the GRAND canyon

[may 27, 2010]

  scott, nat, and taycee were headed to the grand canyon and we thought it would be fun to take the boys.

{turns out we have done quite a few things lately with the boys, and we need to wait till they are about 15 years old :)}

they did pretty good in the car, especially because it was 4 hours there and we still had to drive home.

we stopped in flagstaff for lunch at salsa brava.

(this restaurant was featured on  Food Network’s Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives with Guy Fieri)  

it was pretty good.  worth stopping by.

we were also driving on

route 66

the boys were super good sports!!

or maybe now that it's been a few weeks i remember the trip better than it was:)

ryan listening to the wildlife cd's at the visitors center 

ryder and i at the first outlook.

tyler rented a bike and trailer and took ryan for a ride in it.

as they were passing people in the bike, ryan was yelling in the most excited voice he has.

he had a complete blast.

(tyler took the bike back before i could get a picture of them)

that's more like it!

really he rarely ever cries.

i absolutely love ryan's face in this picture. 

thanks for inviting us scott and nat!

next time we'll leave the kids home:)