The First Decade!

We just celebrated our 10th anniversary! Woohoo! We went to the north rim of the Grand Canyon for a 5 day get-away- many, indefinite thanks to Faith and Gary for taking care of all the kids! We had a great time and a great camp site that overlooked a side canyon a little ways outside of the Park . We spent our days biking, hiking, or just enjoying the general splendor of where we were. A short hike from our camp site we found a bunch of rocks with sea shell fossils in them- pretty darn cool. C is somewhat an amateur geologist, especially concerning the Grand Canyon, so it was especially cool to learn more about it while actually being there. The Canyon is always a great reminder of God's greatness, the great sin man is capable of and His great mercy. C also put together a slide show of our first 10 years together- starting with when we were dating, into our honeymoon (which took us traveling in a camper through some national parks, including the North Rim), through some key Bible verses in our marriage, and of course all the kids. :) I'll put that in a different post.

Oh yeah, the night before we left, Berea slammed her head on the corner of a cabinet (or rocking chair- not sure)- instant mammoth goose egg. She also hit it again while we were gone, so when we came back Sunday, this bruise was brown and her eyes were kinda black at the corners as well. So sad. :(

The old and new Navajo bridges at Marble Canyon.

Some amazing friends lent us their truck and trailer- what a cushy ride! Amazingly easier than tenting it.

Eating in style- grilled steak, veggies, rice, french bread with olive oil/Dijon dip, sparkling raspberry juice...

Christian at an overlook in the park.

Along the Widforss Trail

Cool shell fossils

C on some walk we went on... maybe Cape Royal? Cape Final? Not sure.

There were so many beautiful wildflowers- these ones are striking on the background of a burnt log from the big fire 10 or so years ago (the fire had just been put out shortly before our honeymoon trip there)

Christian laughed at me for looking for fossils on the trail- but I found one! While I was walking, no less! He was terribly impressed and spent the rest of the hike looking at the ground... :)

We saw plenty of wildlife! This is a "horned lizard" we spotted on one hike. We also saw lots of deer, foxes (or coyotes, not sure- they were a little ways away), and even some wild turkeys! But we didn't get any pictures of those. :)

C enjoyed experimenting with black and white