Laura Experiences Park Day

Laura was lucky enough to catch a park day while she was here visiting (she is now, as we speak, back in the bosom of her family).

This particular park day was at Papago Park in Tempe, just across the freeway from ASU.

If you look closely enough, you can see "A" Mountain on the right and the ASU football stadium on the left.

I managed to convince Laura to climb high enough on the rocks to see the view.


The boys, however, climbed a bit higher than we did. If you squint just right, you can see my two boys and their friend, Walden, high up on the side of the hill.

After park day, we all ended up at our favorite vegan restaurant, Green. Julie was celebrating her 14th birthday (it's actually today), so a bunch of the teenagers came along. Laura actually seemed to kinda like her vegan meal ("It's not what I expected, but it was good").

The kids got a little crazy, but in a good way. We commemorated Julie's pre-birthday celebration dinner with a group photo. That's Julie in the middle with the green water bottle.

It was a nice way to end Laura's visit. I'm busily planning for our trip to Houston next Spring!