Weekend trip

Last week was my t.ugh,cough...ish..ixth birthday. My parents gave us their timeshare in Sedona for the weekend. I snuck Julie out of work early on friday and we made our way north.

We were going down the stairs on Saturday morning and it struck me how beautiful Julie was and I made her stop for a picture.

We had the second floor room.

This is the view from our balcony.

Here is my patented "self pic". Notice the superb composition, light shadow, second chin. We are on top of the Mogollon rim (about 6500 ft asl) looking down towards Sedona.

These are a few of the shops close to the hotel.



Julie by the fountain at the front lobby of the hotel. We left Sunday morning, and got home just in time to pick up the guys, put on their church clothes, miss Bishopric meeting ,but make Sacrament meeting.

After this weekend it has become even more clear to me that I am a lucky man. I have parents that love me and sacrifice on my behalf. ( Maybe because their retirement rests right on my shoulders). I have a wife that I adore and is the most selfless person I know. And I have two wonderful boys that I missed, ....mostly.

Be brave my little ones.

The first day of school has come. After a lot of begging, screaming, and desperate bargaining John and Will started Kindergarten yesterday. The last month or so has not been pretty. After a couple of serious tantrums in Walmart while buying school supplies, the boys finally sat us down and said "Mom, Dad, you have to get over this and let us go to school.".









Post Script.

The day after we got back from vacation Will lost his first tooth. As you can see the replacement is already coming in.......in his right nostril.