What a nice trip!

Wednesday, August 27th
We decided to stick around in the morning a little longer than we thought we would.  But that was good, because it gave us more time with Scotty and it allowed Jason to do a Skype call with a student uninterrupted.
We took Scotty for a walk this morning and didn't see much of anything.  But we enjoyed the walk with him and we could tell he enjoyed the walk too.

Reading books later to him that morning was interesting.  At one point, he just rolled off my lap and stood by the couch where I was sitting.  So, I continued reading to him that way.  He sat down on the floor and listened to the book from there!  Not always sitting, sometimes climbing around and trying to get up on the couch, but he was always listening.  Even if he wasn't looking right at the book!

Oh and Guillermo got to see Scotty go from lying on his tummy to a sitting position this morning.  Again, it was so exciting!

Scotty went down for his nap around 10:15 and woke up around 11:30, right at the same time that Jason was finished with his Skype call.  So, we were able to say goodbye to both of them!  And yes, it was very sad.  

So, we took off from Tucson around 11:45, drove to Deming where we had a late lunch at the Campos Restaurant.  The food was very good.  Then we drove on to El Paso where we spent the night.

Thursday, August 28th.

We were very impressed with how the landscape looked from El Paso to about Fort Stockton.  Land that is usually brown, dry and not very impressive was actually quite pretty!  Everything was so green!  It looked like a totally different place!  Once we got to about Ozona though, all the clouds were gone from the sky, the landscape looked totally dry and the temperature was a lot hotter.  We got home around 4:10 that afternoon.  Tired and hot, but filled with absolutely beautiful memories.

On their way to Calgary

Monday, August 25th, Fernando and Eva left for Calgary.  They are going to Calgary because Fernando will be teaching 3 primate courses at the University of Calgary this fall!  So, first order of business was to get up there and find an apartment to live in.  After getting settled in to the apartment, Eva will fly back to Japan at the beginning of September and then will come back to Calgary in mid November.   They are hoping that Eva will be teaching a few courses at the University in the Spring.

So, to start of this Monday, Guillermo and I checked out of the hotel very early so that we could pick up a few things from the store and then get to Rebeca's house before she left for work.  We got to Rebeca's house around 7:20 with a few things from Starbucks for breakfast.  Rebeca left for work shortly after that.  Then it was time for Fernando and Eva to pack up the last of their stuff in the car and then they too were off.  Then Jason left.

So it was just Guillermo and I with Scotty and we were so happy to be able to take care of him again.  First thing in the morning, we took Scotty for a walk and we saw a coyote cross the road right in front of us! We also saw lots of quail!

A picture of Scotty being read to-

and a video of Scotty being read to-

We mowed the lawns in the back yard.

Scotty was so good in his little outdoor pac n play.  He watched us working while rolling around in there.  Here he's watching his abuelito use the weed eater.

We took two walks in the evening - one at 5pm and another at 6pm.  We pointed out a rainbow to him on one of those walks, but we aren't sure if he could really see it.

Tuesday, August 26th, was our last full day to take care of Scotty and what a day it was!!!   In the morning, we went to Ace Hardware to buy things to hang up Scotty's swing with.  Then we stopped by Safeway.  Pretty soon it was time for his nap.  We had just gotten him to sleep when Rebeca called saying that the doctor would see Scotty that day for the red spots that he has on his arm and chest.  So, we had to put him in his car seat about 30 minutes later to take him to the doctor, but he stayed asleep in the car.  That was quite an interesting experience, to go to the doctor with a baby - as grandparents!  We were so glad to be able to do that.   After the appointment, since we were already out, we stopped by Costco to get gas and pick up some pictures there that Rebeca had ordered.

When we got home, and after having lunch, it was pool time!!!  We moved fast with that because it looked like there was rain in the distance.  But Scotty did get to enjoy being in the pool for as long as he wanted before the skies turned cloudy.  Also today was the first time I saw Scotty go from lying on his tummy to a sitting position!  How exciting that was!  When he sat all the way up, I clapped my hands and said, "Yay, look at you sitting up!!", which actually startled him but then he got this big smile on his face and seemed so happy with himself.

We also set up Scotty's little car swing and put him in it, but he didn't like it.  We quickly realized that was because he seemed to "loose" in there.  So then we held his shoulders while swinging, and that way he felt a whole lot more comfortable and was able to enjoy his swing.

In the evening, Jason brought home taco salads from the little fast food place called La Salsa.  Oh how delicious they were!

Lost luggage is never good

So, when Eva arrived in Tucson yesterday from Japan, 2 pieces of her luggage didn't arrive with her.  The airlines said they would deliver it yesterday evening, but no one ever delivered anything.
Here we are in the morning before Fernando and Guillermo left to go pick up Eva.

While the two guys went to the airport, we played with Scotty inside and he had a little pool time outside also!

In the afternoon after Eva arrived, we all went out to the resort where we are staying so that everyone could see our room and the resort.  It is really a very very nice place.
This was the view from our room!

We didn't know it when I took these pictures, but there is a waterfall on the grounds which could be seen from our room!  I never got that picture, though.

We walked around the grounds and took a nice walk along a little path they have to the waterfall.  That was such an enjoyable walk and the waterfall itself was pretty impressive!

Then we walked around to see the pool and then went to the flower shop where Guillermo's sister Aida works.  We visited with her for a while and it was so nice to see her.

In the evening, we picked up food from Ha Long Bay for dinner which was delicious.

So today, Sunday the 24th, we had a really nice breakfast gathering at Millies Pancake House with Guillermo's sisters Irene, Gloria and Aida and with his brother Charlie.

In the afternoon, we all went swimming in the pool at Rebeca's house.  Get ready for tons of pictures, since Guillermo didn't get in the pool so he was more than happy to be the chief photographer!  :-)

Did you notice?  Each of us might not have been in all of the pictures, but there was one person who was in every single picture!!!