Zion National Park - April 1-3rd, 2022

Tonya flew to visit us for a few days . When she got here, the "girls" went to lunch at Olive Garden. Then she spent the afternoon doing scrapbook stuff with Jessica. We had a camping trip to Zion planned, so she came with us. The weather was perfect, and the crowds were not bad at all. We rode the shuttle into Springdale and ate at the Pizza Noodle. We played Yahtzee a few times. We also rode the canyon shuttle to the end and hiked the easy trail to the Narrows. The next day we rode the shuttle up the canyon again and hiked to lower Emerald Pools. My hips were hurting and so we didn't go any further. We stopped at the lodge and took a picture by the Big tree. The last day camping we drove through the tunnel and hiked to the Petroglyphs and then to my favorite spot in the whole canyon. It is where the tree grows out of the rock. On Tonya's last day here we had a girl's day and went out to The Crepery for breakfast, and then went to the movie "The Lost City". In the evening we watched the Home and Garden channel. It was fun having Tonya visit.

Great Grandpig!!! March 31st, 2022

MaKayla bought a Guinea Pig a couple of months ago, and today she brought it over and we got to meet her . Her name is Chuck.  (They thought it was a boy, but they were wrong...) She likes to eat fruit and vegetables. She is very quiet. 

Lilly is 10! March 28th, 2022

 Lilly is 10 today. She wanted some Frog presents and loved her new hoodie. We went to dinner at Golden Corral, and then back to her house for yummy strawberry cake and opened presents. MaKayla gave her a bunch of cute plants for her room.

San Felipe, Mexico - March 10-15th, 2022

We haven't been to San Felipe for 3 years, so we were excited to go again. This time we brought Sam and Lilly. We all need to have passports now, and this time we also got the Global Entry to make crossing the border much quicker. The first night we stayed in Yuma and met up with Brad's family. We drove into Mexico on Friday. It was colder and really windy. We still had a lot of fun as usual. Brad's friends came with 5 of their kids. Everyone got along really well. We played a lot of games, ate good food and snacks. On Sat. and Sunday the tide was in far enough that most of the kids got in the water. Doug and I took lots of walks on the beach. One day we all found 6 Octopus. Sam was holding one and it stung him pretty bad. Stephanie sprayed it with Windex and that helped ease the pain. On Saturday we went into town and the kids got souvenirs . Sam bought a hammock. Lilly didn't want to sit for hours and get her hair braided, so we didn't do that. One night 4 of the kids taped glow sticks to their clothes and we turned out all the lights and they did a performance. It was really cute. It was very relaxing to just hang out and do nothing. It is such a fun place for a vacation!

We celebrated Rocky's birthday the last morning there. One of the things I thought was sad, was seeing the huge brown wall separating our country from Mexico. It doesn't seem fair that we need to be separated like that. We are all God's children!!

Florida - February 19th, 2022

We flew to Florida to spend the week with Beth and Dave. Ali and Kiki picked us up at the airport. We were able to spend the evening with them. They both love their jobs here and were happy to see us! They took us to Pier Park to see the sunset and then to dinner at Dick's .

'57 Chevy - February 12th, 2022

Doug drove his chevy from the shop to our house so we could go for the first ride in it. He has spent over 550 hours restoring it so far. He did a great job, and is very proud of it. He has a few things he needs to adjust, but he is hoping to be totally finished soon. He has been saving our whole life to be able to pay for this. 

Pine Park Campground - February 12th, 2022

 Scott and the girls came for a quick weekend trip, and we took them to Pine Park. It is a beautiful place to hike through. The white formations are stunning. It was a real muddy dirt road getting there, but the hike was dry. We stopped for a picnic at the campground after. Where we parked, we had to crawl under a fence and hike in instead of driving, so that is probably why we only saw one other couple on the road. The truck got so muddy that we had to take it to a carwash as soon as we could find one on the way home. There was some snow in the shady spots, but the weather was perfect for hiking. Gwyneth was taking a lot of really cool photos, and I think this one of a plant growing is amazing. She has a real eye for photography!