Hoedown at the White Tank Mountains

Here's a picture of a beautiful AZ sunset. Oh, and us too.

I don't know why I love these "from behind" shots so much. They really do love each other.

After making smores.

We went to the White Tanks this afternoon with HEoS. We have not been able to attend the last 2 years so I was glad to finally get to do this event. We only live a couple miles from the entrance to the park. The kids had fun & the weather was just right in the afternoon & a little chilly after sunset.
We walked on a trail & had a very friendly man who visits every week show us interesting stuff. He was like our own personal tour guide for free. Todd turned over lots of rocks looking for scorpions & found several. We got a picture of one but it is not one of my favorite pictures like the ones above. The man showed us petroglyphs which you can sort of make out in the last picture with the kids. He also pointed out pieces of broken pottery & rocks indians used to grind food on.
We had a BBQ dinner with the group & Todd took the kids on another walk after dinner before dark. The kids made smores for the first time & possibly the last. They will need a lot of practice if we do it again. The kids did not like burnt marshmallows (me either) but that seems the only way to get them hot enough to melt the chocolate. So their smores were a little "cold". Joshua opted to just eat it all seperate. I was never a fan of them anyway. I just really like the chocolate part. If anyone wants to take pity on my kids and teach them correct smores techniques you are more than welcome to have a go at it.

Hannah's champoinship basketball game is on Wednesday. If her team can stay undefeated she'll win gold. Todd should be able to attend because he has to work on Saturday which means they want him to leave early during the week. He'll see if he can pick Wednesday as the early day. Check back for the results!