Dave and Danica McDonald

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Jensen had his first day of school. He is having a tough time transitioning from summer fun mode to pay attention mode. But I think he will catch on quick.

My awesome friend Sarah came to visit from Florida. I can't believe it had been three years since I had hung out with her. I miss her and selfishly want her to move out west. Lily and her were like best buds.

The girls playing with their babies

Lily has me sing her a song and tickle her face before she falls asleep every night. So she is tickling her baby's face.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Grand Canyon!
My Uncle got a permit to guide a 16 passenger boat through the grand canyon. We luckly got to got. The kids stayed with my saint of a sister in law. So Dave and I got to go on a trip of a lifetime. Seeing the canyon from the rims is like reading a synopsis of a book in the back cover. You get the gist but miss SO SO much. There are so many incredible side canyons and hikes. We stopped at least twice a day to go on hikes. We took out at the very top at Lee's Ferry.

The boat was HUGE it was 38" long.

We would stop at night on the banks. Most of the time they were sand banks made by the river. It was NOT a leisure crise. You had to load and unload all the grear and set up camp and cook every evening. It was really fun though because there was great company.

This is Havasu falls the water was milky white and vivid blue.

Playing vollyball in redwall ampitheater.

Dave's wedding ring got ripped off by the water in this waterfall.

Jumping off at Elves Chasam

Amazing Black Tail. We were up at the top of this canyon seeing the waterfall. We had heard alot about flash floods. All the sudden it started raining and we heard this terrible growl that sounded like rushong water. We all freaked out and started running down the canyon. Then we realized it was the wind and not a flash flood. We felt pretty silly.