South Mountain Sunset

Last night we had the evening open so we decided to take a drive up South Mountain! It doesn't take too long to drive to the top lookout and the views are amazing you can see several mountain tops and the whole city of Phoenix!

Along the way up the mountain we saw many different cactus's This one was our favorite, it was huge! Cactus grow in hot, dry places. They have no leaves at all. They have spikes on them to stop animals eating them and have thick stems which store water.




I caught Isaiah looking out into the sunset.

At the lookout you could hike up and down to different levels along the rock.

There was a little lookout fort, Isaiah loved going in and out checking everything out!

"Hi Dad!!"

"Enough Kisses!"

He wanted to walk along the edge and look over, the little dare devil! Making Mom nervous!

Hi Isaiah.

He is just starting to get at that age where he wants to do everything himself. Use his own spoon, brush his own hair, and walk by himself. He did not want to be carried, so there he was walking the jagged rock.

Our new Montero! We just love it and it was great for a trip up the mountain. This was taken on our way down the mountain.

" Bye for now.. we will post more pics after christmas! Love you all!"-Isaiah

A Day At The Phoenix Zoo!

What a great day! Today Brian had the day off so we took Isaiah to the Phoenix Zoo. I wasn't sure how much he would get into it but boy did he have a blast! Right away when he saw the first animal, a giraffe... he began to point and squeal and giggle. He would look back at us so excited! Taking him and seeing him so interested and enthused about the animals made the day even better than expected for us!

He really liked to wave at the all the animals! By the end of the day, we had seen Giraffes, Zebras, Camels, Elephants, Lions, Monkeys, Birds of all Kinds, Otters, String Rays, Exotic Fish, A Cougar, Antelope, Rhinos,Deer, Wild dogs, Baboons, Orangutangs, HUGE turtles and so much more I cant remember!

"MOM!! This is SO much Fun!" Daddy lifted him up at every exhibit so he could see everything!

We took a really fun nature walk and saw a bear and a boa constructer!

Look Isaiah! PARROTS! Yeah... he laughed at the parrots!

Isaiah and I loved the money family! There was a momma, daddy and baby monkey! So cute!We would've watched them all day if we could!

Careful hun, he is trying to get in the pen with the baby orangutang!

OH NO! A big scary Ostrich!

Isaiah- clapping at the silly baboons!

He didn't want to leave the lion!

The Lion!

Here Isaiah was pointing at two wet baby otters wrestling and splashing each other. When we left he waved bye- bye to the otters.

He didn't quite know what to think about the rhinos, they were HUGE!

He is trying to get into the tiger cage! He wants to pet the kitty!

And...the Rhinos were incredible! Except stinky! But Isaiah didn't mind. He had a wonderful first trip to the zoo.. in fact he had so much fun he passed out on the way to the car and slept the whole way home. We put him to bed at 6pm. Good night our little tiger!

Happy Holidays!

WELCOME to our new Cornett family blog spot! For all of you who miss Isaiah horribly, now you can see him whenever you want! And bonus, you get to hear about us too! hehe. Check weekly for new pictures and updates of Isaiah, our new little one on way, and all the adventures of our life in Phoenix. We love you and are so thankful you are all a part of our life!