Quick Overview

Let me just remind you that I do know that I suck at blogging!

I became a great aunt in November. My niece Bethany had Baby Aubrey Shae, and I always screw up and call her Audrey. . . just another thing I suck at! Anyways, I don't get to see her often, but this was the last time I did, and these are my two favorite pictures!

I love the way that my brother, who is now Grandpa GaryLee, and Little Missy are looking at each other. It's just too sweet!

Does she not have the roundest little head ever? And those big round eyes! And even her little mouth is round! She is perfect!

Spring Break happened in March. We wanted to go to Kartchner Caverns, but we didn't buy our tickets early enough. We went to Colossal Cave and Tombstone instead.

Here's my most vivid memory of the whole trip: using the toilet! My God, I wanted to die! I almost puked, was actually dry heaving! When ya got to pee, ya got to pee though! It was a "green" toilet. You know, one of those kinds that collects all the crap and doesn't flush? I still have flashbacks! My favorite sayings (that I could hear between gagging) were: "There's something green way down there" and "Well there was something green AND some red in mine!" I truly was thinking that if God could strike me dead, it would have been OK. I know that Hell is going to be full of these "green" toilets! It was also really great when Lace told Shell about the colors in her toilet ever so loudly in the museum! I am not a nature person, and to quote my favorite detective Monk, "Nature is bad!"

(Map of the Cave)

(It's always 70 degrees in the cave, all year round. But it's humid, so thank God for deodorant!)

(People have destroyed a lot of the beauty of the cave. . . but it was still incredibly magnificent! God must have had a great time making this!)

(I think they call this the living room. I guess the people who put the stairs in the cave used to sit here when they had lunch.)

Boothill was the first stop in Tombstone. It was OK. I took a lot of pictures of the graves, because I'm morbid like that, but I will not post them all.

(Really? By mistake? At least they owned up to it.)

(I stalked this little boy through the graveyard...he was adorable!)

(I took several pictures of him trying to get a good one...his parents were probably very nervous!)

(You just don't see many little boys dressed up like this...Andy would've loved this outfit when he was little, plus I have a soft spot for little blonde cowboys...it's just so American!)

The last stop of the day was the Tombstone we all think of...the OK Corral and such. It probably is quite amazing. They are still old-fashioned, and everything closed at 5. So, we were very rushed, since we didn't arrive until about 4ish.

(One of the most exciting pictures. . .who knew balls were so talented?)

The kids loved the noose...I will admit, I have thought of stringing them up over the years, but never imagined they'd be so excited about it!

(Andy likes to close his eyes while he hangs himself.)

( K, however, likes to have her eyes open and tongue out when hanging herself and posing for the picture!)

(Layceebug wasn't tall enough to hang herself, and I think that K looks WAY too happy to help her out!)

PS: TAKE NOTE OF LACE'S HAIR BOWS. . .I MADE THEM!! AWESOME!

Next we saw the jail. Jail hasn't made a lot of changes over the years, they still like using the bar technique today!

(Shell in jail...kinda has a ring to it, huh?)

(Six in jail, now it just sounds like a Dr. Suess book.)

After getting out of jail, we went to check out the petting zoo. Again, nature is really not my thing, but the animal poo smell was still better than the 'green' bathroom! They gave all the animals funny little names, and that was really the best part.

This is Calamity Jane, a pissed off, one eyed, largest chicken in the world. I don't know if the largest or chicken part are true, but the pissed off and one eyed part are! I don't really like animals, so I didn't bother to take pictures of the others.

We had to walk quickly to get in to the OK Corral before it closed.

I have never been so shocked or disappointed in my life. The gunfight did NOT even happen in the Corral, but outside in a lot beside it! AND...the biggest shock of all? Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the others were the BAD guys! Holy crap! I always thought that they were the good guys.

I had to try very hard to convince my kids that this man worked there as Wyatt Earp. They were worried that maybe he just dressed up to come visit. Do you think that the scowl present on Khayle's face is ever going to go away? I still see it several times a day!

And finally, the second best picture of the day:

Sometimes, there are just no words!