The real world....

We're back from our vacation and back to the real world. Our week off went way too fast but we had a great time. We flew into Phoenix on Sat morning, stopped for breakfast at my mom's favorite place Cracker Barrel. I'm not really sure what all the fuss is about with this place but my mom and some of my other family thinks its the greatest. So we ate there twice!

We made it to Grand Canyon in time to check out the sunset. It was beautiful and seeing the Canyon for the first time during a sunset was awesome. We stayed the night in a little town just south of there and after breakfast we went back to the Canyon to walk around more. We also drove the rim road out which was on our way to Four Corners.

Jered was happy with Four Corners. I made him lay down in the middle of the monument and let me take his picture. Plus a very nice man from Florida took a family picture for us. Ashlyn is only 6 months old and has already stood in four states at one time!

After Four Corners we drove the last bit of the way to Kirtland to my family's place. It was so good to finally be there! We did a lot of driving in just two days. We didn't do much while we there, a lot of relaxing. It was so nice. Jered, Eddie, Uncle Rick and my cousin Ricky went fishing one day, they went shooting quite a few times. One day we drove to Durango and around my cousin Stephane's family ranch. We visited a lot! We ate way too much good food. When Sat rolled around again I don't think any of us were quite ready to go home yet.

Ashlyn did really good on the trip. She slept on the airplane, she slept in the car, she did NOT sleep all night except once. Another successful trip. Our next one is less than a month away. Another of our friends is getting married and we're flying down to LA for the wedding. We'll be flying into Burbank airport and staying with our other friends in Santa Clarita. This one will be short and sweet since we don't have as much time. But still great to see our friends and our other friends get married.

This is what Ashlyn did most of the time we were in the car....sleep!

With Mama and Daddy.

Grammy and Grandpa with Ashlyn.

Sunset....beautiful!

Entrance to Grand Canyon

Ashlyn trying a lemon...she loved it!

Jered at 4 Corners...in four states at once!

Tripp checking out Ashlyn...I'd love to know what he's thinking :)

The fisherman with their catch....

Grammy and Opa with Kayden, Ashlyn and Lexie

Grill Masters...Stefane and Ricky :)

Grammy holding Lexie and Ashlyn

Kayden, Lexie and Ashlyn

View of Mt St Helens from the airplane. Pretty cool!

Tori and Sinder were excited to come home. They stayed with my dad and Tracy for more than a week. Luke and Charlie jumped in too....I guess they didn't want them to go home!