Long Time, No Post!!!

We have had a busy week and I have not been able to post anything for the last week or so. It was Spring Break here and NAU so we decided to go up to Utah and Surprise my dad for a Surprise 50th (YES, he is that OLD!!!) birthday party. That was really our only reason to go. I was just glad that my Spring Break landed how it was so everything worked out without a hitch.

While we were up there, we decided to have birthday parties for Braydon. It is about a month away from his birthday but he wanted to have a party with all his cousins and Grandparents.

We did add 4 new photo albums which are:
1. Dad's Surprise 50th B-day
2. Braydon's 4th B-day with Moore's
3. Playing at the Moore's
4. Braydon's 4th B-day with Rogers

Sorry that it's not very detailed but I need to relax from out drive and get back into our sleeping/waking up pattern.

P.S. We also ended up trading in our Toyota Pickup for a 2001 Nissan Xterra
(Pictures to Come Later)

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!

YES, I know it's March but this week we got our 1st snow of the year. It started Thursday Night and has not stopped since(it's now Sunday afternoon). It was so bad this morning that church was cancelled. I went out to start shoveling us out this morning when Katie got a call that said church was cancelled. I was glad that I finished so later this evening/early Monday morning, getting out will be a lot easier. Braydon got in his snow gear and played for a while in the snow. His checks and hands were just red when he came in but loved every second of it.

Yesterday, we celebrated Katie's birthday. We went to shopping so Braydon and I could get our presents for her. Braydon got her a Cocomotion. It's a hot chocolate maker that heats and mixes your hot chocolate. We tested it out yesterday and this morning and makes some great Hot Coco. I bought her a Smoothie maker. It makes some good smoothie's because we just HAD to test it out also. We then went to Red Lobster for lunch and had some good seafood(our favorite).
We did add two new photo albums of our weekend so feel free to take a peek!!

You Using Your Whole Fist, Doc?

We just took our Toyota truck to the dealership to get the steering fixed because of a recall on a part. We've also noticed a oil leak coming from the front of the engine so I wanted them to take a look while it was in the shop. I was expecting it to be a seal or o-ring problem (which it was) and it would cost $100-$200. I just about died when the guy from the dealership called and said it was the o-ring and seal and the total cost was going to be $350.

Yes, I crapped my pants!!!

Yes, I feel like I bent over and took it up.....(you know the rest)!!!

I knew it had to be fixed and I don't have the means or time to do it myself so I had them finish the job. When I went to pay, I got the receipt and looked it over to see if the o-ring or seal were made out of gold. They were not, just plain rubber and steel. The total for these little parts was around $30. The rest of the bill was labor, $320 worth of labor. I could not believe that.

With all of that, I might have to change professions. I mean, I'm guessing it took 4 hours to fix it, so the mechanic is making $80/hour. As a physical therapist, I will only make around $25/hour.

Enough of the complaining, my friend and I put a new radio/cd player in my truck. It took us about 3 hours to do it because we needed to figure out what wires went to what. We had it working the all the bells and whistles and then when we went to mount it in, it stopped working so we checked all the wires again and it was dead. We didn't do anything to the power wire to make it stop giving power to the radio. If anybody out there has any ideas, please let me know.

P.S. the title is in reference to Fletch if you didn't catch it the first time!!!

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.