Zion and Bryce

After completing my presentation yesterday, I decided to take advantage of the proximity of a few national parks today.  I left Vegas early and had a chance to experience both Zion and Bryce Canyon National parks...here are a few images from the day...

Zion

Bryce Canyon

Experiential education convention

A convention for people who love the outdoors in Vegas?!  I wasn't sure, but here was the view from the plane on the way in...wow!

But then again, here is the convention site...

I am a self-proclaimed groupie of this convention...I love these people...they work off the premise that we learn best by taking part in rich experiences and then talking about them with people you care about...my kind of learning!  This year I presented on community and we had a great discussion! 

Then afterward, I snuck out to Red Rock canyon for a quick hike before spending the night with Rita...a great hostess!

Soaring in Seattle!

Kristin and I are trying to enjoy every last moment of her senior year this year, so one of the things we decided to do was to take advantage of Verona's extra long Fall break to visit the Johnson's in Washington.  We should have known it would be a spectacular trip when we were greeted by this sight as we landed!

We enjoyed a birthday lunch for Becca at Red Robin...

We celebrated Halloween in a "big" way...

 Some of us truly owned the costume...

Rosie and I enjoyed some great hikes...

We appreciated the art in Seattle...

Jumped for joy at the thought of the new Harry Potter movie...

Enjoyed the sea and sun at the waterfront...

Marveled at the famous gum wall...

People watched at the market...

And dined on Rosie's finest!

 

 

 

 

 

 

We feel so blessed to call the Johnsons our friends!

Thursdays are awesome!

Thursdays nights have become a favorite as we have eased into the blessing of having Erin sit for us each week.  This week was dinner and ice cream...and lots of fun conversation!

Jumping!

While dog sitting for a friend yesterday, we found some fun...

Kristin skipping school...

Today (Thursday) Kristin had a field trip in the afternoon for which I was a chaperone, and somehow she wheedled the entire day out of school.  Here was her schedule:

UW with mom to help teach the homeschool kids
Lunch at Red Robin
The Landfill (field trip) with school
Free ice cream from the nice landfill man
The "Bodies" exhibit
Tennis
A nap

What a day!

It's Pumpkin Time!

It has been an incredible fall!  The weather is beautiful...perfect for pumpkin choosing...so after church today we went in search of a pumpkin family.  Carving in the personalities will happen later on...

 Take the test...which pumpkin is which person in our family?

From left to right

Cindy, Ben, Kitty, Frank, Kristin