COUPONS!!!

Jord and I went shopping tonight and I think we made a pretty good haul and I wanted to share!  I usually just have to call my mom and tell her about my shopping trips but it is late and I am sure she is in bed.  We got 4 boxes of Life cereal, 3 tubes of toothpaste (FREE), 4 bottles of dressing, 6 cans of beans, 3 bottles of Wisk, 4 packs of pudding, 3 boxes of powder pudding, 1 lemonade mix, and 1 miracle whip.  We also had a $3 coupon for produce!  Another good deal was milk for $1.79 per gallon. 
All said and done the total was $103.42
we paid $43.31
we saved $60.11 or 58%

Wupatki National Park

There are some ruins about 30 minutes away from Flag so we decided to take a half day and check them out.  I LOVE this kind of stuff and Jord is sweet enough to join me ad be a good sport.  He did say that it was really interesting so I guess he had a good time too.



This was the first pueblo we stopped at called Wukoki.  This one was fun because you could walk through all the rooms and it was in really good shape.  They think three families lived together in this pueblo.  The sign said that there has been no rebuilding of the pueblo they have just mortared the walls.  It is crazy that after 800 years so much was still standing.



You really had to think short and thin to get through some of the "doors" in the pueblo but it was worth it to stand in the past (this would be the history nerd talking) and imagine how it used to look.

Jord took time to look out the window and contemplate life.

I really wanted a picture close and I told Jord not to get the sign in the picture... he listens well doesn't he?

The next stop was the Wupatki Pueblos.  This was a massive community that they think held up to 100 people in its prime.  There were several different pueblos close together and they had all the different rooms marked and you could walk around and look at most of them.  There was only one room you could actually go in though.  There are still people studying the ruins so there were a lot of off limit places here.

There are parts of the pueblo that are three stories high.

There are just so many rooms that are just one after another.  It really makes you wonder what life as like here 800 years ago when this place was a busy farming community with the active volcano near by. 

The last stop we made was the Citadel and Nalakihu Pueblos.  The Citadel was really little and sat at the bottom of the hill and Nalakihu took up the entire top of the hill.

Nalakihu was very interesting because it is the only pueblo that hasn't been worked on at ll.  The sign said that you should be able to see 8 other pueblos from the top of the hill but we could only see 3.  I guess you need to know where to look.  All in all it was a fun field trip!

Salsa Brava

We went out to eat here tonight and it was WAY good.  I swear I will be eating leftovers for the next 3 days!

Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives: Salsa Brava

Happy Birthday to ME!!!

Rachel was so sweet and invited Jord and me over for cake and ice cream for my birthday.  Thank goodness that she didn't put all 26 candles on the cake or we might have had a bonfire!!  I did get lots of help blowing out my candles.  It was nice to spend the evening with friends.  You can't beat cake and 4 kinds of ice cream.

The next day we decided to go on a hike.  This is a picture from the trailhead.  There are so many places to hike so close to town.  This is up by the ski resort Snow Bowl.  The trail we decided to go on is the trail for the highest mountain in AZ, Mt Humphrey's.  With 4 kids and 2 shih tzus we only made it about a mile up the trail so we decided one of these days the adults will hike to the top.



Headed up the trail.  Aubrey and Brigham really like to walk the dogs.



Jord giving me a big smile when we stopped for lunch.  He always gets excited when he gets to eat gushers.

The pups thought it was a really rough hike.  They were troopers though.  I have never seen them so excited to see water and a place to lie down.



This is just looking down the trail.  It was a busy day and we met a lot of people from all over the country that had big plans to hike to the top.  I am not sure how may people really made it all the way up though.




Brigham showing off a big smile for the camera on our lunch break.



Off we go!!

This is one DIRTY pup!

Here are TWO DIRTY pups!  They were very tired too.

We had so much dirt between our toes after we took off our shoes and socks. SUPER GROSS!

I think the dogs had a lot more dirt on them then we had on us though.

SO GROSS!!! This is the first time we filled the tub.

2nd fill

3rd fill.... they HATE getting a bath.  Especially when we have to keep them in there so long.

Finally... two clean little pups.  They are so cute and fluffy!

So this doesn't go with the hike but when I came out of our room after I got ready yesterday this is what I found.  Lily's head was stuck and she was just crying.  I did have to get just one picture before I let her out because it was pretty cute.

Jord's first day in scrubs

Today is Jord' first day actually going out into the community for nursing.  I had to take a picture of his first time in scrubs.  I am so proud of all the hard work he is putting in to this program!  I know that he will be a great student and nurse.  I am happy with the plans he has made and so glad that I get to help him in any way I can. GO JORD!!!

The Fro after the Bow



I think these are just too funny to not share them with everyone.  Lily's hair was CRAZY for a few days after we took the bow out.  I have been brushing her every night to try to get it back to normal. 



This could be my ALL TIME favorite pic!