Grand Canyon

Greetings from Flagstaff, AZ! We are on our trip out to Texas, and took a day to go to the Grand Canyon. It was really beautiful. Kelly and I went there back in 1994 (also on our way to Texas!) and it was so wonderful to come back with the kids. We walked out to the lookout point on the South Rim and Julia said "It looks like a picture." We also saw some beautiful scenery on the way to Flagstaff from the Grand Canyon, we got a close look at San Francisco Peak and saw some aspen trees. We got all the way up to an elevation of 8049 ft.

We took lots of pictures, of course, and wanted to put them up to share. Enjoy!

Goodbye for a while

The movers will be at our house at 8 am, so we are packing everything up right now. We are going to spend a month in Texas while Kelly completes a class, then we are moving into our new home in Seaside, CA (near Monterey) the 1st of July. We found a wonderful home and already have Julia registered at our fantastic neighborhood school and Kenneth is on a waiting list for Pre-School 3 mornings a week.

We are grateful for our time in Fresno during Kelly's deployment and for the tremendous amount of love and support we received from everyone. A very special thank you to my own parents, who not only helped me out tremendously last year, but who also gave Julia and Kenneth an endless amount of love and support. So thank you, thank you, thank you Mom and Dad.

Disneyland Pics Part Deux

On the second day of our Disneyland trip, we went to California adventures. This turned out to be a big treat for Kenneth, as he got to meet Lightning McQueen and Mater from the movie Cars. On the 3rd day, it was back to Disneyland where we went to Pixie Hollow to meet with Iridessa and Tinkerbell herself.

Disneyland Part I - Fit for a Princess

We took our recently reunited family on an awesome vacation to Disneyland! On our 1st day, we treated Julia to a visit to the newly opened Bibbity Bobbity Boutique where she was given her own Fairy Godmother who transformed her into a Princess for the day.

Julia was such a rock the year Kelly was away. She did so well in school, helped around the house and with her little brother more times than I could count. Thank you, sweetheart, for everything you do and for just being YOU. We love you more than you will ever know.