Parents visit Tucson

My parents came to visit last weekend.  They drove through Tucson en route from Washington DC, where they served as senior missionaries in the Washington DC North mission, to Portland Oregon.  Since they were serving their mission when Jay and I started dating and got engaged and since both of us were busy in our respective schooling for the duration of that time, there was no formal meeting of the groom until the evening before our wedding.  My parents stayed for 2 1/2 days and despite rain and cold weather, we took them hiking up Madera Canyon where Jay could teach them a thing or two about birding.  Unfortunately, the cold weather and snow fall, (yes snow!) kept most of the birds away.

Mom and dad really wanted to attempted a jumping photo after seeing so many missionaries photos like this.  A partial success.  Dad got some air.  Mom was worried she was going to fall.  

Mom and Dad hiked 1/2 way and then decided to rest by a tree while Jay and I finished our hike to Bog Springs.  When we made it back to the tree where we left them, we found a message in the dirt letting us know they had started back to the car.  The arrows helped-thanks.  

Dad was a little tuckered out afterwards. 

An Arizona Woodpecker, maybe...

The weekend included mission stories, games, walks on the trails by our house, eating donuts and answering a lot of medical questions.

We welcome any other visitors that want to come and don't mind a couch or floor space in our living room.