It's time.....

for some Drew stills....been too long! :-) Poor little man is under the weather since these pics were snapped. I was not feeling at all well this past week (sore throat, aches, etc.) and I evidently gave it to him. Dr. says he has the croup! I saw him today and he was better than when I left him on Friday. Sorry Drew!!!

Rather depressing

Poor sister Jan! First photo shows her basking in the sun and pool under a waterfall in AZ.....the second photo: Back in Osakis, MN scooping @#$%# snow from her office sidewalk. What a difference a plane ride can make. :-(

Time for a swim

Well, he is not exactly thrilled with the little pool I got him. But, he had some fun with it anyway!
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Simply breath taking......

From Tuesday through Friday I felt like I was in another world. The trip to the falls at Supai Indian reservation was awesome! We saw so much beauty and the pictures don't begin to do it justice. We started down the trailhead around 10 am on Wednesday morning. It is an 8 mile journey to the Supai village where we would reside for two nights. The first 1-2 miles were switchbacks, getting down the mountain. After that we walked the canyon floor for 6 miles. What goes down MUST come up, so we knew in 2 days we would be climbing up those switchbacks! But, we didn't dwell on that fact while we were there. :-) We got to our lodge around 1 pm. After all 16 women were safely at the lodge Sharon, Jan and I and 5 others ventured 2 more miles to view our fist look at Havasu Falls. Words cannot describe our feelings when we saw it.......if you are in the area and feel like walking about 30+ miles in three days, I would recommend this hike. You would NOT regret it. May I suggest you train a bit beforehand, though. :-) I always said that before one leaves this planet they should raft down the Colorado River on the rapids through the Grand Canyon. This ranks right up there, both are a once in a lifetime experience.
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A few shots from the hike enclosed.................

Off to Havasupai

Sharon, Jan and I and about 13 other gals are leaving this morning for a three day adventure hiking to Havasupai, which is on the south side of the Grand Canyon. We are pretty excited to go but have been watching the weather. A front is moving through just then, bringing some very gusty winds and cooler temps. We won't let Mother Nature suppress our excitement to do this, though!

Sister Jan is loving her vacation here. Yesterday was 98 so it was a far cry from the freezing cold and snow of her home in Osakis, MN. Saturday the three of us hiked then went to lunch with Jane, a fun gal who we had gone down the Canyon river rapids with several years ago. I pretty much laughed through the entire lunch! Then it was off to the putting and chipping green for a bit of practice. Sunday Jan and I stayed at my town house. We went to a driving range close by me, then to Megan's for a visit with her family. Sharon joined us, also.

I will be out of Internet and phone range until Friday so this will be my last post for awhile. Hope everyone has a great week wherever you are........

Pics are from the week....

Great Aunt Jan to visit

Sister Jan flies to Phoenix this afternoon. She has had a horrible winter in Osakis, Minnesota so I think she will find the weather here much to her liking. She's going to spend almost two weeks here with Sharon and I so we are really excited about that. Next Tuesday all three of us are going on a hike to Havasupi with about 12 other gals. Sharon went last year and says it is quite an adventure. We return on Friday. Fortunately Andy's brother and family are coming here for a visit so they were going to take some of those days off anyway so babysitting won't be such a burden to them while I do this hike.

Jan and Drew have never met so he will be seeing one of his great aunts for the very first time. That will be nice! I will post pictures and video when I get them. Big surprise there? :-)

Monday, monday

I used to really hate Mondays but they aren't so bad now. When I arrive Drew greets me with a beautiful smile and Sox gives me a mini-bath in greeting. My Ogden greeting usually consisted of something similar to "the server is down" or "e-mail is NOT working" or "Accelerated Reader is down at Howe". The people reporting these things usually said so with great distress and urgency in their voices so it was not a great way to start one's day. I am glad those days are behind me! Life is much more peaceful now. :-)

Mark arrived back at our farm last Wednesday afternoon. He spent his first night in Tucumcari, NM and the second night in Lincoln, NE. He didn't think Matt was available that night so he didn't go on to Omaha to see him. He was pooped and wanted to quit for the night. Turns out Matt was free so he just drove to Lincoln and had dinner with his dad. That was nice. I wish I could have had dinner with them, too! I think Mark is still used to this Phoenix weather. He said it is very cold in Iowa and so dreary. You can use a lot of adjectives to describe AZ weather, but dreary is definitely not one. It is almost sunny and cheery every single day. I hope Iowa's weather shapes up soon so he can get the crops in the ground.

Pictures of Drew and Grandpa, a crane putting in a new air conditioner next door at the town house and shots of Drew from the week-end.