saturday, july 31, 2010.
we got off to a late start today, but felt fine considering the shenanigans of chuckie's birthday party the night before. the kiddos stayed the night at my parents house, so i got a good nights sleep. one of joshua's truck tires had a flat, so we took it to discount tire. we stopped at trader joe's, then we went home to wait for their call. joshua and i were able to get some stuff done around the house. the truck took longer than we thought, but i guess that's because it was a saturday. my maaa... called around 11:30 to tell us they were pretty beat, but we didn't end up getting to their house until 3:30ish!!! we hung out in wickenburg for a little bit and then took the boys on a little SITE SEEING adventure.
first stop, the "glass antiques, bottles, and collectibles" shop. just off the 60 near my parents house.
hundreds of insulators for sale. the most common outside, but inside she had some super expensive collector fancied ones. we can't afford those yet, but hope to someday?
the little old lady who owned the shop since the 60's had gone home because it was slow, but she had this whole bell contraption rigged up, so we tried it.
the bell, in the upper right of the photo, rings up to her house. there are a ton more insulators up there too.
she came driving down the hill and let us look around. the steps into the tiny shop have outlines of bottles in all shapes and sizes.
seriously! there were hundreds of insulators all over the property. she and her husband loaded up their pick up back in the day after the electric company dismantled them. who does that sound like? hahaha.
our trip continued on to downtown wickenburg. we checked out some train repair vehicles and stumbled upon all this old machinery.
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cool gears.
levi attempted to eat the powder from the bottom of his freeze dried strawberry/banana bag.
crazy horse.
abe is the happiest kid ever when he wakes up.
he made all kinds of funny post nap faces.
huge tree chunk. there's a little chipmunk on the top right of it.
and this is a close up of his little friend.
old mining cars.
we drove though the subdivision that my dad built a spec home in and we saw this gate while trying to remember where the house was. really didn't fit the neighborhood.
checking out the gigantic rooster we always pass by on the way to yarnell.
abraham wasn't so stoked to sit on him. he just became super stiff. wouldn't move a muscle.
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just checking out the rest of the items. the store, unfortunately, was closed:(
levi on a painted wagon.
and an old tractor.
there was a real kitty in the window.
abraham giving papa some metal circle he found on the ground. like papa, like son.
heading to the tracks.
levi found a super shiny rock.
walking the tracks.
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abraham screaming, "mama cooooome."
abraham in the triangle.
levi leaping over the switch ties.
abraham pre leap. copy catting his brother of course.
after this little expedition we headed up the hill to yarnell. we just ate din and watched movies. the weather is so much nicer in yarnell than phoenix!!!
