Madd Max Chills By The Pool

Many a magazine was read.

Who knew Scottsdale looked like this?  The hotel was at the base of Camelback Mountain.  Not bad at all.

It also had this dope cactus garden.

Madd Max Heads To Scottsdale

Where Kerri awaited.

With a cool cocktail.

Yes - that is a golf cart to drive around the grounds of the Phoenician.

Madd Max Celebrates The Return

Of Suzanne, Myles and Ollie.

Chilling with Scott and Aarin.

Eric and Kathleen.

Around the pool.

The kids took some time to recreate this photo from early 2015.

Buds!

Madd Max Has Dinner

With Morgan and Jaymi.

Madd was put in charge of entertaining Avery.

Both kids said she was, "Very cute."  Maddie did comment later that taking care of children could be very tiring.

Madd Max Gets A Day Visit

From Maya and Dexter, who had slept over, after a late arrival the night before.

Kears gave Sam and Jess a major breakthrough on the puzzle they had been working on since Halloween.  It got finished that weekend.

Later, the kids played Mille Bornes.

While Todd gave Maddie some editing advice on her stop motion video.

The Scrapper Has a Boy Scout Camp Day

Hiking in Acton.

Crafts.

And more of the view.

Slappy Has A Girl Scout Camp Day

Morning flag ceremony.

Games.

Group challenges - this one was how to get the cube to stay upright in a can without anyone touching it.  Then the girls had to all climb inside without it tipping.

Next challenge - how to get everyone onto a small wooden platform without touching the ground.  The girls figured out that if they laid sticks down on the ground some girls could place one foot on the platform and the other on the sticks - thereby not touching the ground.

Learning how to cook lasagna in a dutch oven.

Walking back the bunk house.

Maddie's favorite part of the experience - all of the camp songs at campfire (which was held inside because of winds but still had s'mores).

Their troop campfire skit.