There was a gourmet dessert buffet in the lobby of the Capitol Theater after the show. |
Beauty Ballerina |
James and I took her out for Chinese afterward. |
There was a gourmet dessert buffet in the lobby of the Capitol Theater after the show. |
Beauty Ballerina |
James and I took her out for Chinese afterward. |
Ring the witch hat. |
Go Fish |
She came in and read her story to all the little girls. |
After the story she sang songs from each of the Disney princesses. |
Then she took some time to have a picture with every girl at the party. The girls were in heaven! Cinderella was so sweet and even sany Happy Birthday to Esther before she left. |
Sabrina and I collaborated on this cake. We took HOURS to get it done but it does look good if I do say so myself. |
Esther has the sweetest friends and I am so pleased to see her happy. |
William was pretty good with a hammer for such a little guy. |
Esther hasn't decided what flower to put in her pot yet but she was terribly pleased with her results. |
Emily is a very meticulous worker. |
My children became obsessed with the binoculars on this trip. Unfortunately we had only one pair and it could have become ugly but my sweeties were pretty good at sharing. |
This is Emily. She was mesmerized by the cliffs. |
I really want to hike down to visit this cave. I looks perfect and maybe next year I'll head down to it. Too close to sunset this year. |
It was a wonderful fall trip. I am a little sad that it will be months before we can have another like it. |
Stunning views! |
Playing around with odd shapes I found in my camera lense. |
There were a few cool almost caves on our path. Luckily it was too shallow for them to actually hide from me. |
My girls. I love how they are friends. |
Esther has turned into such a ham! Well, I shouldn't say "turned" she always was. |
Here is Esther's dolphin peak. We studied it for a while to see what James was pointing out but she finally got it. See the tail fin and the snout? |
This walkway actually had a rail so that we could walk out on the rock outcropping. So cool!! |
Here is a better idea of what that outcropping looked like. It also gives an idea of how terrifying it was to have the kids walk without the rail on some of the other trails. |
One of my favorite pictures from our trip. The canyon was gorgeous! |
Ducklings following their daddy. |
When we finished sightseeing we joined with the park ranger for a talk on the American Condor. It was actually very interesting. William helped with the props. |
William has no fear of crowds. He thrives on it and had a great time with the condor. |
View from the lodge terrace just before sunset. It truly was an amazing sight. |