Scenes from Supai

Thought I share a few shots from my trip to Havasupai on Friday. This time we hiked in, which gave me a much better view of things close up compared to the helicopter. This is the beautiful sight that greets you at the bottom of the largest descent into the canyon. The village is just 8 miles down the trail.

There were multiple horse/mule trains that day; each followed by a cowboy and thier dog. Most of the supplies for the village, including the mail, is carried in by these hard working and somewhat pitiful animals.

This guy made us laugh. He stopped and munched on this mesquite treee, and then he really had to run to catch up with the rest of the train.

Some of the cacti were blooming.

You know you are getting close to the village once the cottonwood trees start to appear.

Almost there, and feeling good. It was a bit hot-about 80 degrees.

Look, a cute little LDS church-who knew?

This is the view of the hiking trail from the hekicopter. I sat in the front with the pilot. He was sending a text message while flying. Technology-you never can escape it!

Another view from the helicopter. You can see that I had a wide open view in the front of the chopper. It was rather breathtaking!  Hopefully next time I can make it to the turquoise blue waterfalls that are two miles beyond the village, there was only time for business on this trip.

New Wheels

We thought it was time for Charlotte to learn to ride a bike! We picked up this bike second hand at a killer price! It is a nice brand and in really good shape. It has flowers and fairies on it-so she thinks it's great.

She rides very slowly and cautiously, and loves to honk the horn anytime anyone passes by.

We've been out several times and she is slowly getting braver. It will be easier when those little stick legs build some muscle! We look forward to lots of bike riding this summer.

Thought I'd throw in this shot of Olivia. She put her pajamas on upside down the other night and thought she was so clever.

Easter

It was a glorious Easter day today. The sun was shining, and there was hardly any wind. The girls looked so springy in their Easter dresses.

I recently had Charlotte hair cut, since she wouldn't let me comb it. She looks so sweet with her short hair.

Had to share this one-Olivia wouldn't lay down because the grass was slightly wet. Charlotte looks distraught because she fell and scuffed her wrist on a rock. Wouldn't be a proper photo shoot without some tears!



At least she posed in front of the daffodil patch.

The Easter bunny dropped off a couple of nice baskets this morning. Olivia got a cute Unicorn (she's been asking for one for a while).

The Bunny brought Charlotte this cool dragon-it was a big hit!

We went to an Easter festival at a nearby nursery on Saturday. There was an egg hunt, face painting, crafts and a petting zoo. This little guy is 5 days old, he was making the cutest baby goat sounds-poor thing got malled.

A sunny April day was a great Easter blessing this year-we've had snow on Easter before. We are so grateful for the blessings that Jesus Christ's made possible for us. I am so happy to know that our family can be forever. Happy Easter.

Adventures

Today my work day included a chopper ride into the Grand Canyon. There is a Tribe of Indians called the Havasupai that live down there.

Here are some scenes from the ride.

A beautiful aquamarine creek runs through town and eventually leads to several waterfalls. Unfortunately we didn't have time to hike down to the falls; maybe next time.

Here I am with one of our community partners that flew in with us.

I'll admitt the chopper ride was a bit scarey, I do not like heights! But, it does beat a day in the office!

Snow Day!!!

We had an early Spring snow storm this weekend. The whole town shut down; including my office. So, it was a snow day today. Hooray! The girls and I played paper dolls, painted with water colors and we've got plans for peanut butter cookie making this evening.

Scott forgot to bring in his beloved cactus-it's not the first snowstorm it's weathered.

This was the view from the front door Sunday morning.

This was the view from the back.

By the end of the storm we had about two feet.

Finn loves the snow.

Here he is with a case of "the crazies".

Olivia gobbled up a bunch of fresh snow.

Charlotte tried to catch some flakes on her tounge.

It's been a very dry winter, so it was nice to get some moisture. But, we are all hoping this is the last bit of snow and spring will warm things up soon!

Girls Tri p 2012

We did it! After years of talking about it, we actually took a girls trip-no husbands, no kids (except for Johanna-but she hardly counts as a kid these days). We met in Phoenix for 5 days of warm weather, and uninterrupted fun!

Let the Pig-nic begin! We dubbed it the week of the "pig-nic" because of the endless flow of treats and desserts. We started the week off with donuts-lots of them.

Day two was a trip to Sedona. Here we are looking lovely against the red rock back drop.

This was as far as we managed to climb up, the view was amazing!
We would have gone further were it not for poor shoe choices and a pregnant girl; not trying to blame Katy-she was the bravest climber of the bunch.



Mom striking a picturesque pose.

A friendly Sedona squirrel benefiting from our leftovers.

On the way home from Sedona we stopped at a famous pie shop. After two days without a man, Katy was feeling lonely and pulled the moves on this innocent guy.

The pie shop had plenty of "charm", the pie was very tasty; more coconut cream anyone? Next time we'll forget about ordering dinner.

Day three was reserved for lounging in and out of the pool, and spa treatments. Andrea put together a lovely feast for us all.

An aggressive native tried to make off with our lunch...ooops, that's just Katy.

After a few nights of late night partying, we were hoping a facial would

impove our appearance. Is it working?

Then there was an alien siting...oh, that's just Andrea peeling off her

face mask.

After we all got beautiful; we went to see Wicked. It was great-we all really enjoyed it! Not pictured is the pig-nicking we did at IHOP after the show at 11:30pm-we were hungry!!!

My girls did stop by on our last evening to get some rare time with Grandma and Aunties.

What a blast-daydreams about our fun time will get me through the end of our long cold winter in Flagstaff. Can't wait for girls trip 2014!!!

Care for a spot of tea?

We had a Valentine's Tea Party today-just for fun. I found some tea cups and a tea pot at the Goodwill to use. Charlotte has been practicing her serving skills.

Mmmm, the treats were tasty!

The sugar cookies were perfection, thanks to Scott's masterful technique. I did the decorating with a little help from some expert "sprinklers".

Here we are before the guests arrived.

Holding treats in both hands isn't exactly proper tea party etiquette.

This is Charlotte Fancy Nancy dress- a hand-me-down from a girl in the Ward. Isn't she cute!

We had three little friends over. The kids ate their sweets and made some cute crafts. It was a lovely party.