North Carolina May 2010

This is just some of the highlights from our trip. We went to watch our 1st granddaughter be baptized. That was a very cool experience. She was so cute and so ready to be baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints.

Kimberly, Sean and Carter also were able to go. We love going to the zoo with the kids, North Carolina has an awesome zoo.

We had a great time as usual. We love North Carolina, it is so pretty. I can see why Stacie & Whit love it so much.

Vegas Trip

On February 7th Eric and I went on a little getaway to Las Vegas. We flew from Idaho Falls on Alligant Air. We bought $9.99 tickets one way, coming home was $39.99, pretty cheap. Hard to pass that up. The end of January Eric got sick with what we thought was Bells Palsy, (Another post, sometime) We already had the tickets and he was feeling pretty good then so we still went. I am so glad we did because we had so much fun together. We spent the night in Vegas, rented a car and drove to the Grand Canyon. It was a fun day. The new road at Hoover Dam is awesome. We drove to a little town called Williams Arizona and spent the night. It is a little town on Route 66. Pretty cool. I could not believe the snow they had. I thought it was suppose to be hot in Arizona! The next morning we boarded a train to the Grand Canyon. It took about 2 hours to get there but it was so much fun. On the way there we had coach tickets, we were in the cheap seats. You know with the poor people :o) But on the way home they booted us up to 1st class. I guess they felt sorry for us or something. I didn't complain. We had entertainment, train robbers, and on 1st class we had refreshments. In coach we just had water.

The Grand Canyon is Awesome! I went as a kid. I remember camping but I can't remember the Canyon it's self, funny huh? How could I forget something that beautiful. I was just in awe. The weather wasn't very cold. It was overcast and snowy at times but not bad. I thought it added to the beauty. We had about 3 hours there then we headed back on the train.

After arriving back we headed back to Vegas. We got there about 8:30 that night. We had reservations at Cesar's Palace. When we went to check in every Paul Mitchell school from around the country was trying to check in. We stood in line for about a half an hour then an employee from Cesar's came up to us and said " You aren't with the school are you?" How could she tell? Maybe the lack of black clothing and purple hair, maybe, I don't know. Anyway she said to follow her. She took us to the VIP check-in. They said they only had an optional smoking room with two beds left. We reserved a non-smoking with a king bed. I was tired and a little on edge at that time. Once again they felt sorry for us and up graded our room to a suite. I didn't complain. It was pretty nice. The next day we saw the sights of Vegas. That night we went to Donny & Marie. I loved it! So worth it to see the show. Then the the next day we headed back home. It was a great getaway!

The new road going over the dam - Our Train - Eric & I in coach, I love his crooked smile!

The Canyon!

The train station - The train robbers!

1st class seats - Our suite in Vegas.

Mr. Carter Sean West

I found this in my camera.

Way to cute! Those are my glasses and grandpa's scriptures. He is the cutest kid!

Grandkids are the best. They always bring a smile to my face.

I miss all of them right now. Grandpa has been sick so I need someone to make me laugh!

Turning 22

Scott's Birthday!

It is hard to believe that Scott turned 22 on February 4th 2010.

Where do the years go? It seems like yesterday that he was born.

Not a real cute photo of his mother :) but it was the day he came home from the hospital.

We had a quiet little party for him. Both grandparents were out of town so we celebrated with his cute friend Ashley, Kylie, Kimberly and Carter.

Christmas Morning 2009

Christmas Morning 2009! What a Great Christmas. We wished all the kids were home. We loved having Kim and Sean. We got to spoil Carter. He was so much fun. Santa was pretty good to him. We also loved having Grams & Gramps with us this year. Don't they look cute in their Christmas pj's? Thanks everyone for all the gifts, you all did way to much. We love you!

I found that you can click on the collage and view it bigger.

North Carolina - Thanksgiving

I hope this works! I tried to do a collage. I wasn't sure how to move the photo's around so they got out of order. Oh well. We started our trip out helping Ryan and Starla move into their new house. The last photo should be the first. Scott is sleeping on the job. The washer needed to go up stairs. He was taking a break. Now go back to the top, it starts with Emma. Then we go to North Carolina. We went out to watch the kids so their parents could go play. We had so much fun. We pulled the girls out of school and headed to Virgina. We went to a civil war site. Appomattox Virgina. It was the place where General Grant and Lee made the treaty to end the war. Then we just saw lots of fun things. We drove the croaked road. (blue grass music is big all along the road). We went to Mt. Airy where The Andy Griffith show was filmed. I thought it was way cool. Kylie had no idea what the Andy Griffith show even was :) how sad.

When we returned home my Brother and his wife Marcy came to spend thanksgiving with us. It was so nice. It had been years since we had turkey dinner together. We prepared the dinner, then Stacie and Whit arrived home. So we all had dinner together. It was such a nice time.

The Friday after thanksgiving we loaded up and went to a tree farm and found the perfect Christmas tree. That was so much fun. We took a hay ride to the trees, past tobacco drying in a barn. This was the first Christmas tree we got to help pick with the kids since they moved to North Carolina. I'm so glad we got to be with them. It was really special. We had such a great visit.

Goodbye Big Blue

This is Big blue. The guy we bought her from about 6 years ago wanted to buy her back, so we sold her. We had a lot of good times on her. We both felt it was time to give her up. We had talked about it, then the original owner called. So we did it. Eric found another bike that he liked in Portland Oregon. So we flew to Portland to pick her up and drive her home. I have to admit I was a little nervous. The unknown was a little nerving. First of all the guy wanted cash. He said he would pick us up at the airport and take us to the bike. My thoughts were that he was going to hit us over the heads and rob us and dump our bodies over a cliff somewhere.
Eric reassured me that that would not happen. Anyway he did pick us up and he was very nice. He took us to his dealership and we picked up the bike. We loved it. We were both very excited about the bike. It needed a new tire so the guy followed us to the Yamaha store and we waited for the tire then we were on our way. We took a few detours through Portland. We saw some beautiful falls along the way. The bike ran good and we had such a good time. The first night we made it to LaGrande Oregon.
The next morning we both woke up early and we had the same thought that if we were going to be safe that day we needed to go to church. I didn't pack anything. I had to pack really light so we could put everything on the plane and on the bike. Our luggage carried our leathers ,a comb, tooth brushes, mascara, change of undies and not to much more. So we had nothing for church. We called Walmart and they opened at 6:00 am. So we got up and went shopping. (I know we broke the sabbath so we could go to church - funny huh?) I bought a skirt and blouse, Eric bought a pair of pants and a shirt and tie. I also bought a round brush, hairspray and a cute pair of sandals. We were set. We got ready and we were cute I wish I had taken pictures. We had to ride the bike to church. In my dress, yes it was sweet. (I also only packed long garments, I kept trying to roll them up) We made it though. We were going to sit in the back and enjoy the meeting and be on our way. When we walked in I ran into my old roommate from Ricks. It was fun to see her. She didn't recognize me though. It's been 20 years, plus I looked pretty cute. We visited after church for a minute and then we were on our way. As we were leaving the missionaries walked out and saw us on the bike in my skit. It was great. We did feel better about driving on Sunday. We went from there to Stanley Idaho. The weather was beautiful. The next morning we woke up to a heavy frost. It was coooold. We had to stop at a little cafe and warm up with a hot chocolate. After that it warmed up and we made it back home. We went 830 miles. It was great. We fell in love with the bike. Now that winters here we hate the thoughts of not being able to ride.

The new bike. She needs a name!

Eric and I at the falls.