THE ROSE IS A WHITE LADY BANKSIA

and the root was sent from Scotland in 1885.  It is now one of nature's greatest wonders, as the world's largest rose tree at over 8700 square feet.

We missed seeing it in bloom, which is in April, but there were a few dried rosebuds.  I wasn't expecting it to be a teacup bloom.

 I would LOVE to see it in full bloom.

TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA

Last year, during our Arizona visit, we took Lach to Tombstone to experience all that cowboy fun.  He loved it so much, we knew we had to take Landon there too.  I'm so glad we did.  Landon told me, "this is one of the best days of my life!"

It was super hot today, but we had so much fun we didn't mind.  Watching the wee ones soak up the atmosphere in "the town too tough to die" was absolutely delightful.  I wish I could have read their minds today.  I love it when their eyes twinkle and today was a twinkle day.

TOMBSTONE,

albeit touristy, is such a fun town. Lach was in a sensory magicland, soaking up every Tombstone sight. As if I had put him on repeat, I heard, "dis is SO cool" and "hey mom, check dis out." He put almost everything in the town on his wish list.

The Earp brothers and Doc Holiday told Lach to look at the camera but not to smile and to look mean. I think he did a pretty good job.
One of the shows was a cute, silly, slapstick cowboy act. He loved yelling "BOO" at the bad guy and "YAY" for the good guy. Hearing him giggle was the best part of the show, especially when the cowboy ran into the wall, and it made me want to buy an Apple Dumpling Gang DVD just to keep hearing that cute, contagious laugh of his.