Grand Falls

The Grand Falls is about 45 minutes from our home.  It's a large run-off/waterfall out in the middle of nowhere.  We always have a fun time when we drive out there.

On our hike down to the bottom of the falls, there is a hill covered in black sand.  This is actually my kid's favorite part! We spend hours playing in the soft sand.  It makes me want to take them to White Sands in New Mexico for a vacation sometime!

This is Ashyln and Hallie.

So Much Fun with My Sister Aubrey's Family!

Here are some more pictures of our day at the Grand Falls.  This is Taige.

Hallie

Brooklyn

My brother-in-law Eric and his son Carter

Hallie, Kailan & her good friend Isabelle

Aubrey's oldest son, Isaac

Isaac

Digging huge holes at the top!

Simply Angelic! I love to see kids playing in the dirt and having a great time!

Mark with our adorable nephew, Ian.

Our Day at Grand Falls (cont.)

My amazing sister, Aubrey!

Aubrey and her husband Eric

I think the girls are ready to start hiking again!

Ashlyn & Hallie

It's a race! Isaac is taking her!

There goes Taige!

Cousins! Carter, Taige & Isaac

Aubrey posing for the camera again!

Taige did great digging a huge hole!

Isabelle & Kailan digging their enormous hole!

Leprechaun Traps!

The Chapman's came up from Tucson during Spring Break.  We started off our time together by making leprechaun traps! They brought a whole garbage bag of recyclable items and my children had saved every box, paper towel roll, etc. as well.  We had so much stuff! They went right to work making their own individual traps.  And they worked! Well almost.  They didn't actually catch the leprechaun, but it must have been close because lots of their gold chocolate fell out of their pockets and right into the traps!

A few of their masterpieces.....

More traps on the counter, in the living room and entrance way!

Every single year....... those Leprechauns make such a mess of my house!!!

I'm always so scared to wake up - I never know what I'm going to wake up to! Green milk is something I can always count on.

The leprechauns left us a BIG note! They think they're so tricky!

Happy 50th Birthday Aunt Lisa!

When we went to WY for Abi's dad's funeral we were able to meet her dad's sister, Lisa.  We also met Scott's step-mom Phyllis and her daughter Joan.  They are all such wonderful people and truly the silver lining of our trip! Now my children are fortunate to have another grandma and 2 more aunts! Our family is Abi's and now Abi's family is ours!

We made a large banner for Lisa's 50th.

We took a picture and had it blown up.  (I think around 16x20)

Then we cut it into a 50 piece puzzle and laminated the pieces and mailed it to her.

After Lisa put it together, she hung it on her sewing room wall, took a picture and emailed us this picture.  Proof that she did it!

Gymnastics!

 

Jordynn participated with WY School of Gymnastics from age 7 to age 13.  She was on the team and competed for several years.  Since we've lived in Flagstaff, it hasn't worked out for her to continue with gymnastics.  She has REALLY missed it a lot.  She recently applied to work at a gym here in town.  Last week she was able to start 'shadowing' another coach.  Unfortunately they do not have any coaching positions opened at this time, but they did offer her a class to assist (it's a larger class with only 1 coach) in exchange for enrollment in the Teen Tumbling class.  She went to the Thursday night class last week and had the time of her life.  She was super excited that she could still do a round off, back tuck and a back handspring, back tuck without a spot.  Now she's trying to get her front handspring, front tuck back.  She said she landed on her bottom, but it was also toward the end and she was really tired.  It'll come! Yesterday was her first day assisting.  She is so happy to be back in the gym!

Knoles Elementary Orchestra & Band Concert

Abi & Chase are both in 5th grade.  They began playing in Orchestra and Band this year.  Abi is loving the viola and doing really well with it.  Chase started out playing the trumpet and then after talking with his band teacher decided to switch to the french horn (they were in need).  When I was in eighth grade, I switched from the clarinet to the french horn.