The Great American Road Trip Film Class

I failed to mention that prior to our GART (Great American Road Trip), our darling dad brought home an educational film to be viewed by the peeps prior to visiting South Dakota. The film was North by Northwest. Now, it is a classic, however, we are quite strict on media choices around the homestead and I thought he had lost his mind bringing home an Alfred Hitchcock flick. It was not bad, the kids got to catch a glimpse of Mt. Rushmore, they delighted in calling Tommy "Kaplan" (Carey Grant character in the movie) and we had to fast forward through only a few parts. Not that I would recommend it for everyone, but it was daddy's trip research!

The Great American Road Trip (Preparation)

Ellen Grizwald here catching up on the week's past event. We are once again taking a cross country summer trip. It all started with the purchase of a van several years ago and we have logged some major miles on this baby! In 2007 we drove to San Diego from Dalhart and stopped at the Grand Canyon. Last summer we drove to Palm Coast, Florida and got to stay with the Wright Brothers. This year we headed up the middle of the country to Big Sky, MT. I'm hoping to download some pictures while we are still on vacation. I'll check back in a day or two with a day by day run down of our trip. We have had a blast...uh wait, "Clark, you are driving 80 miles an hour!". (hahahaha) Ellen out.

My summer through a chain link fence (2nd post)

Tball season is here! We've batted, scored and sweated and the season is yet half over! I love mom's pics through the fence to get a glimpse of their special player. B is playing on the Rockies team in the Christian Athletics league (lcaa), no pics of our sugar plum on this post, she'll get top billing next time around!

Tamaya, Tamaya, I love ya' Tamaya...you're only a state away!

We stayed at the lovely Tamaya resort in Albuquerque last week...and a couple of pictures too!

Cool waterslide!

LOVE IS WHAT MAKES THAT TOWN GO AROUND!

WE HAD A GREAT VISIT TO D THIS PAST WEEK. WE SAW SO MANY FRIENDS, IT WORKED OUT GREAT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SEE AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE DID. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR HUGS AND KIND WORDS AND THE MOMS WHO BROUGHT THEIR KIDS AND BRAVED THE PARK ANDLONG LUNCH LINES IN TOWN AFTER VBS ON THURSDAY. WE HAD A SUPER TIME GETTING TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE, WISHING WE COULD HAVE SEEN JUST A FEW MORE. THAT LITTLE TOWN AND ESPECIALLY OUR CHURCH HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING CAPACITY TO LOVE PEOPLE. THAT IS THE EMOTION THAT I FELT THE MOST WAS LOVE, GENUINE AND GRACIOUS. THANKS DALHART, YOU DEFINITELY HAVE HEART IN THE RIGHT PLACE! THEY SAY LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO AROUND, I DON'T SEE THAT TO MUCH IN TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT BUT I CAN FOR SURE SAY THAT ABOUT OUR LITTLE TOWN!

BRIEF VISIT TO DALHART...JUNE 17/18

WE ARE COMING THROUGH DALHART ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 AND THURSDAY, JUNE 18. NOW, WE DON'T EXPECT A PARADE OR ANYTHING...WELL ACTUALLY WE DO. OK, JUST KIDDING.

WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE EVERYONE. OUR PLAN IS TO GET THERE WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE VBS NIGHT AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH WE ARE STAYING W/S&K TURNER AND THE KIDS WILL GO TO VBS ON THURSDAY A.M., I WILL BE HANGING OUT IN THE TEACHER'S LOUNGE TO SEE EVERYONE!

TOMMY IS GOING TO LUNCH AT ROTARY, I THINK. THE KIDS WILL OF COURSE WANT PIZZA HUT, BUT I WAS THINKING MAYBE ANYONE WHO WANTED TO COME COULD SACK LUNCH IT AT 7TH STREET PARK AND LET KIDS PLAY BEFORE WE HAVE TO LEAVE AROUND 1:30.

IT'S A PLAN, NO STREAMERS OR FIREWORKS FOR OUR ARRIVAL PLEASE, JUST HUGS AND KISSES!

TRICK RIDING GETS TRICKY

IT IS A LOVELY DAY IN THE BIG CITY, NO WIND, BEAUTIFUL SUN AND GREAT TEMPS - A REGULAR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TYPE OF DAY. THE KIDS WERE OUT RIDING BIKES WITH DADDY . B AND I CAME HOME EARLY - DADDY AND S HEADED OUT FOR SOME MORE. ABOUT HALF AN HOUR LATER DADDY COMES IN, "MOMMY, WE ARE GOING TO NEED YOU."

I, OF COURSE, WAS ON THE PHONE, WHICH MY CHILDREN SAY I DO TO MUCH OF.

SHERIDAN HAD A CUT IN HER FOREHEAD. IT WAS LENGTHWISE, ABOUT 1/4 INCH LONG ABOVE HER EYEBROW. SHE HAD BEEN ZIG-ZAGGING ON HER BIKE AND FELL. SHE WAS WEARING HER HELMET, HOWEVER, WE THINK IT WAS HER SUNGLASSES THAT CAUSED THE CUT. HER SUNGLASSES WERE SHATTERED AND PRAISE GOD, SHE HAD NO OTHER INJURES TO HER EYES, TEETH OR HEAD.

WE WENT TO THE CHILDREN'S ER AND WERE SEEN QUITE QUICKLY (I TOOK PICS ON MY CAMERA PHONE BUT HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO RETRIEVE THEM). THEY NUMBED HER FOREHEAD AND DID LIQUID STITCHES. SHE DID REALLY WELL, SHE WAS MOST UPSET ON THE WAY THERE THINKING SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SHOTS OR HAVE SURGERY.

WE ARE BACK HOME NOW, THANKFUL FOR LIQUID STITCHES AND FOR NO FURTHER INJURIES - TRICK RIDING CAN BE PRETTY TRICKY....