Tontozona, Oaklee, Nina and Sam

Being in nature with bestest buddies-it doesn't get much better than that! Brooklynn and I went to Camp Tontozona with Faith and Ciara St Clair, and Robyn, Jose and Megan Cruz.

 Jose found some apple trees and next thing we know he's monkeyed up and picked us some fresh ones!

 We all have our pouches full of apples!

 The best news ever...I found that my camera has a skinny mode on it!!!

Camp Tontozona is a huge campground with many cabins for rent just 17 miles east of Payson, AZ.

Isn't the scenery beautiful! Faith isn't too bad either!

 It's amazing what one can do with a sagging tree. The girls and Faith got some ligitimate air while others bounced the trunk!

 Ciara had snap-on pants and I caught her just as she whipped them off!

 I am obsessed with Fall leaves! I'm obsessed with Brooklynn too!

 Part of the Tontozona tradition is to have a photo shoot. These picts are a tiny taste of them!

 Sam had his third birthday on November 10th. John and I took him shopping (He already knew exactly what he wanted-a Thomas the Train with track) and to eat at the Mall. How lucky Grandpa and I are to get to spend time with our grandkids! We had such a good time with Sam.

 Nina had her ninth birthday on the 8th of November. It took her 30 minutes is all to pick a necklace, earrings, a pink watch and...wait for this...an organizer for her room! I was totally impressed with that! I was also impressed that Rich had it built before I left!

Millie knew exactly what to do with Nina's new headbands and she was getting a thrill our of putting them on over and over again! What an absolute joy it is to spend one-on-one time with our grandkids!

IOaklee had her 7th birthday September 15th! After a happy three hours of shopping and dinner at the mall, Oaklee chose a "Build-a-bear" bear from the mall, a mini turtle Pillow Pet, a Happy Napper lady bug and a Sing-a-ma-jig from Toys R Us! Did you get a theme here...all stuffed animals!