Jessie and Katie sent Grandpa a Happy Fathers Day email. It's nice to know that the grandchildren love and think of Grandpa. They asked him what he was doing and write back. We love you too Katie and Jessie!!! Grandpa had a nice Father's Day, his daughter and grandson took him to dinner, and he was greeted for the day by phone calls by two of his sons. Church gave out gifts to all the Dad's. His grandson in Nevada emailed him and wished him a happy father's day. It was good day!! 
We stayed in Tucson, AZ for two nights and visited the Barker family. The girls have really grown this past year, also new interests. They are now doing Irish dancing, and they love it. Also, we celebrated ONCE again, Jerry and mine birthday (mine is July 1st). That was a real surprise, and of course Grandpa once again is just thrilled to be reminded once again of his age. They have desert landscaping, and the cactus are in bloom and very beautiful to see from their house.
We love to see the desert sunsets from the back porch of our kids home in Tucson. The view itself is worth the visit!! The weather this time of year is also very nice. With this beautiful view we said goodbye to our family in Tucson. We had a great visit. Thank you Linda, Gary, Katie, and Jesse!
The grand kids could hardly wait to get dressed up to go trick or treating. This was their end result and they were so proud of their outfits. They are ready, I hope everyone is ready for them. They are pistols!! 
A must to see in Tucson is the Pima Air and Space Museum. Jerry and his son, Gary, tour the museum each time we visit. It is the second largest air museum in the US. On our recent visit we were also able to obtain a tour of the military "bone yard" where used, damaged and obsolete aircraft are stored. Air force jets and fighter jets are stored there.
The grand kids in Tucson live about five minutes from this park, that was recently acquired by the County. It is their favorite place to go and feed the ducks and ride their bikes. It has quite a history also. At least two springs were noted historically at Agua Caliente Ranch, one hot and one cold. The hot spring is reported to have exceed 100 degrees F. in the 1930s however, the two springs were dynamited into one in an attempt to increase the surface flow, resulting in a single warm spring of 87 degrees F. today the spring supports three large ponds by means of interconnected canals; the earliest of these apparently dates to about 1873-74 when it was developed as a reservoir for livestock and crop irrigation. The Aqua Caliente spring became well known as a place of reliable water to cattle ranchers, travelers, and the military.
Jerry and I and his son, Gary, spent Halloween day at the Reid Park Zoo. They had a great variety of zoo animals. We have visited several zoos and this one is very, very nice compared to some. The animals are quite used to having their pictures taken. The turtle even smiled really big at me and I told him to smile. The giraffe was a real ham, loved to eat biscuits and pose. He is the baby of the zoo, two years old.
We visited my oldest son, Gary and Linda, Katie and Jessie in Tucson, AZ. They just built a new home on 3 acres just below Mt. Lemon. What a view!! Their home is right below where they are sitting on the ledge. We went to Mt. Lemon so the the girls could play in the fall leaves. It was great to see them.