Last I wrote we were headed for the Grand Canyon, it was a long drive and we saw some beautiful sites, had a picnic lunch, stayed maybe 2 hours then back to the house because the girls wanted to swim. While driving they each had their own DS's (what ever that is) and both of the batteries died. Do you think either one of them brought their chargers from home in Simi? Noooooo! We had to stop in Flagstaff at the Best Buy and buy a new charger that they could use. They must have those games for the long drive back to California. Friday we all went to Slide Rock Park. The idea is you get in the ice cold water and ride the rocks down. There were lots of people and not many spots with shade for you to sit in. You just plant your butt down were ever you could which of course was sitting on rocks so it wasn't very comfortable. Dave went with the girls to the top of the slide area, I stayed and watched our stuff. They got back and Dave said it was fun but some of the slide areas weren't wide enough for him to get through so he had to get up and walk around it. The girls had fun but after a while Bryauna didn't want to do it anymore because she was getting like a rash on her legs, it was just because the rocks were rough. Riley put her shorts on and went a couple more times, we ate some lunch then headed back to the house so the girls could go swimming again at the club house. Dinner that night was a bust, they said my enchiladas were too hot, I used mild sauce, but they liked the rice and beans and salad. Dave had taken them to rent movies, they got 3, because there would be no night swimming, too burnt out because of the sun at slide park. We wanted to have them watch the movies through out the weekend, but our fault, Riley stayed up all night and watched all 3. Bryauna had gone to sleep. Needless to say we had to make Riley get up so we could go to "Out of Africa" on Saturday, we needed to be there by 11am because the shows started at 11:30am. Thank goodness the park was only 15 min. away.
Bryauna is not a late sleeper at all, every time Dave and I got back from our walk in the morning she was always up watching TV and waiting for us. She was always up between 6 and 7am, Jesica (her mom) is lucky she won't have any problems when school starts for Bryauna.
Out of Africa was a lot of fun, the Tiger Splash was great and the Bear splash was fun too. Amazing seeing the trainers in there with the animals being chased and jumping in the pools and the tiger and bears jumping in the pool after them. One time one of the trainers was in the pool trying to fix the light one of the bears had torn off, the other trainer was running and the bear was chasing him the bear saw the trainer trying to fix the light and he turned and jumped right on top of the trainer. That was scary but all the trainers ran to his rescue, no one was hurt. We stayed for about 4 or 5 hours walking around checking out the animals and even went on the bus tour where the giraffe sticks it's head in the bus trying to get the food from you. The giraffe licked Riley's and Bryauna's hands, gross!! Then back to the house so the girls could go swimming.
Sunday, today, was Montezuma Castle National Monument, boring for the girls. Now if they could have gone up to one of those caves, that would have been fun for them, needless to say we left after about 1/2 hour, if that long. The girls wanted to hang around the house so they watched TV and played while Dave and I cleaned. Around 2 we all went over to the pool to swim for a while. I must say my tan has gotten a lot darker since the girls got here, I have been trying to stay out of the sun, or not tan as much, because of the big "C". I am starting to think about these things more and more now that I am getting older. With the girls here we have been out in the sun doing things all day long, it's been fun.
PS I've posted pictures of the girls visit.
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