The Trip

With a chunk of vacation days left to use up before the end of the year - we are planning on taking a trip. The trip is taking us from AZ, to NV, then CA, a short stay in UT, winding it up back in AZ. Details will be reported at a later date. But we are excited. We are leaving tomorrow.

I'm sure we will enjoy the trip - but we saved the best for last. We will be in UT to see our kids and SADIE. So once again I am posting a video to get her pumped up for another visit from her AZ grandparents.

Bike Bash

Dad rides his bike to work a lot. He leaves in the morning when it is dark and sometimes he doesn't ride home until dark. But no worries - he has a bike head light and tail light. But yesterday things DID NOT go well. As he was at 39th and Dunlap he attempted to get onto a sidewalk and the edge caught his wheel and down he went. He was OK but the head light did not fare so well. It was in pieces. So he called for a rescue vehicle to pick him up. That was me!

This morning though, he was determined to ride his bike in to work again. So with a little engineer ingenuity he attached his brand new birthday present - flashlight - to his handlebars. He remembered, "helmet on for safety". He even wore his specialty biking shorts with padded rear end for his rear end (these were a birthday gift from 2 or 3 years ago that he never used) and off he went. I hope tonight he doesn't experience another Bike Bash!

Someone's Birthday

October 15th is a day of celebration in our house. The celebration was rather muted this year - but celebrate we did. Doug was center stage today. I made him this nice breakfast but he didn't eat it in bed - he is going to work too early these days for that. He opened one gift before work this morning. It was the Kevan's gift. He loved it and was thinking about it all day long.

I decided that instead of cooking dinner we would go out to dinner (I haven't yet caught up and done grocery shopping since my Great Grand Canyon Adventure - post to follow). But we decided to wait for Scott to get off work and then go to dinner. So by the time we ate dinner - at Black Angus - I was starved! The food was good. Doug got a special that included Lobster, Shrimp, and Steak. Here is the advertised special on the flier.

Most of his time at home in the evening was spent talking on the phone with family members who called to wish him a "happy birthday".

Anyway, we were almost in bed for the night before I remembered to get out his gift. He got 3 new shirts and a new flashlight. We have a lot of old worn down and failing flashlights but not too many that actually work to our satisfaction. So that was needed. I hope it is a good one that lasts for a long time.

Because of our later dinner we didn't even have room for cake or pie. Hopefully that doesn't throw Doug off his birthday groove. It's always fun to celebrate someone's birthday - especially when it is your own!