Phoenix Trip

My sister, Jenni, came up with this great idea - the "girls" in the family would meet in Phoenix and participate in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Our Aunt Lin and her two daughters (and families) live in the Phoenix area so it was a great excuse to visit them or should I say invade their homes.
Jenni came up with the name for our group - The BooBees and helped in designing a t-shirt for all of us to wear. (My brother's company GENEROUSLY paid for our shirts - Thank You, Jon!!)
It was great to get away and spend time together as a family. We walked in honor of our mother who is a 2 time survivor and in memory of our Grandma Wood and our Aunt Phyl. Most of the BooBee pictures will be added to the BooBee Blog as soon as I receive all of them. But I have included a picture of Jenni, Mom and me at the beginning of the race, below. (You can find the link to the BooBee Blog on the right side of this blog, under "BooBees" - funny thing about that!)
We arrived in Phoenix to a "Team BooBee" welcome from our cousin Erin, Aunt Lin and Erin's son Aiden. We then met up with more of the team and spent 2 days enjoying the gorgeous weather they ordered just for us!! There are a few pictures of Aunt Lin's baby, Gracie Mae, the yellow lab - she was a hoot to watch in the pool. There's a picture of a cactus that started here in Houston at my parent's house. My Dad sent a few pieces thru the mail to my Aunt Lin and the silly thing grew like crazy. She in turn gave a few pieces to her daughter Leanne and it's growing great in her yard too!
Jenni thought a BooBee cake was in order then decided we should surprise Amy and turn it into a birthday cake. (Amy turned 16 yesterday.) I'm not sure everyone appreciated the "art" but the cake was yummy!
We finished the weekend walking "for the Cure" - it was just so nice to spend time with family doing something so worthwhile!!
Thanks to all of our family in Arizona - we truly appreciate your hospitality!!