OK, so it has been a while but for good reason. ten days ago the laptop hard drive died so i have been without a computer. i still am, but i do h.ave a droid so i can do limited stuff on my phone. we took a mini vaca last weekend and went to Arizona for a few days. we left Thurs afternoon and drove to flagstaff which is about four hrs from Vegas. Friday morning we made the very scenic half hour drive south to sedona for the day. frank and i went there in 2006 for a trip we took before we moved west but not since. Sedona is one of the most beautiful places in my opinion. I love how it is so colorful and it truly is so unique since it hosts ponderosa pines and agave on the same mountain side. We did a small hike to a creek which took about an hour and half round trip and of course the kids gave up half way through. I will upload pics when i get a computer ;). Sat we woke up and drive 90 miles north-ish to the east end of the south rim of the Grand Canyon. Absolutely beautiful and the sheer size of it was amazing. It really is something everyone should see in person and just stand there and take it in. I remember when a college friend of mine had never seen the ocean before and she just stood there and looked at it with amazement. I take for granted the magnificence of the ocean since i grew up sitting in front of it all summer long.
After spending the afternoon driving the rim we drove south 50 miles to a lil town called Williams, AZ. Williams is on historic 66 and is where the Polar Express departs from to drive to the North Pole to see Santa. Devin was so amped up for this portion of our trip and rightfully so. What kid wouldn't die to ride on a century old locomotive to the North Pole at night? The Polar Express book was read, cookies and hot cocoa were given out and Santa gave Dev and Riley a bell just like the book.
The next morning we drove down the road a few miles and drove through a new drive through animal thing called Bearizona. They had bison, white bison, wolves, long horned sheep and bears in different 'natural' habitats with a dirt road to drive through and check them out. Kids loved that!
Now onto updates for the kids. Devin is doing well in school and wants to go more often than two days a week. If we are still in Las Vegas next year, hopefully we can send him M, W, F instead of Tues/Thurs. He is getting better at writing and more interested in taking initiative to do it himself. He really does love playing with older kids and thankfully we have great kids in our neighborhood who are nice and let him join in with them when they play in the street out front.
Riley is a pistol! She is one hard nosed kid who knows what she wants. I cant imagine where she got that strong personality trait from. Haha, but in all honesty she is so sweet. She does not put up with any bs from Devin either. She is starting to talk more and more each week and has such a sweet little voice. We are starting to work on potty training slowly and she does pretty well. She will tinkle if I sit her there before the shower/bath and she claps for herself but she is nowhere near telling me she has to go.
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