Thumb Butte hike

Here we are on a family hike up Thumb Butte near our home in Prescott.  Aubry, Jonathan and Bryan climbed to the very top through some very steep and slippery areas.   Humprey's Peak is in the background.

On the way down the "mountain" Daphne was in her stroller when it got away for just a brief moment.  Just as the stroller was tipping over and Daphne was about to fall on her face, Wendie caught her and the stroller and said, "Don't worry!  You're okay.  Mommy saved you!"  Daphne then said, "Wow!  Do you have super powers?"   We have known for a long time that Wendie is Wonder Woman.

There was still snow on the north side of the mountain which made for a slippery ascent and descent at times.  Thomas fell on some of the ice and hurt his thumb pretty good.  Ironic that it was on "Thumb Butte".

Stopped by the store to pick up some ice cream on the way home.  We ate homemade blizzards as a way to finish off the afternoon.

What a fun day with the family.

15th Anniversary spent in Hawaii

We had an opportunity to go to Hawaii for our 15th wedding anniversary.  I convinced Wendie to go on a 22-mile backpacking trip along the Na Pali Coast on Kauai.  It was a very challenging hike to say the least but we all made it.  We went with some dear friends of ours - Stuart and Carmelle Davis.

Bryan and Wendie on a cliff at sunset with a spot cut out in the foliage that overlooks Kalalau.  This was an absolutely gorgeous place.  The shore behind us looks deceptively close.

The picture of the plant with the surf behind it was taken from our campsite.  Being that we were there in November the surf was really rough.  In fact, there was only one guy that was brave/stupid enough to go into the waves at all.  If it is any indication of his state of mind - he was very "au natural".

Wendie and Bryan at the Marriott hotel enjoying some rest and relaxation at last.

Wendie was such a trooper.  It was rough but we will always look back on the trip with fond memories.

Bryan

SO much to post!!!

So many things have happened since our last post...and I'm sorry that it's taken so long to put things up. For one, we are moving on the 26th, something that im PRETTY sure most people know, but you never know. Any how, heres a list of some of the things that have happened:

a: Daphne got her cast off (actually, she had 2 casts!) which she still has.
2: Halloween came and went, along with a BUNCH of sugar and nightmares/screaming at night.
d: The parents went to Hawaii!!! they brought home so many pictures......
5: Curtis had his farewell...alot of X&O there...and alot of pictures that need framing

SOOOOOOO many pictures accompany these stories....854 in fact (including pictures of houses that we might pick) that i decided NOT to put any of them up here, as Blogger limits me to putting up 5 pictures per post, and i'd rather not put up 5 posts....especially in one night. I was thinking about putting alot of the pictures up on a Picture gallery online (like Flickr, or Photobuket) but I have yet to decide what to do...but we just have so many pictures that need to be seen by family and friends that its just not possible to put up 5 pictures that sum up all of the above. But i DID decide to put up my FAVORITE (or one of them, anyway) picture of the trip to Hawaii. Its nothing flashy, just a picture of mom sitting at the beach with the sunset in the background.


I'll post the URL of the site of our gallery IF we get one...that is yet to be seen.