Office Baby Shower

Sahara's co-workers threw her a little shower.

They had Taco Bell and a cookie cake.

Go Sahara Go!!!

Official graduation is in October but she is done with her classes for the Master's program!

4th of July

Sahara and Jared came down for a 3 day weekend.

We lit sparklers and smoke bombs on the 3rd at my house.

On the 4th we went to the Dardanelle Riverfront for the city's fireworks.

Canyon got to see Jordon and his new police car.

Fireworks went off in front of a full moon this year.

The show the city did was a little disappointing, but other people on the Riverfront had a lot of fireworks too which helped it seem fuller.  Then back to the house for more in the street.

Happy 4th!

Fun Fact

Fun facts born from the Metro facebook group:

Mom's fries where rad!

A gal I graduated with left a comment that the fries at Greenway were the best and she misses them.  Others started commenting on those Greenway fries.

Mom's Famous Fries!!

Saying Good-bye to Metro

It's the end of an era.  The days of cruising Metro are long gone and they ended up making it impossible with gates on the loop in the early 90's, but I spent many Friday and Saturday nights there as a teen doing the whole cruise thang.

Metro is closing it's doors forever.  Word got out and in a handful of days, 15,000 members joined the facebook group for the last cruise.  It was AWESOME!

I hate that I had to be a part of it from afar, but it looks like everyone who attended had a great time.  The Phx police said on Saturday the 27th that between 12,000 and 15,000 were in attendance.  They let the cruisers do their thing for many hours before closing it down in the wee hours of the morning.

I remember when these signs went up.

Some claim as it was nothing more than a huge car show, but that was part of cruising too.

Arial shots show that not only the typical outer loop was packed, but the inner loop as well and right around the footprint of the mall itself! Even all the streets leading into Metro Center.  How crazy is that?!

There were a lot of people doing doughnuts which were scary to watch but even the police got involved with (safe) doughnuts.

Then on Tuesday the 30th, the very official last day of Metro, they did another cruise.  Again it was packed.

Inside the mall on the last day they allowed people to roller skate the halls, have live music, dance, and say their farewells.

The last lap of the night was dedicated to the police who allowed just about anything to happen for these last 2 cruises.

Many are now planning this to be a yearly event if they can get away with it as long as the loop is still drive-able.

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure was partly filmed here and I went to school with several people who were extras in the movie.

Here is some great drone video shot by Evan Short 

and music by Motley Crew: Home Sweet Home

(watch up to the end for the full circle footage)

https://youtu.be/P6K2Ygxx3Co

Good-bye Metro!  Thanks for the memories!

Liam's room is ready!

We spent the weekend painting Liam's furniture and setting it up in his room.  Also, washing all the baby clothes and blankets and getting them put on hangers and in drawers.  His room is small, but it really has turned out cute.

Yay!  The room is ready!

The dresser is in the closet since he has a nice size closet and may come out later when the changing table isn't needed.