more vacation activities!

 Red Rocks in Vegas....  notice the snow??

 Hoover Dam

 the new bridge by Hoover Dam

 Mom hiking at the Grand Canyon

 Elic and I having our pic taken by the smallest photographer.

 Georgea took this one too

 One of the tunnels on the hike

 self portrait

 Elic was dancing??!!!

 rock climbing at lunch time

 bluebirds on the way out of the canyon

 Rob and I made it back to the top!!

 Oatman, AZ... you can feed the wild donkeys!

 The dominant male (he has a floppy ear)

 the youngest donkey-- 2 weeks old

 kids in front of a BIG cactus!

 on the drive from California to Washington

 beach park in Seattle

 Rosalee having a good time

 Sweetpea and Georgea looking for sea glass and other treasures!

 they found a lot of these neat little leaf boats...

 Heron

the kids have always enjoyed walking along the wall

We went on a vacation.

 We went to Red Rocks in Las Vegas.  They were having flooding... what better to do then throw rocks?

 Or pose in front of a flooded street???

 Or maybe go hiking and get soaked in the rain?!!!

 Here we are in front of the tree at the Venetian... had to have a family photo op!

 Hoover Dam

 The Grand Canyon

 I love all the trees around there.  They have a lot of character.

 Georgea peeking over the canyon

 Elic's pose

 ....more trees.

Sunset over the canyon was beautiful!

Fall times...

Here's a collection of pictures from things we've been doing this fall...  now we have some snow and cold weather is setting in.  I guess the next collection will be winter!  

 Georgea ready to catch the bus...

 Two happy kids ready for school!

 They were happy we got some apples off our trees this year!

 Georgea showing off her cross country shirt (she was too young to be in the race.)

 Rosalee trying to avoid the camera... but I caught her anyway!  (she'll hate this pic)

 Elic towards the back of the pack at the start...

 but he finished well!!

 Georgea and Elic by their school sign.

 Up at Eureka.. went for lunch one Saturday.

 A little chilly up that way...  Rob's coat wasn't quite thick enough.

 Rosalee and me posing for a quick pic... taken by Elic.  (I think I was mid-sentence)

 Georgea found snow...

 that means... SNOWBALL FIGHT!!!!

 Rosalee's basketball team.

 Rosalee's free throw... she does pretty well with them.

 Here she is chasing that ball down!

 Here's the team....  'c' division CHAMPIONS!!!!

Rosalee checking out the trophy.

glennallen and seward

 

Elic and I visited friends in Glennallen... we found some sun up there and saw the view of their mountains.  They look out on Mt. Drumm and Mt. Sanford.

We also were there at mushroom harvest time... this one is a 'hawk wing.'

 This one is an 'orange delicious'  we had some sauteed up on pizza... pretty tasty.

 Elic and his buddy Jesse at the park visitor center.  The fish wheel was made by some of the local people to show what a traditional wheel would have been like.

Then we took a trip to Seward with my Mom....

 This was the first stop... Primrose campground.  We had planned on staying here, had a great spot... the best, but when we went to register realized it wasn't a state campground (they have a free camping sticker) and we didn't have enough cash (and no checks) to pay... so we had to head on down the road.

 Rosalee and I on the beach.

 Checking out the tide pools... found a crab, or 20.

 This was at our camp spot.  The two trees had grown together... was pretty interesting.

 This was our 3 legged buddy.

 This is on the docks...

 Sweet pea and the kids taking a walk on the docks.