Tammy and Joe: March 2009

We went down to Tuscon this weekend to celebrate our friend Jim's 51st Birthday. It was really a great time because it was also the weekend of the 4th Ave. Annual Art and Craft Fair in downtown Tuscon. Normally the weather in Tuscon is a little cooler than Phoenix.... but I tell ya what.... It was really, really warm this day. 92 degrees and absolutely NO breeze. And there were soooo many people there. If you look (really close) at the second picture I've posted.... you can see "blocks" of people shopping the art fair.

Late afternoon we drove back to Jim and Pat's to continue celebrating with a great dinner party, cocktails and a evening fire pit. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIM. We had a great time!

You can see people

for blocks

The Candle Tent

My dear friend Pat after purchasing

some great candles.

Taking a break for a picture.

Yes... Joe is standing

on a curb. How else would he be

taller than me?

Joe with a Gila Monster

Some shade during the fair

Jim and Pat's beautiful
backyard fireplace

Jim's Birthday Dinner Party

Birthday boy Jim... with Joe and Jim's brother Neil. I know Jim doesn't

look happy in this picture but that's not it at all. He hates to have his picture
taken, so he purposely trys to look like Shriek in all his pictures.

Pat getting a smooch from her
sister-in-law Theresa

Joey enjoy the fire

On Sunday I took Sam and my little neighbor Ayden to the park. The weather was beautiful. Not nearly as warm as it was on Saturday, however very windy. I love the picture of Sam below. It looks like he could have is head hanging out the car window but it was just that windy.

This last weekend was the Celebration Of Life ceremony for our little friend Nikolas, who we lost one year ago from a sudden illness. He was 9 years old. To celebrate his life, there was a balloon release at the cemetery, with messages for Nik attached to the balloons. Although we were unable to attend the ceremony, I did go there later and released our balloons with a message.

I think it's so wonderful how his mother, my dear friend Kathy does so much to keep the memory of Nikolas alive. The email messages she sends out from time to time, the letters she sends out during the holidays, the little things she still does at his school and the ceremony she held this weekend. She's a very dedicated mother. He may be gone.... but he will never be forgotten.

Remembering You...............

the times we've shared and the

cherished memories too.......

for those memories are

the comfort now........

when we think of you.