7-11

It's national Slurpee day at 7-11 today! For only $1.49 they will fill whatever container you bring in with Slurpee. While we were waiting in late we saw kids with 2 gallon milk jugs, iced tea pitchers and Tupperware containers. Didn't see any kiddie pools or coolers. Kids had fun with their 72oz sippers. 

Dad

It was great seeing the folks this week as they made a quick trip to Colorado for a doctors appointment. We were able to celebrate dads birthday together on Wednesday at the Tavern. I had a late breakfast with them on Thursday before dads appointment. Happy birthday dad! Hopefully this will be the summer we can catch a game together at Coors Field! 

Noah

Yes Noah is still alive and doing well. He had several job offers over spring break, so he stayed home and punched a 40 hour week at Steak 'n Shake and stayed at the girlfriends parents house while they were out of town to babysit their dog and  keep an eye on their place. He was invited on a birthday party snowshoeing/hiking trip to RMNP and Estes before break. Here are Noah and his friends! Pretty good odds! 

Arches

It's Jeep Week in Moab! Kinda like being in Sturgis the first week of August. We lunched at grandpas resturant before heading into Arches NP. Andrew and I haven't been there since the Mancation of 2006. Nathanael and sis were there a year ago. Jen had never been there to see the arches. So it was a great trip. We started at Balanced Rock, Park Avenue, then onto Windows and finally Delicate Arch. We only hiked to the viewpoint for Delicate since it was starting to get a little late in the day. After getting back to Grand Junction, we met up with Jim for a nice dinner at the Ale House. Another successful day of vacation! 

Happy Birthday!

Grandpa got to blow out candles at breakfast and after dinner! First on his French toast and then on his favorite dessert, German chocolate cake! Happy birthday grandpa. So glad we got to spend it with you! 

Mount Garfield (con't)

Here are the rest of the pictures from the hike up, the summit, and the very quick descent down. Only took 45 minutes. Boy oh boy will my knees be sore tomorrow. I'm not a kid anymore it seems. 

Mount Garfield

The boys had been asking for a hike, so today we attempted Mount Garfield just outside Grand Junction. It was quite a hike. Whew! Here is a good site to check out that describes it: http://www.gjhikes.com/2009/08/date-august-23-2009-round-trip-distance.html?m=1

We made it to the top in a little more then 90 minutes. It was well worth it. The view was incredible! Sadly, the flagpole wasn't there anymore. A fellow group of hikers were nice enough to take a picture of the three of us. Only one way to go now! Down....