Enjoying Scottsdale Days & Daze!!

      Lucky us - ARIZONA winter vacation!!

Always enjoy eating out ~

trying not to eat tooo much!

  Nachos = Dinner

Always enjoy Dave & Arleen's

beautiful Scottsdale home!

Always love Arizona blue skies!

Amazing variety of sights on

morning walks -

Loved afternoons with book, beverage,

and pool time!

Enjoyed after Christmas sales and

the Mesa Flea Market...

Awesome day's endings...

Happy New Year ~ 2010!

Backyard fun...
Citrus Yard Art!

A blue moon is the second full moon in a month.

A full moon occurred on Dec. 2.

It will appear again on Thursday -

in time for the New Year's countdown.

A full moon occurs every 29.5 days,

and most years have 12.

The last time there was a lunar double take was in May 2007.

 New Year's Eve blue moons are rarer,

 occurring... every 19 years.

The last time was in 1990; the next one won't come again until 2028.

Blue Moon in Scottsdale...

and from the back yard!

Ending 2009 in ARIZONA!

Left Seatte on the morning of Sunday, December 27 ...

for another year end/year beginning stay

at Dave and Arleen's beautiful Scottsdale home!

Happy that Jerry is now retired -

we get to stay until January 18, 2010.

We were treated to an awesome sunrise

and views of Mt. Rainier!

Phoenix, AZ ...here we come!

Blue sky...palm trees!

Where we get to "live" while in Scottsdale...

Backyard...

Fallen Family Christmas Eve 2009!

A wonderful family gathering

at Judi & Howard's

in Buckley!

Judi & Howard


Rachel, Judi, Sara, Howard, Shayne, Jason, Tracy, Maryn

Judi, Kelsey, Molly, Keith, Hayley, Howard

Pam & Jerry

Cathy & Keith

Jim, David, Shannon, Lee, Gavin, Derek

Pam, Cathy, Judi