Arizona!

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One wandering Wallin here. Planned a trip to AZ around seeing a concert! And to visit family, of course! 😍

First time flying out of Appleton (thank you chauffeur Steve) and wow – what a pretty airport!
Even the bathroom was nice!!
Getting close to touchdown!
VIP treatment from my sissy ❤️
Haven’t handed out Halloween candy in over 10 years!
Spooky night 🎃👻💀
So nice to see kids still excited about trick or treating. 🥰
Me and Jeanie took a fused glass class and made garden stakes.
Not the finished product – it has yet to be put into the kiln – but this is my abstract funky Wisconsin scene for the yard.
Jeanie’s cool piece. Can’t wait to see it fused 👍
Couldn’t ask for a more perfect week now that the rain and flooding have stopped!
Mel’s 40th birthday! She and Pat and Felix are going to Hawaii to celebrate so we headed to Tucson before they left Tuesday am.
Buntinis! Cute AND delicious. 😋
Toured the Amazon fulfillment facility. It was SO impressive! Actually kind of mind boggling – the technology and the whole process!! Highly recommend!
The phones were collected as we went in so this is all I have…😂
Liv and Jeff’s cutie pies Theo and Reese 🥰
Back to Tucson. As per the norm, road trips must include food from the rollers.
Getting ready to leave for the Todd Rundgren concert.
The show was at a historic mission converted to a music venue. Absolutely beautiful.
AND I won a contest to play onstage with Todd and the band for the song Bang the Drum All Day!!!!!!!! One person in every city on the tour is chosen and it was ME! We got the call a few days before and once it started to sink in I thought “am I CRAZY??” Being on a stage in front of a crowd is a Steve Wallin thing – not a Julie Wallin thing!!! 😳
Been a Todd lover since the early 70’s
One of his recognizable songs
Todd and the Tucson crowd loved my t-shirt from Moniqua Brewing Company. Lots of clapping and cheers when he read it out loud – “DRINK BEER AND DON’T BE RACIST.” 🤘🍺
Missed a beat here and there but it was definitely fun. My 15 minutes of fame included the 10 minutes walking out after the show. Heard “great job” and “you did good” from a lot of kind and generous people.

Theo in motion!
Me and Theo! 😍
Reese and I doing the clink and cheers thing! 😍
Livvie 🥰
Felix under (on?) the sea in HI!! 🥰
Hit up a DDD joint in Phoenix. Voted number one in AZ. Number one seems debatable but what do I know – I eat gas station roller food 😬
We took a cooking class at a Chinese restaurant and learned how to make fried rice. Worth a try at home. There wasn’t anything tricky to it …..
Last day lunch with cousins Marlene and Bill
Homeward bound
Waiting for my luggage. 2 carousels at Appleton airport. This and Mesa were really great going to and from!
Welcome home from Steve
I did not forget Steve’s green chili brats from Queen Creek Pork Shop this time! Jeanie will no doubt appreciate the space restored in her freezer 🐖

Thanks, as always, for following along on the road trips and vacations. 😀✌️

Tomorrow Steve goes in for the first of two back surgeries. We will take any and all prayers, good vibes and well wishes for success to get this man out of pain. And for a speedy recovery! Much love. ❤️

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  1. Looks like another wonderful trip to AZ. Please give me the tutorial on the fried rice.

    Prayers on a successful surgery and speedy recovery for Waldo…XOXO

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