The Canyon that is so GRAND!

We all went to the Grand Canyon on Saturday. We've wanted to go since we moved here in Flagstaff but have never found time. We decided that we need to go before we move back to Utah in May. So we looked at our schedule and this weekend was the perfect weekend to do it. We were going to go last weekend but it was a little chili and windy.

We stopped in the little town before the Grand Canyon and watched the IMAX movie. It was about the secrets of the Grand Canyon and was very interesting. It showed some of the rapids in the canyon. I thought the water was calm and smooth the whole way through the canyon but I was wrong. Braydon like the animals that the movie showed. We then went through the visitors shop and then headed to the Grand Canyon to view it ourselves.

We went to Mather Point first. It was the first stop once you get in. We had a little picnic in our car (since it was a little cold). We then started to walk around and take some pictures. At Mather Point, there is a visitor center and bookstore so we checked them out also. While we were there, we decided to go to Pima Point. Pima Point is a good place to see the Colorado River. We took a few pictures. By that time, Braydon was sick of walking around and was ready to go home.

On the way home, we stopped at a trailer park that had some Fintstones stuff. I think Braydon had more fun there for the 10 minutes we stopped there for, then at the Grand Canyon it self. He was so excited to ride the Flintstone's car and to see the big rocket. You can check out all of our picture in our photo album.

Valentine's: Day O' Love

Hope all had a wonderful Valentine's Day! Ours was very relaxing. We decided to go to lunch/dinner while Braydon was in school so we could have an enjoyable, quiet lunch. We went to Ruby Tuesday's and had a "cheat" day. We stuffed our self with BBQ ribs, chicken strips, shrimp, and onion straws. (Just writing this is making me hungry!) Braydon did Valentines to all his cousins, friends, and school friends so he had plenty of candy. We him a Charlie Brown/Snoopy balloon with some M&M's. Check out our Valentine's pictures in our Album.

Talk to you later.

Is anybody out there?

I was reviewing the last few entries to our blog and was very disappointed. I noticed that there was only one comment (Thanks Laniers) over the last two months. So I ask myself, "Should I spend so much time posting an entry or downloading pictures to our Photo album if nobody is logging on to our website?" If nobody is reading our website, I can spend more time studying or playing with the family!

SO, here's my question to you:

Do you visit our website often and do you like the pictures?

Leave a comment and let me know so I know how many people are reading and to ensure myself that I'm not spending to much time on our site.

OK!!! I'm a Slacker

I know, it's been awhile since my last entry. Things have been busy. School is starting to get more time consuming, but that shouldn't stop me from writing something at least once a week. We spent this last weekend in Las Vegas visiting some friends. I had the Thur. and Fri. off from school so we head to the Crane's house Wednesday night.

We meet up with Katie's mom for dinner at PF Changs because she was in town for a craftshow (which was a good selling point to get Katie to go to Vegas!!!) I highly recommend PF Changs if your into chinesse food. The next day we took Braydon down to the "Strip" to see some of the sights. We first went to the MGM casino. They have a lions in a glass cage where you can actually go in and have the lions walk on top of you. We then went to M&M World that was next door. Braydon of course loved it since he's a candy. We got to build a customized bag of m&m's that we let Braydon pick out the colors in the bag. We got 1 lb of candy for $9.00 (not a bargin at all!!!) but it's the experience, I guess. We also got him a stuffed m&m man dressed up as Darth Vader that he will not leave alone.

Friday night, Mike and I went out and hit the Casino's. We signed up and played in a texas hold'em tournament. It was a $60 entry fee that got you about $3500 in chips for the no-limit tournament. It had 137 people in it and I ended up finishing about 55th. Not bad for my first live tournament. It was a good experience. We then went to play a limit game in which I was able to double my $40 to $80. So basically for about the 7 hours I play texas hold'em, I only lost 20 bucks, which is not bad at all.

Saturday, Lorey and Katie went to the George Strait concert and had a great time, while Mike and I watch the children and played X-box. Sunday we left and make a stop at the Hoover Dam. That was a cool place to visit and look at how massive the dam is. We got home in time to watch the Superbowl. I didn't care who won but I was pulling for the Seahawks since they had never been there before.

We have a ton of pictures in the Photo Album (about 7-8 new folders) so check it out.

First Week of School

Well, I made it through my first week back to school and I don't think it will be as bad as I thought. Don't get me wrong, it will be tough but we have a lot of free time to make up to some studying time. We usually begin each day between 8-9 am. and get out between noon-5 (depending on the day). Here is a list of the classes I'm taking this semester:

Neurophysiological Therapeutics II (3)
Musculoskeletal Therapeutics II (3)
Organization and Administration (2)
Life Cycle II (2)
Prosthetics and Orthotics (2) - 6 week course
Psychosocial Aspects of Rehabilitation (2) - 6 week course
Medical Therapeutics (2) - 6 week course
Patient Presentations (1)

It will be nice also that this semester we are learning to put everything together. It's basically a semester of mini-interns which is nice!!

Family is doing great! Braydon is loving school and Katie is enjoying work (not really). Katie's official schedule for our last 5 months is M 7-noon, T 7-noon, W 7-3, Th OFF, F 7-3, Weekend OFF. This goes around my school schedule so that somebody will be able to get Braydon to and from school.