Monday, September 29, 2008

Nevada Weekend



Wow what a weekend. I am still in shock we fit it all in. Thursday night 9-25 we left Phoenix headed for Page, AZ. Spent the night with Jama and Papi. Friday morning we woke up and headed out to Mesquite, Nevada for the NISA Native American World Series of Softball. Eldon was playing with Nations a team he is usually picked up on for this tournament. The girls (Sunni, Monica, Beetle, Teresa, and Brandy) were playing on a coed team as well as a women's team. Friday night the boys played at 10pm - they won. So, they played again at 3pm the next day. We woke up Saturday morning with some time to kill, we headed to the visitors center and found out that Nevada's First State Park was only a thirty min drive towards Vegas. So, we hit the road south. Check out the pictures in the slide show! The picture above - Eldon with Payton under Poodle Rock. We went on some great hikes saw so many wonderful rock formations and a ton of petroglyphs! We raced around the park and speed back to Mesquite for Eldon's 3pm game -they won. Sunday, the boys played at 8am - lost and then at 10am and lost -they were out. The girls team was out but they were still in it for coed. We decided to hit the road to Vegas were we stopped for a short trip to the Factory Outlet mall - not quite enough time there - then dinner in Kingman and arrived home Sunday night around 11pm Phew! What a fabulous weekend for the Cranks :)

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

My 1st Photo Shoot


Maggie Lusk- My 1st real photo shoot! What a wonderful subject. I had a blast and would love to do more. Thanks Maggie and Niki :)

Guts

Yea dads guts are being put back in!!! We just found out - a good report from Dr. Brown 9/23/2008 he will be scheduled for surgery and his gutz put back in! Yea! :)

Zoo
















Sunday 9/21 we headed out to the Phoenix Zoo. It was a pretty hot day but they made up for it with all the water play areas they now have WOW! Payton had a blast!

Monday, September 15, 2008

Happy Birthday!!!


Happy birthday Payton Emma :) Peanut is now One! Wow can you believe it? She loved all of her balloons and presents. I didn't think at one she would be tearing them open but she was and she was loving it!

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Albuquerque

Again this weekend we escaped the heat and headed to Albuquerque, NM to see Sally and Grandme. We had a great time roasting green chilies!













This is me with my great auntie Sally. I love her bunches!













I even got to dip my toes and fingers in the Rio Grande!

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

The Cabin


Over the long weekend we headed north to escape the heat of Phoenix. Prescott shack here we come. We met Jama and Papi there - Papi's agenda an MG - Jama's agenda Payton - Eldon's agenda relax and Sarah had pictures on the brain so here some of them....