Gillard Hot Springs

Here is another one of our grand adventures. We took a trip to the Gillard Hot Springs. Brandon and Travis went out to find this place and 6 hours later in the dark they came upon it. They has some horror stories that one day Brandon will learn just not to tell me but we were all happy they found it cause it was a wonderful place to spend the day. I don't think many people come here because even with a map it is almost impossiable to find and it is some rough four wheel drive. But we liked it that way cause our family had the whole place to ourselves.

Do you think this is a sign that we should not go there????!?????!??

Brandon is totally in to Bear Grills from TV and he knew for sure this was a place that Bear would sleep if he was there so he wanted a picture.

This is a little view of the river. basically what it is, is a long river that has boiling springs through out. So only parts are too hot to get in and the rest is just amazing. It is really nice because it is not too deep so the kids and still play in it but it is not too shallow for the adults either. it is just a great place to play and relax. we did find one rock and that had a deep spot next to it where we were able to do cannon balls.

The first time Brandon and Travis went up there, they spent like the whole night building something but he would not tell me what it was. but here it is. They dug out this like tub for us to sit in. I thought it was very sweet and it was super relaxing. I loved it!!!

Another trip up Graham Mountain

Brandon and Travis found yet another beautiful spot up Graham Mountain. Brandon and me took a trip up and it was soo fun. We decided to take the quads this time to make the trip a little faster. It was a lot of fun to ride them up there but that mountain is really high up and I am scared of heights so it was a little scary.

This was the view from were we stopped. It was so crazy cause when we got there it sounded like we were surrounded by mountain goats or something. it was so loud and they sounded like there were so close but you could think if there was a goat next to you, you would be able to see it. so I asked Brandon what that sound was and he told me that they were frogs. I have never heard a frog make that kind of sound. So we looked for them and we must of kept scaring them cause we only saw one and that is why i didn't get a picture but these were not normal frogs they were white frogs!! yes, I said white frogs. I have never seen anything like it they were really neat and really loud.

We love being out in the open and this is a great place to do it. The weather drops like 15 degrees when you get up there so it is always nice. Here is Brandon on the other side of a little stream, and I decided I wanted to sit by time and the next picture proves that to be a mistake.

While I was attempting to cross the stream the rock I stepped on was a little slick and I stumbled right down the rocks. Luckly, I caught myself before I landed in the water but it was a pretty rough fall.

Here is a close up. I tried rinsing it off in the water but the water was ice cold so all it did was freeze my blood which hurt but it made it stop bleeding.

This is a picture about a month and half later. It healed pretty good but I am pretty sure I will always have a mark.

Trip up Graham Mountain

One of Brandon's favorite things to do in Safford is go exploring. Him and Travis were so excited to take us to a new spot they had found one weekend. After about a 45 minute drive up a very curvy bumpy road we made it, and this was the view we had. it was absolutly beautiful. This is up on Graham Mountain were there is a damn and it run off forms a waterfall. It was so nice to go up there and enjoy the beauty of the earth. This made us really excited about all the places can explore close to home.

Brandon thought it was awesome to go under the waterfall. but i was too scared to go down there :I

After enjoying the waterfall we had fun playing in the Lake skipping rocks. It was a really fun trip.

Where is he??

I know it does not look like much but this picture is very exciting for me. Brandon called and told me he had a surprise for me this weekend but I told him that I could not wait I wanted to know what it was, so he told him maybe he could show me but he had to see if it was ready. So a couple hours later he sent me a text message and asked if I was ready to see my surprise, and this is what he sent me with the captions, "I'm Home!"

So if you still can't tell what it is, it is the start of our basement!!!!

I am so excited for them to be starting on it, and I can't wait to see if it has changed at all when I get there tomorrow.

PAYSON ALEX!!!

We finally go to meet our sweet new nephew Payson Alex Heap. Me and Brandon went and spent a week in Montana about a mouth ago. It was so fun to spend time with Chelsea and Shayne and get to meet Payson. He is soooooooo cute, I just couldn't get enough of him. I love the daily pictures i get of him. Chelsea keeps saying he looks like me but I dont think I can take the credit for his stinkin cute looks!!! I have so many picture but I think these two show how cute he is!!!!

It was really fun to be there with them. We also got to see some of Brandon's old friends which was really nice. We can't wait till Chels and Payson are here this summer and then Shayne and Chelsea and Payson will be here for Christmas!!! So we have a lot of visits to look forward to.

Little Family Update

Sorry that I stink at keeping my blog up to date. But things have been pretty crazy for us lately. We have been super busy with all of our new plans. After many many many mouths we finally sold out house!!!! yeah!!!! we were very excited about that. We have decided to move to Pima, Arizona which is a very tiny town in eastern Arizona. Brandon and Travis are going to start their own compnay down there. It is called B & T Enterprise. Specializing in window coverings but they will be doing some constuction and misc projects as well. We are all very excited for this step, it has been a little stressful but we are getting through it. They have made a hand full of sales all ready, with help from O'leary Blinds, and so far everything has gone great!!
Brandon and Travis are currently living in Safford in my dad's camper trailer. It is a good thing they are such good friends! I am currently living with Tabitha and girls. It has been a lot of fun being with them. As for all of our belongings from our house, they live in a huge warehouse in safford. Although it has been a little hard to have none of my stuff it will be worth it.
I plan to work here in Phoenix until Tabitha and Travis can get someone in there house and then we will all be headed to Safford/Pima. We are in the process of getting a loan to build a house. This has been the most stressful part but i think we are almost through it.
We were so excited when we found the neighorhood we are moving into. It is the perfect neighborhood right at the base of Mt. Graham. we are going to build a wonderful house on 1 acre of land. We can not wait until it is done. Once things get moving I will post some pictures. but it has been a lot of fun designing and creating our house. So we are hoping to start digging the basement within the month. Cross your fingers.
Besides that I am still staying busy with the Relief Society. It is such a wondering for calling to be able to serve the women in our ward. I really enjoy the presidency I work with and will be very sad when it comes time to leave. Brandon was released from the Elders quorum Presidency since he is only in town twice a month. But he did a great job while he was there.
I think that pretty much sums up were we are at right now and as things progress i will keep everyone posted.

Christmas!!!!

Me and Brandon has a great Christmas this year. We stayed at Tabitha and Travis's house. On Christmas eve we had my mom and Terry and my Aunt Sarah and Uncle Wayne and Cody and Rhonda all come over. we did the traditional Christmas Eve Stuff. We had lots of treats, Emily played some songs for us on the piano, the girls made reindeer food, and we read the Christmas story from the bible. The next morning we woke to to a lot of presents and we had so much fun opening all of them. I tried to post a picture of the tree but for some reason it is not letting me put it up. Aside from burning the sticky buns it was a great christmas morning. We then played with some of out toys watched our new movies and cook Christmas dinner. we had too much food for the seven of us, and we are still eating the left overs, but it was sooo yummy.

Here the pictures that it would let upload, maybe i will be able to come back later and put the rest up.

We hope all of you had a great Christmas and a Happy new year!!!