We are experiencing technical difficulties...

There are a few last pictures from our trip that I could post, and Karl took several other small movies, but until my Techno Superhero is home from his business trip, I can't get the pictures from the camera to the computer.  When his Techno Sidekick wakes up, I can ask if he knows what to do.  Having just started his training, though, he might say, "I don't know.  Wait til Dad gets home."  In the meantime, enjoy this video.  It speaks pretty well to the problems we both face...

Albin went to his other two classes yesterday, physics and biology.  He said, "As long as I don't have to dissect anything, I'll have fun."  At least last night, they didn't dissect anything...  Elise and I brought home a huge pile of books from the library, and she started her next gingerbread project.  I'm making a basket for my favorite yarn store's 10th anniversary giveaway, and finishing a knitting project.  We'd better bring in our sugar snap pea and Christmas lima bean seeds from the garden, too.

Balloon shapes

Balloon race (latest)

On the field (late in the takeoff)
Elise's favorite - before his teeth inflated
Dawn Patrol! I went out with Albin. Now we all need a nap.

Up early. Guess we should see the balloons, while we're here during the balloon festival and our hotel is just down the street and all. :-)

At last, the pictures of the big ol' canyon

Mt. Zion National Park

swimming in the Virgin River at Mt. Zion park

Albin's early birthday celebration in Utah

Meteor Crater

Petrified Forest National Park

Bandera Volcano

Grand Canyon

We forgot the camera card in the laptop, which we left in the car, so we couldn't take pictures most of our first day here.  Good.  We enjoyed the scenery, weather, and everything else without obsessing about taking pictures of it.  In the end, we'll take very few of the canyon itself.  We can buy postcards which will look much better than anything we take with our dinky camera.  The scenery I most want will have some of us (or knitting) in front of it...  That said, here are some that we did manage to take last night or today.

Karl and Albin hiked down into the canyon a little bit twice.  Elise and I rode the shuttle all the way to the end of the line this morning, while the boys were on their longer hike.  Karl and I went out ourselves last night and this morning, to catch both a sunset and sunrise view.  Lots of walking, but lots of beautiful things to see!


Pictures coming later...