Grandma and Grampa Visit: Old Tucson Studios

Grandma and Grandpa Campbell were in town to visit their grandchildren for the first time since returning from their mission to Alaska. We were happy to have them in town for a whole week.

The weather man predicted that Thursday would be the last warm day that week, so we stole Jake from work for most of the afternoon and went to Old Tucson Studios. It was lots of fun.

One of the first places that we stopped was the Mercantile.  We listened as the proprietor taught us about how an old west Mercantile was operated and what he carried in his store.

Here's Grandpa taking some pictures while Grandma and Rachel look on.

Ryan was exploring the Mercantile on his on terms/territory.

Grandma and Grandpa looking at what the shop had for sale.

The proprietor talking to Grandma, Grandpa and Rachel.

 Just outside the Mercantile, the studio re-enacted on an Old West gun fight.  Here are some pictures of us waiting for the shoot out to begin.

We did our fair share of exploring.  Grandpa was by far the most interested in looking around and taking pictures.

Jake said am I using the force to push Ryan's stroller in this picture.

Ryan with Cheerios. What a happy kid!

Ryan arching his back to smile at Momma.

Big Jake's BBQ!

Miscreants behind bars where they belong.

Come on Grandma! I want to ride the train!

The studio has a small train that will take you for a ride.  While Grandpa looked around and took pictures, we grabbed our sandwiches went on a ride to see the sights and start eating lunch.  Jake and the kids really enjoyed the train ride.  Ryan of course is always happy to be outside.

Hello everybody!

Sandwich: yum. Munch, munch

Ryan wonders if he can have one of these at home.

Not far from the train station, we finished our lunch and then went to ride the carousel.  We were the only ones on the carousel, so we rode it twice.  Rachel loved riding the horses.  Annie decided to give it a try, but quickly determined that the horses were not for her.

Ryan liked the carousel as well.

Grandpa, Grandma, Ryan, Annie, Rachel

We all had fun at Old Tucson, but Jake had to go back to work and Annie and Ryan needed to nap.

Later that night, we all got into the beanies that I crocheted for Christmas and asked Grandpa to take some pictures.

 

More fun with Grandma and Grandpa to come...

PS This was written by Jake trying to write as me. He did a decent job, except that he used big words like proprietor and miscreants which totally is not my lingo. But yay for Jake for posting to the blog! He must have gotten impatient with me being a little too busy to post lately. We're putting our house on the market this week, so the last couple of weeks have been full of packing extra junk, cleaning, etc. Maybe now that that is done I'll have time to catch up on the blog. Or just let Jake do it for me.