Strawberry Feilds Forever...

HOLA!!!!!

So how's my favorite bloggers doing??? Good I hope.

Well, I am just doing fan-frickin-tastic!!!

This last weekend we went on a family trip, (Me, James, Jr, James's mom, Nadine, Joe, Emma, Carol, and Nathan) to Flagstaff, AZ. We went to see snow etc.

When we got there, not much snow, and even Wing Mountain, (The sledding place) was closed. But that didn't stop us. Or other families as well.

We went driving to the Grand Canyon, and stopped on the side of the road when we saw snow. It was a good sized patch, and had little slopes perfect for sledding too.

So, we stayed there for a bit. Then Joe and I went to the nearest gas station to use the restroom, and while we were there we saw some kids buying sleds, so Joe went to ask the parents where they were sledding at.

They said they found a spot on the side of the road at mile marker 230 that was perfect.

So, we went back to the group and told them, and on the way to mile marker 230, we saw a bunch of other families pulled over at the side of the road playing in the snow in the woods.

So, long story short, we found the perfect spot, had snowball fights, went sledding on scary slopes, fought a giant koala bear who was convinced we were on his property, and then we headed to the Grand Canyon which was, in a word, AMAZING!!!

Although it gave me tremendous vertigo and looked like a painting, or a backdrop.

While we were there, we saw a bunch of deer in the parking lot. Crazy.

We also took the scenic route to, and from, Flagstaff. It was majorly winding, and very green, roads into the mountains.

Jr and Carol stopped on the side of the road in the mountains to let us catch up and we parked and found a BEAUTIFUL stream, and, upon getting closer, a huge bird that looked like some sort of crane took flight out of the stream, which was also pretty cool.

We also went through Sedona, very pretty place. Went to all the little shops, bought some souvenirs etc. And we also went to Montezuma Castle, which is an old castle built into the side of a cliff. That was really pretty and cool too, just to think that there used to be people living up there.

Other than that, the trip was fun! And I got an E-reader (nook) for Valetines Day, and I got James, (yes, I'm done with code names... too much effort) an Ipod nano touch:)

Well, I will get going for now, but I will post another Blog soon with my recipes.

Montezuma Castle

Creek by Montezuma

In the snow

Mile marker 230

The Grand Canyon

Deer in the parking lot

Sedona

Ciao!!!

Voulez-Vous

Bonjour!

I have no idea why I feel like speaking French today, but I do... So there!!! Lol, well, where do I start?

Well, since last I wrote, we, (Leroy and I.) have:

Gone to a wedding,

Been to Mill Ave. in Tempe,

Watched movies,

Shopped in preparation for our Flagstaff trip in a week or so,

Talked a person off a ledge,

Saved a child from a burning building,

Rescued a gaggle of geese from a over-polluted pond, who were struck blind and deaf from said polluted pond,

Adopted an obese Chinchilla, named him Cedric,

Swam in the Chattahoochee River,

Base-jumped from a 80 story building,

Went on a hot air balloon expedition to save panda bears in China,

Lulled an ancient demon named Machelzidek to another stint of 1,000 year slumber in the depths of Tartarus in the underworld,

Swam in a swimming pool filled with caramel and baby ducks,

Lit candles for the mutant orphans of Paris in the catacombs,

Went on Fear Factor, won.

Sang the "Let's count the spots on a baby giraffe" song, to the delight of many handicapped Chimpanzees,

Hula Hooped with Betty White at her house in the Cayman Islands,

Successfully de-tangled a 1972 Barbies hair,

Interviewed a vampire,

Taught a mouse to play Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" on a full size flute,

Played patty cake with a TMNT, (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle... yes, they are still around. Just have to know where to look.)

Drank a whole oil drum filled with something called "Rompope",

Helped a lady in a taxi birth a child, (She named the baby after me),

Performed successful laser eye surgery  on the a fore mentioned blind geese, gave the president of the United States the bill,

Met Abba, My life is now complete:)

Negotiated world peace with the world leaders in an Ihop,

Ate pancakes at Ihop,

Purchased a flame thrower, potato cannon, and grenade launcher,

Competed against the man from Man vs. Food, and won.

Have successfully made you read all my outlandish and somewhat fictionalized accomplishments,:)

Just a forewarning, I am thinking about taking my blog in a different direction, including facts, and fiction, seamlessly, and not-so-seamlessly woven together:)

Until next time,

Xo Xo,