The Grand Canyon and Train Tracks

Not much to say besides it is truly amazing and breath taking. One of the few group photos of the whole trip and as you can see Connor wouldn't look.
Trying out moms new hat, but don't take a picture of me.
There is a train that runs from a nearby town to the Grand Canyon. Connor was so excited, but nervous, to walk on the train tracks. We had told him it is dangerous to walk on train tracks, but then told him it was ok to walk on these because the train was gone for the day. He still wasn't quite sure and kept looking for a train to come.
Grandma and Braden, and Connor.

Volcano Crater

One picture Connor did cooperate with.

These are pictures of an old volcano crater (the picture with me in it) and all the lava rock below it. People were allowed to climb it until the 70's when Hollywood wanted to blow it up for one of their movies and people protested and then it became protected. You can still see marks on it from where people used to climb it. You can now walk on a one mile path below it. You can only see the crater from pictures taken in the air.

We're dying to know....

Julie and I have been racking our brains....our little globe tracker is fun because it let's us know how far our blog travels among friends and family - but we can't figure out who lives in Hawaii. We apologize if we've forgotten someone, but it would be fun to know who our Hawaii visitor is - my guess is that it could be family from Japan on a nice vacation to the islands. Am I right? Julie has ruled out her friends that used to attend BYU-Hawaii. Anyway, it's fun to guess. Thanks to all our guests for visiting.

I was too young to get to see Pele (one of the best soccer players in the world). At least now I can say that I've seen one of our generations very best, David Beckham (sorry, no sighting of Posh). I have played organized soccer since I was six so you can imagine my excitement to watch this game - FC Dallas vs. LA Galaxy. I can't believe my luck that I scored a front row seat right behind the LA Galaxy bench. I was literally ten feet from the action. Beckham played up to his reputation perfectly passing the ball to his teammates and leading the Galaxy to a 5-1 route of Dallas. So glad I had my new camera for these amazing photos.

Old Indian Dwellings

The Flagstaff area of Arizona has some beautiful scenery and rich history. These are some amazing old Indian dwellings and living areas we were able to see on our travels.

Another new baby

Here are a couple pictures of the new baby bird literally just hatching out of his shell. Caught this by chance. I think all babies come out with their mouths open. Three more eggs to go.
This is what it is like when big brother shares with little brother. My mom and I weighed and measured Braden. He has grown four inches in two months and gained 6 lbs. He now weighs 15 pounds. I thought the car seat was beginning to get a little heavy.

Natures Beauty

These bird eggs are in a planter just outside my mom's back door. Whenever we walk out the door the birds fly off. My mom was sitting in a chair by the back door tonight and said the birds flew back but when they saw her they flew into the garage and sat on the hanging laundry line until she went back inside. Don't know what they are going to do when the 4 eggs hatch. I noticed that each egg looks different from the other just like we do. Interesting.