Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Grand Canyon, etc.

For spring break in Utah, the part of my family still living at home came to visit me!  It was a blast to see them, and have the experiences that will undoubtedly come when dealing with 2 teenage boys, 2 almost teenage boys, and a 5 year old girl.  The first thing Cordell asked me was if we could go swimming.  Mom and Dad hadn't even put their stuff down yet.  Herschel said, "It's so hot!" and Andrew just walked into my apartment.  So, swimming we went, although not as quickly as the boys wanted to. 

 Mina hadn't figured out that the chairs lay down yet.  

Thursday we traveled the scenic route up to Flagstaff.  


Friday we spent the day in the Grand Canyon.  I knew it was big, but it's very different to actually see is and experience your own nothingness in comparison. 


Here's one of my favorite things: look closely at the picture above, and you will see that Cordell is wearing Elmina's pants.  Too bad the rest of his were in Flagstaff, so he wore them all day.  It was great!

I had a great time, and miss them already!

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Geek Alert!

So I went to see "How to Train Your Dragon" the other day.  Now, some of you are thinking, "Ellen, why did you like a kid's flick about dragons?  That's silly."  I really enjoyed it!  It's about this teenage Viking who befriends a dragon.  Well, my secret's coming out...I am a huge fantasy fan! My favorite movies list usually starts with Lord of the Rings (I usually get a somewhat giddy and fanciful look on my face from what people tell me).  Up there on the list is Stardust and X-Men..  There's just something magical when you can enter another world, let you imagination take hold, and it's always good when there's beautiful people, like the following:

 
Hooray for good authors and movie-makers who allow me to enter a different world for a little while!