9/11

I just wanted to take down a note of where Dean and I were Ten years ago on 9/11/01 when the twin towers were hit.

I (Cynthia) was walking into Mrs. Gordan's class in 8th grade. I remember her getting frustrated and shushing us because we were talking. So we sat quietly and I had someone explain to me exactly what the twin towers were cause I was a "little" uninformed in that area. Then I remember it hitting me pretty hard when the second tower was hit. We sat and watched the TV most the rest of the day to see the results, and then the pentagon was hit and the other plane in the field. My heart goes out to those that were affected 10 years ago. It is so touching to hear all the stories on this ten year anniversary. I think it hits me harder now that I am older and I understand it more. Thank you to all those who sacrificed their lives, Especially those who died trying to save others.

Dean was on his way to school when heard on the radio and then he was in welding class when the second tower was hit.

Labor Day Weekend.

Well Dean and I wanted to try and get out of the HEAT for a day so we went up to Sedona AZ. It was a little cooler we came from 112 degrees ish... and went to 102 degrees. So... it didn't seem like that much of a difference but we did feel like staying outside a little longer so we went on a hike. Here are some of the pictures from it...

Dean posing with a prickly pear bush. (Sad thing... he thought he touched it where there were not thorns but... I guess it still had some unseen tiny ones, Dean and I spent sometime afterward trying to get them out.) So note to the wise... Don't touch them.

I LOVED all of the Red Rock!!!

I also liked the little cliffs we had to climb up to continue on the "red brick road"

We had to laugh about this cactus. It was totally cut that way by man but it was still cool.

Pac Man

We found these pools of water on the trail and they were FULL of tad poles!

I LOVE hanging out, playing, and be adventurous with Dean!

Along the way we found this HUGE wash out. People were standing all around it so we were wondering what they found and so we climbed up a little ledge and saw this...

If you look to the left that is a huge chunk of rock that fell out of the side of the mountain. It was pretty awesome looking!

Almost at the end of the hike! I was pooped, Guess I didn't realize how good of a workout hiking can be!

We had a lot of fun hiking, but we were both pretty tired at the end and our feet hurt. We planned on walking around some of the shops but instead, we got a drink and headed home to relax. We did enjoy ourselves though and we want to do more hiking in the future.