Red Rock Canyon

Sunday afternoon we took the scenic route (13 miles) around the Red Rock National Conservation. We stopped to take pictures and ended the trip with a little mile hike to Lost Creek -Children's Discovery. Red Rock Canyon is in the Mojave dessert. We searched for desert life, saw petroglyphs, with towering view of the rock formations. At the end of the canyon we found the hidden waterfall. The temps were cool and we explored the desert at Red Rock Canyon. What a fun little afternoon. There are a few things in life that just don't happen, like happiness. Happiness is created. Today it was created! 

Salmon Bake

Tonight we got groovy in the Boulder City Air Tour Terminal, aka the hanger, for a yummy salmon bake and summer celebration! In honor of the Golden Anniversary they turned back the clock to the "Solid Gold" disco days! Afro wigs, bell bottoms, psychedelic prints, flashy gold accessories and platform shoes! 

The salmon was flown in fresh from Alaska and smoked to perfection! It's the best salmon I have ever had. The kids enjoyed dancing with the live band, playing in the kid area and a boxed dinner with a hot dog, aviation toys and junior wings included! The kids also got to sit inside the gold-50 year celebration helicopter! We had fun visiting with the other pilots and their families. Thanks so much to the Halvorson Family of Flight, they sure know how to put on a good party! Grand Canyon Airlines has two parts to it, Papillon (helicopter) and Scenic (fixed wing --airplane). Paul works for the Scenic side of the company but under the Grand Canyon Airline brand name! This job has been such a huge gift for us. It truly has been a huge break through for Paul and his flying career. Trying to take it all in and enjoy every moment of it, for it won't be long that he will be moving on to the regionals. Flying the Twin Otter has been such a joy for Paul. He loves work and loves flying. He started working for GCA with only about 300 total flying hours. He currently is about 1,300! Paul has logged about 1,000 hours this since he started. I could not be more proud of him and where he is today. 

toothless smile

A couple of weeks ago Presley complained that her tooth hurt and we discovered her tooth was loose! She wiggled it and played with it for about 2 weeks. Then a few days later I got a text from her teacher telling me that she lost her first tooth! She went to the office and they gave her a little treasure box to be able to keep the tooth safe. She was so excited to show us when she got off the bus! That night she wrote a letter to the tooth fairy! The fairy left her a glittered 5$, a bag of chocolate coins and her left over glitter glue sticks, and a trail of fairy dust! I love that little smile!