....to the Grand Canyon!
With Spring Break finally here, we can pull up the anchor and take off. It's a complete pain to get everything ready to go; but it is absolutely worth it once you're on the open road.
Bart is the only one who has been to the Grand Canyon before and he has wanted to take the rest of us for several years. There a few things I am really looking forward to: the skywalk on the west side, the expected gorgeous sunrise/sunsets, the animal life - to watch in their natural habitat - not to ride down to the bottom of the canyon. I just can't get past the imagined donkey stink! Can anyone tell me if they stink?!
Anyway, I'm sure it will be a great time. I hope we have enough time to stop for several hours at Valley of Fire State Park which is not too far north of Las Vegas. My dad used to take us there when we lived in Las Vegas; before it was a State Park. I distinctly remember climbing up the rocks to trace the petroglyphs. It is a beautiful, peaceful, even spiritual, place that I have fond memories of.
We'll be back in a week!
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Happy, Happy Birthday Judy Dear....
....Happy Days will come to you each year!
If I had one wish then it would be
A Happy, Happy Birthday
To you from Me!
All the Monkeys in the zoo
Send their Best Regards to YOU!
Happy Birthday, to you!
So what does it mean to be Judy?! That is quite a loaded question. But if I had to sum it up in one word, I would choose "GIVER". I say that because she gives of herself so freely to everyone. She is a lover of life, soaking up all the experiences life can offer, and then giving her interpretation of those experiences back to everyone she loves. A simple example of this characteristic is this: When we were little, if she had some candy (whether it was Halloween, Easter or from a birthday party), and if she tasted a candy that she particularly liked, she would quickly and easily share it with her siblings so we could have the same wonderful experience she had just had. A more grown-up example of how Judy shares is her blog http://girlsjustwannahvfun.blogspot.com/. Everything that she is passionate about she gives to her readers.
It would be easy to leave my explanation of what it means to be Judy with that one word "GIVER". But I can't. There are some more words that I must give to you so that you can know her a little better. She is my INSPIRATION to be all that I can be and MORE. I watch her constantly to see how I should behave myself. I follow her. Judy is my CHEERLEADER!!! But not in the simple term that you think of a cheerleader. She doesn't just cheer for me when she happens to hear about a fun thing that happened to me. She is the one who keeps our sisterhood bonded through her desire to KNOW what is happening with me. She is always communicating with me so she can know WHEN to cheer for me! She PLANS on cheering for me. And yet, because she also knows the ugly in my life, she CHEERS me on all through the ugly. She doesn't like ugly. She prefers FUN, EXCITING, CUTE, SPECTACULAR, GORGEOUS, etc., etc.
Judy often teases that I am the "INSTIGATOR" of her wild escapades. I must deny that! Vehemently! However, if I ever do instigate, it is because she is the "INCULCATOR"!
Judy, I love you! You are the bestest big sister a girl could ever be blessed with! I am the luckiest girl in the world to have you! Happy Birthday!
Now, dear bloggers, I would like to invite you to offer Judy your Happy Birthday wishes and use one word (or more) to add to my description of her. She would like that!
If I had one wish then it would be
A Happy, Happy Birthday
To you from Me!
All the Monkeys in the zoo
Send their Best Regards to YOU!
Happy Birthday, to you!
So what does it mean to be Judy?! That is quite a loaded question. But if I had to sum it up in one word, I would choose "GIVER". I say that because she gives of herself so freely to everyone. She is a lover of life, soaking up all the experiences life can offer, and then giving her interpretation of those experiences back to everyone she loves. A simple example of this characteristic is this: When we were little, if she had some candy (whether it was Halloween, Easter or from a birthday party), and if she tasted a candy that she particularly liked, she would quickly and easily share it with her siblings so we could have the same wonderful experience she had just had. A more grown-up example of how Judy shares is her blog http://girlsjustwannahvfun.blogspot.com/. Everything that she is passionate about she gives to her readers.
It would be easy to leave my explanation of what it means to be Judy with that one word "GIVER". But I can't. There are some more words that I must give to you so that you can know her a little better. She is my INSPIRATION to be all that I can be and MORE. I watch her constantly to see how I should behave myself. I follow her. Judy is my CHEERLEADER!!! But not in the simple term that you think of a cheerleader. She doesn't just cheer for me when she happens to hear about a fun thing that happened to me. She is the one who keeps our sisterhood bonded through her desire to KNOW what is happening with me. She is always communicating with me so she can know WHEN to cheer for me! She PLANS on cheering for me. And yet, because she also knows the ugly in my life, she CHEERS me on all through the ugly. She doesn't like ugly. She prefers FUN, EXCITING, CUTE, SPECTACULAR, GORGEOUS, etc., etc.
Judy often teases that I am the "INSTIGATOR" of her wild escapades. I must deny that! Vehemently! However, if I ever do instigate, it is because she is the "INCULCATOR"!
Judy, I love you! You are the bestest big sister a girl could ever be blessed with! I am the luckiest girl in the world to have you! Happy Birthday!
Now, dear bloggers, I would like to invite you to offer Judy your Happy Birthday wishes and use one word (or more) to add to my description of her. She would like that!
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