AZ Trip- Day 3

Today started out bright and early at 3:30 this morning. Ashton's mission buddy, Woodard and his wife (Woodard is his last name. It's just what we call him) visited us. Now Woodard lives in Provo and we were hoping to see them when we went through Provo. Ashton got a hold of him and found out they were headed to Phoenix! Well, they passed right through Campe Verde, which is where we were staying the night, and stopped and said hi. We met at Dennys that was right across the parking lot for us. It was fun. We spent a couple of hours with them in Dennys and then they headed back to Phoenix. What are the odds of that happening? It was good to see them and to know that they are doing great. After our 3:30 extravaganza, we headed to the Grand Canyon. We drove through Sedona. It's a town a lot like Jackson Hole. It is surrounded by a lot of red rock and many of the buildings were built out of it. It was really pretty. The next town we went through was Flagstaff. The drive there was so pretty. The leaves were turning, there was forest everywhere, and beautiful red rock. Here are some pictures of our drive... Then through Flagstaff we caught part of Route 66. Ashton was really excited. This stretch wasn't that exciting though. Our next stop was the GRAND CANYON!!! It is absolutely amazing and it is huge!

Also at the Grand Canyon there were some ruins. They are called the Tusayan Ruins. They were pretty neat...


We've had a lot of fun so far and tomorrow we are playing in Page, AZ and Lake Powell. Thanks for checking in!

Arizona Trip Day 1-The Big Drive

Here are a few highlights from our trip:

Tuesday night, we arrived at Grandma and Grandpa Hansen's house. It was freezing!!!


We left early Wednesday morning (4:00 am)and began our long journey to Phoenix. On the way, we bought gas for $2.67 in Wells, NV, almost hit a huge jack rabbit, and saw a lot of desert. A lot. Here are some pictures from the way down in the car:


I thought that this picture looked like a scene from cars. Just imagine these hills as the front of old cars. Cool huh!

We also drove around Area 51. This is the only alien thing we saw...


We then drove through Las Vegas and over to the Hoover Dam. We didn't stop. They don't have pullouts and we would have had to pay to park anywhere. We could have parked behind it, but that's all we could have seen. We really just wanted to get to Phoenix and there was still about 4 hours ahead of us. There was also a lot of construction going on around it. It looks like their adding bridge that will bypass the dam. It looks amazing.

We also saw a lot of cactus (suprise, suprise). I just got this snap shot from the car. Again, we just didn't stop much. It is pretty cool, the whole side of a mountain will be covered in brush and then the really tall cactus instead of trees. On our way back when we're officially tourists and not here for business, we'll get better pictures.


Well, now we are just chillin' in our hotel. We found Leigh (Ashton's friend who has an interview too) and they are both getting there suits ready for the big day tomorrow. It's exciting!!! Thanks for checking on us!

Arizona, Here We Come!

Well, we finally got an interview for pharmacy school! We got the e-mail today that Midwestern University in Glendale, AZ would like to see Ashton for an interview! We are so excited. This isn't our #1 school, it's just the back up, but we have been waiting to get an interview for a couple of years now, and we finally got one! We're thinking the interview might be mid-October but aren't sure yet. We'll keep ya posted though!