Trying to catch up....AGAIN!

I have definitely been neglecting this poor blog. I have been so busy and stressed and frustrated. But before we get to all of that, LOOK WHAT WE DID........
While we were in Henderson unsuccessfully looking for a home, Tyler took us on a flight to the Grand Canyon.  

 It was so amazing. This is over Lake Mead.

 Flying over the Hoover Dam.

 More of Lake Mead.

For a little while you fly over nothing. Just flat land, all of sudden you come upon the Grand Canyon. Its absolutely breath taking.

 When we landed at the bottom of the Grand Canyon we all got out of the Helicopter and I looked back and saw this helicopter flying in to land. I thought it was a pretty cool picture.

Tyler served us lunch. He did a great job and lunch was DELICIOUS!

 The kids and I sat up front with Tyler and we had four passengers behind us. They are from Germany, they were a lot of fun to be with. The girl was very scared and Ty had to work a little harder at keeping her calm but she did really well. A couple of the guys played in the world series poker tournament and walked away with a large sum of money. They were a pretty cool group of people!

 Thank you friend from Germany for taking this picture of us!

Another pic of the Grand Canyon.

  I tried to get some good pics of Tyler flying but it was very difficult to get all 3 of them. So here is the best one I got!

 Down where all the other red helicopters are is where we had to land to end our trip....back at the airport. I was sad to see it end but on the other hand.........

 

I'm very glad Tyler got us back SAFELY!

 

 We had so much fun. I highly recommend taking this tour. It is sooooo worth the money. Thank you Tyler for taking us on this amazing trip. We LOVED it. It helped to go with the best Helicopter Pilot EVER!!!

So, the reason I am feeling stressed and frustrated is because we have not found a house yet. I honestly didn't think it would be this difficult. First of all we are trying to find a place that is close to Tylers work. Then we have to find a safe neighborhood. And then of course we want to be in a great school district. And then, as annoying as it is we have to stay within budget. AND there are major bidding wars going on. It seems like everything is working against us. So, we have decided to rent an apartment. I know, I know. We just keep going backwards but I really feel like this is the best thing for us. We found a really nice apartment in a good neighborhood. It's not in the school district that we wanted so we are hoping we can get a variance since we will be buying a home in that district....HOPEFULLY!  We have signed a six month lease so that will give us time to really look around to make sure we buy in the area we definitely want to be in. And we will be saving money so that helps. I just have to get through six months. I can do this. I can do this. 

We drove home from Vegas on the fourth of July. We were all pretty exhausted so we decided to stay home instead of going to the firework show at Mountain Valley Park. Yavapai County had a no firework policy in effect so there wasn't any firework stands open to buy our own. So we had to think up something to make it special for the kids. So......

We headed up to the roof and watched the fireworks around the valley. We got the perfect view of the fireworks from Mountain Valley Park. It turned out to be a great night!

We just got back from taking Tyler to the airport so he can head back to work. The kids and I have this week to pack up the house then Tyler will be back and we will load up the moving truck and head out. I am so sad. I have really loved it here! I'm going to have a very hard time leaving all of our friends. I have become quit attached to these people.

I will probably slack on blogging again. At least until we get settled. So the next time you hear from me it will be from the HOT as HELL Henderson.....Looking forward to it!