Orderville Visit - Wrap Up

Just a wrap up of some random other pics from the trip.

Buddies

The birthday boy

I always have to get a picture with the fake cop because I find it amusing. At least he was in a different spot this time.


Tibetan food. Wow did it take a long time, but it was delicious.

Hiking


Teaching

Goodnight

Foto Friday - Orderville Visit - The Desert

I've never liked the desert. I prefer green mountain valleys. Recently I got a package from a girl that lives in Kansas. She mentioned in her letter that the longer she has lived in Kansas the more she has come to appreciate it for what it is, instead of disliking it for what it isn't. Instead of focusing on the fact that its not beautiful mountains, she focuses on the expansive fields of sunflowers in the summer.

I feel like that statement really applies to how I'm trying to change my feelings about the desert and see the beauty that is there, instead of just wishing there were aspen trees everywhere. We didn't get the chance to do much sight seeing or hiking on this trip, but I was still able to see some beautiful areas just by climbing the hill across the street, and on the picnic visit at my sister's work. And my baby sister Alex just got a job there too, so bring on the Best Friends love!

Orderville Visit - Animals

The animal side of the Orderville family is worthy of their own post. There are more animals in that house than people.

Lets start with the dogs. Lola is the matriarch of the family and was the first dog anyone in my family had. If you can't find her, check under a pile of blankets. Lola will go crazy when you first get there until she gives you a kiss. Then she will go back to her blanket pile and you'll forget she's in the room. Sadly they got confirmation while we were there that the suspicious spots on her side are most likely skin cancer. I hope this girl has several more good years ahead of her.

Jackie is the scratch forcer. He will lay on top of you until he has received enough attention. And he's one of Will's best friends. I wonder some times if Will likes dogs more than he likes people, or if he even realizes dogs are not people. Had a situation this visit that helped add to that theory. Will and Jackie were playing and Will must have stepped on his foot or tail or something because Jackie snapped at Will. Something he has never done. He immediately licked Will after and then ran and hide because Will was upset. Will ran over to the couch crying, sat with his arms folded and declared that he was not talking to Jackie until he apologized. Luckily they made up later.

The last dog addition is quite an addition. Iggy is a little camera shy so this was the only photo I got of him. He did warm up to us a lot more this trip even coming up to Will looking for scratches. He is the definition of a gentle giant. You have never met a more quite and peaceful dog.

The extra dog on the visit was my parents dog Zen. I didn't get any photos of him from the trip, but here is in his spot at my parents, making sure there are no intruders (or other dogs) roaming the neighborhood.

And if four dogs is not enough for one house, lets add in some cats. (I have no idea the gender of the kitties so I apologize to their owners)

This is Boshty (that's my best guess at the spelling. also known as non-pirate kitty)

Pirate Kitty has a fondness for the table. But come on he's a pirate kitty, he gets what he wants. He does have a name other than Pirate Kitty but I can never remember it and I just like Pirate Kitty so much more.

Sassafras is the bathroom kitty. If she's not in the towel cupboard or the tub, she is circling your legs while you're in there trying to get you to pet her. Its ummm.....an experience.

She's also fond of belly rubs

You will fight all of the kitties for a place to sit down, and here Snacks is taking his turn

The newest addition is Sandwhich who showed up on Halloween. I've always loved short-haired black cats and Sands is the most friendly of the bunch. I even got some midnight cuddling from him.


Not featured is Grumbly. She had a run in with Zen when they first moved to Kanab and she chooses to not make an appearance when we are around. And that concludes the look into the animal world that is the house in Orderville.

Orderville Visit - Dog Town

I'm going to try and not post all 45 pictures I narrowed down from the couple hundred I took on our weekend trip to Orderville for my brother-in-laws birthday. But I like taking photos, so I'm going to break it up into some smaller posts each day and then put more up on my flickr account.

The first batch is going to be from Saturday. We had planned to go out and do some hiking, wandering but my niece woke up sick. So sadly Lucia and Maiken stayed home. Instead of the hiking/wandering Will and I tagged along with my mom, Willie and Alex to go have a picnic lunch with my sister Keeley at her work.

Even though I talk about it a lot, in case you are the one person that doesn't know, Keeley works at the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. If you've ever seen Dog Town on National Geographic Channel, that's where she works. And here we are at Dog Town.

We picked up Keeley and drove to Angel's Landing, one of the spots on the back side of the sanctuary. Its a beautiful little spot with wonderful views that look out over some of 33,000 acres. The only sad part of the visit was that I wasn't able to find Curly my horse buddy. I'll have to have Keeley find out which spot he's been moved to next time so I can say hi again.






And a picnic shot for Marty

Foto Friday

We are in Orderville for the weekend visiting my two youngest sisters. So far the sewer is backing up and the cap to one of the air mattresses was left home. It adds to the memories right.

Buffalo burgers at the Buffalo Bistro for dinner - had to include a pic for Marty.

Will's in heaven

Jackie is, well Jackie