Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - Wordless Wendnesday: Grandeur
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - More Derailment in Arizona
I've been so slow with blogging lately! The holiday season has us busy! (My photo host has also been giving me fits in uploading pictures. It is usually fabulous, so I'm spoiled.)
I finally managed to upload pictures, so we'll continue the play-by-play of our Arizona trip!
Over there:
And a then from "over there":
What a beautiful and awe inspiring sight. Pictures (at least my pictures) can't do the Grand Canyon justice.
As amazing as the natural wonder is, anywhere we go I enjoy watching people: the people were fascinating, and in return, I realized that people were watching us.
So many people wanted to take our pictures! Oh, yes, a few kind souls offered to take a picture of our whole family (one of them is posted a few posts down). That didn't surprise me. What was odd was those who wanted to take our picture with their own cameras! There were visitors from all over the world--many from Asian countries. The Asian women were fascinated with our children. They'd see Kieran coming around a corner and "ooh!" and "aah" over him. (We think he's pretty cute ourselves.) Then they'd see Keegan and say, "Brother? Oh! he has brother!" A moment later they'd clap their hands in delight seeing the three girls! "All brothers and sisters? All? One, two, three, four, five?" It was astounding to me because while five is more than our national average, it isn't something that usually stops traffic. Several of the ladies asked if they could take the children's picture. Their exuberance and genuine excitement was irresistible, so we were happy to oblige, but I do wish I'd taken a picture of them taking their pictures.
The other picture I wish I'd taken was of the Condor Man. As we were heading back toward the train, we saw a man waving an antenna back and forth. He was off by himself, but as we got closer he looked over at us, and seemed amiable. The children asked what he was doing,. (Ken and I were curious ourselves). We walked over to ask, and ended up being given a wonderful science lesson. He explained that he was picking up signals from California Condors, and provided a wealth of information on the enormous, endangered birds.
Next up, in my super-slow play-by-play, the return train ride. Stay tuned, it might be a day or three unless I can mend my ways.
Friday, December 4, 2009 - Oops... Got Derailed
I started to post about our trip to Arizona and the Grand Canyon, but got derailed just before posting about the train! We took a train to the north rim, and the ride was an experience to remember!
Before the trip: Kieran got in with a rough crowd, and made the acquaintance of some train robbers!:
The train!
Kieran much prefered this mode of travel to his car seat:
Outside our window--Looks alot like Wyoming!
And in addition to fascinating information told as we traveled, we had great entertainment!
Stay tuned. I really will get to the actual canyon soon! (If I don't get derailed again. It seemed that once we got home and unpacked the Christmas season just hit full force! Life is busy, but good!)
Next stop: The North Rim.
Monday, November 30, 2009 - En Route to the Grand Canyon
Your guesses were right on the photo in the post below! We did indeed go to the Grand Canyon, and it was Grand indeed!
Ken's accustomed to staying up at night, having a night-shift job, so he decided we'd do the bulk of the 14 hour van ride while the sun slept.
The children were fantastic travelers, but some found it easier than others. This photo pretty much sums up Kieran's thoughts about 14 hours in a carseat--he was good and didn't really cry or grumble, but he wasn't exactly excited:
Keegan and the girls were more cheery, but then they understood the destination a little better:
More coming as I get the pictures up. Not only did we stop by and enjoy the Grand Canyon on the way to see Ken's brother in Arizona, but we took the... oopps, I'm getting ahead of myself again! Stay tuned...
Sunday, November 29, 2009 - We are home! (Can you guess where we went?)
I apologize for the unexplained blog absence. Ken kidnapped us and took us on a ride--a long ride. We had a fabulous time, and I'll update more later, as I'm catching up on laundry and decorating for Christmas tonight!
Meanwhile, can you guess where we were? Photohint below:
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