The day began with a mother-daughters lunch out at Gecko's.
The evening was spent at Rosie's for cake, presents and games.
She had a lot of help with the candles.
John and Tammy Stobbe joined us for several rounds of card games.
All were on hand for the opening of gifts.
Halie, Alexis and Cujo for a visit
Alexis, 4 months, trying out this fun bouncer
Tee-ball lesson
Cujo
First stop at Jo's home in Las Vegas
Stop in the desert to check out ocotillos in bloom
flowering ocotillo
Stop in Palo Verde to check out this bridge and Colorado river life along it.
Several geese were nesting along shore, but catfish were so big and dangerous, they never
Dad building another platform for the choir
Dad added rocks to the rest of the front yard.
The side yard with Jo's new wind ornament, bird bath, bird feeder
Dad's work area
spring fauna
Off to Mother's Methodist Womens Luncheon... Mother, sister Jane and me
Jo put up this new wind art as a Mothers Day gift.
At the end of the luncheon, group shot of the 4 of us.
Dad's chorale performing for the luncheon... "Go, go, go Joseph!"
Only photo of dad singing in the chorale. They had a concert the following afternoon in the church sanctuary, all dressed up in tuxes. They sang Faure's Requiem with chamber orchestra, a medley of songs from the Phantom of the Opera and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Memory from Cats, Love Changes Everything from Aspects of Love, and a female soloist sang Pie Jesu...all by Andrew Lloyd Weber..with piano and some organ. 
