Tonto Natural Bridge

and the Grand Canyon. But I didn't put that in the title because Tonto Natural Bridge is so much less boring. You know what I mean? Anyways. So we went to the Grand Canyon for the 5th time. And, for some reason, it looked the same as all the other times.
Tonto Natural Bridge...

from the top of the bridge

looking down under through a little peep-hole in the ground

along the path

I found lot's of interesting rocks to shoot

underneath the bridge

My Uncle Dave and Cousin Jacob :)

see the bird there?

looking up at the top

It's raining! (the little waterfall)

I love that reflection in the water!

interesting tree! I forgot what it was called...

coming back up

on the move...as usual!

sucking his thumb, as usual. ;)

doesn't this look like a watercolor painting, or a sketch?!

It's so beautiful, it beats Grand Canyon any day. This was our second time there, but I don't think I could ever get tired of it. It's just--well, you kind of just have to be there because it's hard to explain how beautiful it is...unless you see some really good pictures. Which mine aren't so you'll have to find the really good ones somewhere else :P

Also, we were in Phoenix (again!) this past weekend for the AFHE Homeschool Convention. It was two long days of lots of people, noise, and stuff. Probably the part I enjoyed most was hearing Ken Ham. Or maybe it was walking the exhibit hall (btw, that's where the stuff came from). No, I think it was Ken Ham. He has a way of talking that makes you want to pay attention the whole way through--like you don't want to let your mind wander.
Oh, and by the way...I'll try to start putting a link at the end of my post so you can see more pictures, because I'm taking so much more now, that I'm just putting most of them on my Picasa Web Albums. For example, and to begin a "good habit" (maybe), here are some more pictures from our family visiting:
Family - Picasa Web Albums
And for this post:
Tonto Natural Bridge - Picasa Web Albums

Cousins, Canyons, Camp Meetings, and a Camera

cousins:

note: i <3 picnik!

canyons:

Camp Meetings:

and a camera:

That's the short story of what's been going on around here.
Hopefully in the next few days I'll get more pictures posted to my Picasaweb Albums but until then the collages will have to do I guess.

Don't worry; I'll tell the long version, too. :) But first, some quotes:

Maybe the atheist cannot find God for the same reason a thief cannot find a policeman.  ~Author Unknown

Any fool can count the seeds in an apple.  Only God can count all the apples in one seed.  ~Robert H. Schuller

You can tell the size of your God by looking at the size of your worry list.  The longer your list, the smaller your God.  ~Author Unknown

If God had wanted to be a big secret, He would not have created babbling brooks and whispering pines.  ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com

So my Dad's family came to visit--yay! Two of his brothers, with their family's, and his brother's wife's mom (if that's not too confusing). So we're planning for a really fun time while they're here...and on Thursday we went to 

Canyon de Chelly.

We hiked down 1 1/2 miles and then all the way up 1 1/2 miles. Google says that makes it 3 miles! And guess what I got? A sunburn! Yay! More like, Ouch! But now it's hardly noticeable...till I rub on it, or scratch it, or anything like that--which is expected, of course.

AND when we were in Phoenix to pick up everybody, I bought a camera from a guy who had an ad on craigslist. I ended up paying way less than regular price. Which I'm really happy about because a few days before we found the ad, I almost bought one for the regular price. For anyone who is interested, the camera is the Canon PowerShot SX130 IS. "i'm lovin it" so far. ;)

Yesterday evening, and this morning, we went to the Christian Hopi Camp Meetings in Polacca. It rained really hard yesterday. There were puddles all over--AND THE MUD! There's mostly this clay-dirt stuff down there, and so when that stuff gets wet, it's a real mess--slimy, and slippy, and it cakes on to your shoes, and builds up until you can hardly lift your feet; well, my feet, anyway. But, like I told Mom, it wouldn't be the Camp Meeting without it raining really hard at least once. ;) But this year it rained harder and more than it has any other year, I think.

So that is the story of the 4 C's--hope I didn't forget anything, as too much has been happening these last few days. :P
-tara c m