Nature Festival......

Last Saturday we met Emily's family and Grandma and Grandpa Stephenson at the Nature Festival at the Hassayampa River Preserve as described below on the sign. We got to see a few different kinds of birds up close, my favorites were the quail and hummingbird. We also got to see a couple of tortoises that were 4 years old and still so tiny. The particular ones that we saw live to be 60 years old and grow to be about the size of a basketball. I wasn't able to get pictures because Trevor had the camera with him on the hike to the river with the big boys.What sweet brothers.....There were some BIG cactus...Stuffed animals.......What big teeth you have.......They also had craft tables set up for the kids. Our kids made walking sticks......What a bunch of cute kids! :)We did a small hike with everyone including Grandma.....The nature we saw..........Trevor liked the hairy palm trees.There was this cotton like stuff floating all over the place.Trevor spotted this monstrous toad in the swampy water. Can you find him?!Grandpa, Trev and Matt took all the big kids on the hike to the river and this is what they found...... Grandma, me and the little boys stayed and that is when we learned so much about the birds and tortoises. :)